http://www.nwmusicblog.com/2007/02/27/philosophical-question-what-is-northwest/ Indie, Rock, Hiphop & Pop in Seattle, Portland, Olympia & the NW Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.nwmusicblog.com/2007/02/27/philosophical-question-what-is-northwest/comment-page-1/#comment-116 sophia Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:14:03 +0000 http://www.nwmusicblog.com/2007/02/27/philosophical-question-what-is-northwest/#comment-116 Claiming a band to be NW seems more of a comment towards their mindset than anything. Seattle and Portland are less confining than LA or NY so it seems to inspire the music to be different. True, too, is that local critics and radio stations claim bands NW when they feel the music fits into a certain sound as the more prominent local bands. Band of Horses doesn't sound like some southern country band and the Shins never had some sort of mariachi Mexican border feel. Claiming a band to be NW seems more of a comment towards their mindset than anything. Seattle and Portland are less confining than LA or NY so it seems to inspire the music to be different. True, too, is that local critics and radio stations claim bands NW when they feel the music fits into a certain sound as the more prominent local bands. Band of Horses doesn’t sound like some southern country band and the Shins never had some sort of mariachi Mexican border feel.

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