Jim Basnight's got quite a rock & roll resume – his band Meyce played one of the first punk shows in Seattle in 1976 and in 1977 they opened for The Ramones. His next band The Moberlys recorded a great self-titled album that made Trouser Press's "Underground Top 10" list in 1980. Basnight has been making consistently great music ever since, both as a solo artist and with Jim Basnight and The...

Here's another great release from Unsmashable Records, another excellent Johnny Sangster production and another contender for SPB's album of the year.Unsmashable Records describes itself as "Northwest powerpop rock music from the seasoned over-30 crowd" and while the kids might enjoy it too, Mosque Alarm Clock is clearly an album for people who've lived a little: wry, poetic observations from someo...

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Tuesday the 22nd:Boats/The Greatest Hits/The Shy Ones at FunhouseEarlimart/The Capillaries at Chop SueyWednesday the 23rd:Young Sportsmen at Re-barThursday the 24th:The Zombies/Jon Auer/Guns and Rossetti at El CorazonSongs of Summer Night at High Dive with Sister Psychic/Young Sportsmen/more…Ms. Led at Comet TavernFriday the 25th: Jon Rauhouse Sestet at The SunsetSaturday the 26th:Chuck Prophet &...

Stuporhero's lovely new album Weightless consists of nine charming, skillfully arranged, concise little pop songs featuring acoustic guitar, piano, synth generated strings and horns, handclaps, kazoo, and male/female vocal counterpoint. There's less than 20 minutes of music in total but it's mostly compelling (the final track is a bit of a throw-away since it plays backwards, although it does have...