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A couple of months ago I went to see the Old 97’s. Rhett Miller is the lead singer and main songwriter for them. This time (Wed, June 21st) he was traveling solo with just his acoustic guitar. The Old 97’s have been in Portland recording songs for an upcoming album Read more…
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Sam and I went to see the imaginatively named group, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, for three nights this past weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights). They’re calling this their “Residency Tour”, a joking reference to bands who set up shop in places like Las Vegas and just play Read more…
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Eels (not “The Eels”) have been making music since the mid-90’s but this (Wed, June 14th, 2023) was the first time I’ve seen them in concert. They played a sold out show at the Neptune Theatre, which is one of the nicer venues in Seattle’s U-District. There’s not a lot Read more…
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Jackie Greene has been touring for over twenty years and I believe I’ve seen him at least three or four times now. You could describe his music as Americana/Roots Rock with maybe some Blues thrown in for good measure. It’s hard to know why some artists become huge stars and Read more…
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The Talking Heads were ubiquitous in the 80’s. That probably had something to do with MTV and well made videos but that would have been nothing without great music and The Talking Heads had that too. David Byrne was the face of the band and in 1991 he left, effectively Read more…
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You’d be forgiven for remembering Gary Numan as a one hit wonder. The song “Cars” was a huge hit off the album “The Pleasure Principle” in 1979 and for many in the US that was probably the last they ever heard of Gary. The Pleasure Principle was part of the Read more…
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Up until a couple of months ago I had never heard of Skinny Puppy but Sam educated me, which is pretty funny. He knows more about 80’s bands than I do. So, who is Skinny Puppy? Well, Skinny Puppy formed in the early 80’s in Vancouver, BC. We’ll call them Read more…
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Panchiko has an interesting back story. As it goes, they formed as a group sometime in the late 90’s and recorded a demo EP in 2000. They were never picked up by a record company, the band broke up and went their separate ways and that was the end of Read more…
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There’s currently a resurgence in the popularity of bands that were first popular in the 80’s and many of those bands are getting back together and touring again. At one end of the spectrum you have artists like Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears Read more…
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Who is Avey Tare and what kind of music does he play? Well, he’s one of the members of a group called “Animal Collective”, who have been together since the early 2000’s, and the style of music is “experimental pop”. Neither of those probably tell you much about Avey Tare Read more…