Blake/e/e/e at Comet Tomorrow

Reminder Blake/e/e/e will play the Comet tomorrow. They are damn good. Listen to New Millennium’s Lack Of Self Explanation (mp3).

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Casey MacGill’s Blue 4 Trio

I saw them about a year ago on Capitol Hill, and I have to say it was a ton of fun.

If you’ve never experienced the fun of jazz, these guys are a great introduction. The harmonies, sense of humor, and sharp suits will trap and hold your attention. Listen here.

If you need a break from the same-old, and have even one Jazz cell in your whole body, see them. I have photos somewhere I’ll  add to this post when I find them.

http://www.blue4trio.com/

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Tonight, Don’t Miss This!!!

I know its late notice but this will be amazing!!!  These is some quality sonic shit!!!  Google these musicians get psyched.   Or just show up and be exploded.

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SUN CITY GIRLS: FOLK SONGS OF THE RICH & EVIL AND IT’S TIE IN TO SOREN KIERKEGAARD’S “EITHE/OR”

 (Where are they now under random slapdash psych groove - demanding of the audience, “Don’t you see how short the distance is?  The nothing.  It’s not that the ruler isn’t there, or that it doesn’t correspond to a fact, or that this knowledge can’t have parcitcal and useful applications.  It’s just that we must admit”…”You think I’m kidding?”)…not to mention sick feeling’n'dehydrated and yes I guess I’m a pack through it today ’cause only bought that pack when Patrick [whose a 40-something ex-engineer of many years who goes to underground freak shows]…wait, why’d it break to some schizophrenic elf singing about gypsies,’n'what?  “I will give you daggers bright/And I will give you swords.”  “I will turn you onto death” => also references to little people’n'leprechauns, so maybe the elf concept makes sense.

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All the way from Brunswick, Maine…

It’s the pulsating sac of sound! Or in other words, that’s my old friend Chris Felax’s live radio show broadcast from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Chris spins new indie rock, electro, 80’s dance, pop culture snippets, new wave, techno and anything else that fits his fancy. Most music is so new that it hasn’t been released yet. Ever since I’ve known Chris (this goes back over 15 years ago) he’s been on the cutting edge of the music scene and owned more CDs than anyone else I knew in college (now having thousands of albums on his computer). He even taught me how to play Plush by the Stone Temple Pilots on the guitar. I know, I know, not cutting edge but I couldn’t resist mentioning. He also had this luscious long hair that would make the best of grunge rockers jealous. Oh, the early 90s! He was also in a short-lived band at the University of Michigan with Don Blum of The Von Bondies and Josh Tillingast of Transmission. Chris also goes by DJ Throatslice come October and has recorded his own home-brewed horror music made especially for Halloween and all things creepy that you can find on iTunes.

So lemme reel myself in here back to the point of this blog, the pulsating sac of sound! You should definitely check it out!

Station: WBOR 91.1 fm
Show Time: Tuesdays 8pm-10pm EST (or for us westcoasters: 5pm – 7pm PST)
Click here for the Live Webcast and here for the Show Blog

He even takes requests at: 207-725-3250. Chris, I want so more cowbell, play some LCD Soundsystem for me??? Please?

NOTE - 5/6/08. Just heard from Chris and he’s on vacation right now. He’ll be back on the airwaves beginning May 13!

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Up the Excaliber

This Saturday is the all-ages debut of the new four piece line up of Seattle’s The Abodox (myspace.com/theabodox).  A few months ago, the band’s three mulish founding members were joined by Blaine Patnode of the legendary Swarming Hordes (RIP).  This will be a damn good time.   The Helm, Heiress, and Carbon Arc open the show on May 10th at Ground Zero in Bellevue.

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Awesome Show, Great Job!

Everyone has always known that musicians are funny.  Even if it isn’t intentional (or even if its the second hand “smoke”), you will usually get more laughs in a rock club green room than you will at a local comedy club.  Lately, artists like Flight of the Conchords are inviting all of us into their world of rock gags by simultaneously having a comedy show on tv as well as a record on a rock label.  Tim and Eric are more subtle than that.  They most likely won’t be showing up on the SubPop roster anytime soon; but they have roped a rock booking agent into put them in rock clubs all around the country.  I saw them last year at the crocodile and I have never been so compelled by two dudes in make up dancing to inside jokes they recorded in GarageBand.  They have really tapped into the most wonderful aspect of things that suck.   If you think they are funny, you will become obsessed.  If you aren’t sure what the fuss is about, you probably never will.  Check out their antics at timanderic.com and if you love a good Kelsey Gramar quote as much as I do, you will be at Neumos tonight to witness this.

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Editor Kevin Leaving NWMB

Kevin LeDoux is, I’m sad to report, leaving NWMB as editor. We hope to see him grace these pages as an occasional contributor. I’ll be assuming editor duties once again. Thank you, Kevin. Your contributions to NWMB cannot be overstated.

The situation may leave NWMB with fewer writers, so if  you’d like to write here, contact us.

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