Blumfeld broke up back in the spring of 2007, ending a mighty fine 15 year run.  If you’re a longtime reader of this rag, then you may remember their last album Verbotene Früchte was the top pick here back in 2006.  When I found out they broke up, I...

Real Estate at the Funhouse, Seattle | 18 November 2009 New Jersey band Real Estate, the latest Pitchfork lottery winners, garnering a well deserved best new music ribbon on their debut self-titled album that came out this week on Woodsist were in...

Girls at Neumo’s, Seattle | 17 November 2009 “We’re back, back in denim”,  Girls (SF) front guy Christopher Owens told the audience at Neumo’s after being asked how he like Seattle.  He was referring to the fact that they were here earlier this year...

The last few years records of rare and current pop from Africa have been coming out from the likes of Analog Africa, Mississippi Records and Sound Way, Sublime Frequencies and Honest Jon’s  on a weekly basis. The heightened exposure of African pop has...

Headlights at the Sunset Tavern, Seattle | 8 November 2009 Headlights third album Wildlife, which came out on Polyvinyl last month, is something of a departure from this Champaign, Illinois band’s previous records. For starters it’s a much more...