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206 Who You Calling a Bitch?

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:17 PM

I forgive Jay-Z for everything. His wife (and the mother of his daughter) is not a bitch. She is the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Song / Video / #1 Fan Azealia Banks's "Jumanji"

Posted by Anna Minard on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 3:46 PM

I think Line Out may have "slept," as the kids say, on the new Azealia Banks track, "Jumanji," which popped up on the intertubes at the end of last week. Go listen! Azealia Banks is so so so so so much fun! More great than this new one, actually, and one I've been thinking about lately because of our lovely weather and the video's perfect summeriness, is her older song "L8R." You will probably get parts of it stuck in your head. I hope, for your sake, they're parts that are okay to accidentally sing in a grocery store, as opposed to the particularly raunchy awesomeness that will get you weird looks. Enjoy!

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Life If He Had Lived

Posted by Derek Erdman on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:56 PM

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Win It! Get Into Tomorrow Night's JK Pop for FREE

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:20 PM

JK Pop is tomorrow night at Barboza—videos! Dance tributes! And Glowsticks!—and sure, admission is only $3, but $3 is $3 and we can get you and a friend in for FREE! That's $6 saved! For drinks or candy or this. Plus, the JK Pop folks will give you "a poster of our favorite boy group member heartthrob, Jonghyun of SHINee, seen here bearing some buttcrack."

HOT.

To enter to win free guest list admission just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with JK Pop in the subject line.

Good luck!

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New Releases / Death Joey Ramone's Hologram* Comes Back From The Grave To Release A New** Album

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:51 PM

*Okay, not actually a hologram. NOT YET.

**Not a "new" album—a second solo album, that he'd been recording the last fifteen years of his life. Listen to it on Rolling Stone. Preorder it on iTunes.

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#1 Fan Bobby Womack Is The Bravest Man In The Universe

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:36 PM

May god bless Damon Albarn and Richard Russell for giving The Womack a platform to sing his truth in 2012. I absolutely love this making-of video, and it does my heart glad to see Bobby pick up the guitar again. "I know I ain't the guitar player I used to be, but when I was a guitar player, I was bad. I knew I was, they couldn't keep up with me." Goddamn right.

But, as Guru said, with Bobby, it's mostly the voice: I got hooked on that beautiful, lifeworn voice the second I heard "Across 110th St" on the Jackie Brown soundtrack. Let the record show that he is one of the greatest to ever do it. His new album on XL drops next month, and it will be my first Tuesday afternoon, new music purchases in years. The title track debuted a couple weeks ago. Check it out after the cut.

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News Music News for Today May 15, 2012 feat. Refused Visits the Northwest, Screaming Females Cover Sheryl Crow, and a Black Metal Bassist Wins A Seat In Greek Parliament

Posted by Casey Nolan on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:17 PM

What the What What?!: Refused just announced a few dates in Western Canada. One of them is in Vancouver at The Vogue Theatre. If you're too lazy to click the link, the group will be in Vancouver August 27th. As of yet there are no U.S. Northwest dates announced, but Bumbershoot is still announcing artists... All I know is I'm so glad I didn't go to Coachella...

A-dorable: Three kids put together a mock video of the Beastie Boy's Sabotage. Speaking of different "versions" of the song, hardcore band Incendiary (who's playing RainFest next weekend) recently covered the song.

More like "Knarly" Morris: Keith Morris sat down and talked about his current favorite bands, the first record he ever owned, and that one time an exotic dancer "got all up in his grill" while performing with, ironically, the Circle Jerks.

52,000 Angry Ticket Buyers VS One Event Producer: Lady Gaga was officially denied a permit to perform at her sold out show in Indonesia.

This Could Really Go Either Way: Harry Potter's Snape is going to play CBGB's owner Hilly Kristal in an upcoming movie about the start of the legendary club.

A Black Metal Bass Player is Now a Sitting Member of the Greek Parliament: Giorgos Germenis, from the band Naer Mataron has been elected to paraliament. Giorgos is known to be part of the Golden Dawn Party, which is considered to be one of the most extreme and highly active right-winged parties throughout Europe.

Pretty!: New Jersey's Screaming Females did a delightful cover of Sheryl Crow's "If it Makes You Happy." Guitarist Marissa Paternoster was also recently voted at #77 for Spin's 100 Greatest Guitarists.

Metal Meal of the Day: NPR is streaming the new St. Vitus record titled Lillie: F-65!

Last But Not Least: Watch Willie Nelson cover Pearl "Huckleberry" Jam's "Just Breathe."

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Upcoming Nü Sensae Announce Sundowning LP on Suicide Squeeze, West Coast Tour

Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:11 PM

"Swim"

Wind-tunnel punk-rock trio Nü Sensae announce their second LP on Suicide Squeeze. It's a howling work that speaks highly of what's to come, but hey, I'm biased. WEIRD. These Canucks will be tearing apart their corner of Capitol Hill Block Party. Get on it.

Tour dates after the cut:

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Media Have You Read Josh Eells's Story About Tom Gabel Coming Out as Transgender? You Should.

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:59 AM

This month's Rolling Stone (with Peter Dinklage on the cover) is the first Rolling Stone magazine I've bought in probably half a decade. It's smaller and thinner than I remember. It's pricier, too ($4.99? Really?), but it was totally worth the cost just to read (and re-read) Josh Eells's story about Tom Gabel, the lead singer of Against Me!, who came out as transgender last week. Most people know by now that Gabel is going to start living her life as a woman—she's going to take hormones and eventually change her name to Laura Jane Grace. And while thousands of people have commented on the blog post announcing the news, re-posted it on Twitter and Facebook (and it's been linked to just about every other music-related blog in the world), I hope just as many people read the full story to see the person who's behind the admittedly surprising "Famous Rockstar Is Becoming a Woman" headline.

Eells does a wonderful job telling Gabel's story. I feel so many writers could've taken advantage of her generosity and used this opportunity to write a darker, heavier piece. It's the first time a famous musician has come out as transgender, after all, and her transformation still leaves so many unanswered questions. It'd be really juicy to focus on all of the dramatic possibilities—Will the band stay together? Will the marriage last? Will the fans support her?—but Eells's piece is very straight-forward. He celebrates Gabel's bravery and paints everything in a very optimistic light. He recognizes the dark places she's been over the years, of course, but then ultimately focuses on Gabel's strength and the happiness she feels now that she's being true to herself.

We get to see what it was like when Gabel told her wife (she didn't know which pronoun to use at first either), her bandmates (they got stoned and decided they needed to work out to protect her), and her mom (who sounds awesome). We get to see a very vulnerable side of Gabel, but even more importantly we see her sense of humor, kindness, and excitement. Instead of being all about the adversity, it's about the triumph. It's really, really inspiring.

Basically, it's an amazing story, it's told especially well, and everyone in the world should read it.

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I'm Still a Virgin This Ain't Yer Daddy's "Superlungs"

Posted by Mike Nipper on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Here is Terry Reid, a man who could take other singers' songs and just KILL 'EM TO PIECES, taking the Donovan classic ode to a young lady who is sussed on how to (ahem) draw, "Superlungs (My Supergirl)," and killing it to pieces. Uh, like some real groovy pieces!!

Yuh-huh...this version just (ahem) smokes. Also, if you're needin' more from this set, dig "Rich Kid Blues."

This ain't my first nod to Mr. Reid, natch, I posted a while back about his killin' to pieces Lorraine Ellison's "Stay With Me Baby." Oh...AND, lest we forget, he was Jimmy Page's FIRST choice for New Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin vocalist. Lord knows how much GREATER a Reid-fronted group that woulda been...

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Bumbershoot Bumbershoot Adds Gotye and Others to Bill, Announces Partnerships

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival—which happens Sept. 1-3 at Seattle Center—added Gotye, Kina Grannis, and Eight and a Half to its bill. In addition, the fest announced curatorial partnerships with Decibel Festival, Sub Pop, El Corazón, American Music Association, Highway 99 Blues Club, and the M for Montreal music festival.

View the complete Bumbershoot lineup as of today after the cut and a video by the artist I'm most stoked to see (as of today).

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New Releases / Crap Don't Call It A Comeback: Cypress Hill x Rusko

Posted by Kelly O on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM

I was slightly excited, in a secret "shhh! guilty pleasure" way to hear about a new Cypress Hill album coming out next month. I used to "shhh!" secretly love their pothead anthems in the late '90s.

But then I listened to it. Granted, it's a collaboration between Cypress and Rusko and it features tattoo model/drummer Travis Barker—but I still thought Cypress would go harder.

From the press release:

As you'd expect from chameleonic musicians, each song on the album showcases a different musical side to the collaborators. "Lez Go" marries the ominous with the atmospheric, as Cypress' menacing vocals somehow sound angelic over Rusko's harmonious, arpeggiated synths...

...Slightly different? Maybe a little. But anyone familiar with the pedigree of the album's creators should expect nothing less than a sound that operates entirely outside the box.

Listen to "Lez Go" after the cut. Total Crap Rating: 8.5

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Tip I'll Give You a Break, Pt. 43: Joe Henderson's "Earth"

Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:55 AM

[I’ll Give You a Break is a sporadic series of posts highlighting obscure (and not so obscure) breakbeats in unlikely places, so that they may be sampled by producers or just enjoyed for their own geeky purposes. NB: Don’t forget to clear all samples through the proper channels (cough).]

Jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson’s “Earth” features the awesome Alice Coltrane on harp and tambura, Charlie Haden on bass, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler on drums, Baba Duru Oshun on tabla, Kenneth Nash on percussion and narration, and Michael White on violin. On this 13-minute opus from Henderson’s 1973 album, The Elements, they created one of the deepest, most cosmic grooves ever manifested. The huge segment from 0:55-4:40 couldn’t be a more generous gift to high-minded producers looking for a laid-back funk rhythm, which is then sacralized by Coltrane’s sweetly stinging tambura drones and the leader’s coolly melismatic sax, and buttressed by Haden’s staunch “bo-bo, bobobo bo” bass motif.

“Earth” is one of the greatest tracks ever and an untapped gold mine of sampling fodder.

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Film Pickled Pig's Feet and Corn Liquor

Posted by Kathy Fennessy on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM

STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
(Paul Justman, US, 2002, 108 mins.)

Artisan Home Entertainment
With Dennis Coffey (left) on guitar.

"Nobody never mentioned too much about us."
—Joe Hunter (keyboards)

After catching It Came from Detroit, a celebration of the city's garage-rock renaissance, a documentary about Motown's house band sounded particularly appealing, especially since Denny's Tedesco's The Wrecking Crew is back in the news (he's stepped up fundraising efforts on behalf of the film's music cues).

While Tedesco profiled a group of Los Angeles session players, Paul Justman turns his gaze to the Funk Brothers who fueled Motown's Detroit-powered singles, proclaiming them "the greatest hit machine in the history of pop music."

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Photo This Is What Bassnectar @ WaMu Theater Looked Like

Posted by Kelly O on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:30 PM

Rave on! More photos from this past Saturday's show RIGHT HERE. All photos by Michael Holden.

Michael Holden

Michael Holden

Michael Holden

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Upcoming Stanwood's Slack Fest Tickets On Sale Today

Posted by Grant Brissey on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:58 PM

Slack Fest in Lovely and Enchanting Stanwood,™ is on sale today, and features some fine bands again this Year.

What started as a party at the Stanwood Hotel in 2004 has morphed into a party and concert celebrating the spirit and passion Don Slack puts into every show he attends and the bands who inspire it.

One of the Pacific Northwest's most recognizable and involved music fans for decades, Don Slack also moonlights as celebrated DJ of KEXP's "Swingin' Doors." And anyone who has seen Slack in his natural habitat in the middle of a packed crowd with wife Deb by his side and a Rainier in hand knows he can put most 22-year-olds to shame.

Held at the Slime Dog Race Track in Stanwood, Washington nestled against the Stillaguamish River, Slack Fest features some of the Pacific Northwest's best bands like you've never seen them before: playing on a dirt racetrack on the back of a flatbed truck. Slack Fest offers a laid back but loud alternative to summer festivals in the city.

*Strongly recommended that only patrons 21+ attend (this isn't for the kiddies this time around) * Under 21 guests are welcome but may only be able to view the concert outside of the race track area.

The Moondoggies
Hobosexual
Hounds of the Wild Hunt
The Rolling Stones
The Wayfinders
Big Wheel Stunt Show
Country Lips
Pipsisewah

If you're bummed out by the Beyond Thunderdome nature of big festivals like Sasquatch! or Bumbershoot, this can be a nice weekend getaway without all the teens and crazies and white people wearing Native American headdresses. Get your tickets here.

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Love I'm Totally Gonna Try This the Next Time My Four-Year-Old Nephew Falls Asleep in the Car

Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:28 PM

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Album Stream the New Mount Eerie Album, Clear Moon

Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM

NPR is currently streaming the new Mount Eerie record, Clear Moon, which won't be out until May 22nd. It's like your birthday came early! Or late. Or right on time. Depending on when your birthday is, I guess.

Hear it here.

Clear Moon is the first of two albums Mount Eerie will be releasing this year—Ocean's Roar will be out sometime in the fall.

I'm less than two minutes into the first track, "Through the Trees, Pt. 2," and it's already tugging at my heartstrings in a way I'm not prepared for on an especially sunny Monday afternoon. Prepare thyselves! Emotions will happen!

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