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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/rvivrs-poptimistic-punk-gives-me-heart-fuzzies http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/rvivrs-poptimistic-punk-gives-me-heart-fuzzies Megan Seling <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=4047227165/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://rvivr.bandcamp.com/album/the-beauty-between">The Beauty Between by RVIVR</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://admin.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16664680">Vera</a>) Stand back, dudes, I'm about to turn into a spastic fangirl, because Olympia's <a href="http://rvivr.wordpress.com/">RVIVR</a> are one of my <strong>VERY FAVORITE</strong> bands right now. <strong>ALL CAPS</strong>. I've listened to their new album, <em>The Beauty Between</em>, at least twice every day since it was released last month (and by "twice" I mean "10 times"), and it has been more effective than my antidepressants. Their blasting, <strong>poptimistic punk-rock</strong> songs have helped pull me out of an unexplainable spring rut, giving me the same heart-fuzzies I had when I heard Operation Ivy's <em>Energy</em> as a teenager. It's the ultimate example of why I started listening to punk rock in the first place&#8212;nonpandering lyrics about how shit can suck, maybe it'll get better, maybe it won't, but <strong>we'll get through it</strong> together. For further esteem-boosting, check out their cover of Shellshag's "<a href="http://rvivr.bandcamp.com/track/resilient-bastard-by-shellshag">Resilient Bastard</a>." It is required listening for those moments in life when you've read one too many internet comments.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/rvivrs-poptimistic-punk-gives-me-heart-fuzzies#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772513&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight Love http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/rvivrs-poptimistic-punk-gives-me-heart-fuzzies?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772513&id=comments 0 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski Dave Segal <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=4232936247/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://killrockstars.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-moments-2">Cosy Moments by Kinski</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://admin.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16547514">Columbia City Theater</a>) <a href="http://kinski.net/kinski/">Kinski</a>'s musical trajectory can be viewed as a long, gradual descent from their first few albums' spacey rambling to their post&#8211;<em>Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water</em> output, which plowed a beefier, more torqued, <strong>earthbound groove</strong>. The Seattle quartet recently released their Kill Rock Stars debut, <em>Cosy Moments</em>, six years after their last full-length. In some ways, it's their most accessible work to date, featuring more of guitarist Chris Martin's pleasantly flat vocals than previously and greater emphasis on <strong>speedy punk-rock ramalama</strong>. Earlier tendencies to ramble&#8212;albeit interestingly&#8212;have largely been scaled back to more concise, structured songwriting, and Kinski have come through with some of their catchiest songs ("Throw It Up," "A Little Ticker Tape Never Hurt Anybody," "Conflict Free Diamonds"). They've always killed live, and now Kinski have a bunch of <strong>brilliant new tunes</strong> to drop on you&#8212;including my new favorite, the blissed-out "We Think She's a Nurse."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772476&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772476&id=comments 0 Have a Cosy Moment with Kinski Shane Williams Sat, 18 May 2013 10:29:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/the-lo-est-of-lo-fi-the-beets http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/the-lo-est-of-lo-fi-the-beets Emily Nokes <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9200069"></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://admin.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16635678">Barboza</a>) New York&#8211;based <strong>the Beets</strong> make laid-back, lo-lo-lo-fi rock music for hanging out. I've been listening to their 2011 album, <em>Let the Poison Out</em>, quite a bit lately&#8212;the guitars and drums meander along, not too slowly, just not beat-your-brains-out hotshot rock. Lead Beet, Uruguay-born Juan Wauters, sings relaxed (and <strong>really funny</strong>) lyrics over stumbling melodies, and even complicated subject matter, like giving in to the daily grind of adulthood or, y'know, <em>dying</em>, feels as heavy as a <strong>Bart Simpson balloon </strong>floating over a pizza picnic.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/the-lo-est-of-lo-fi-the-beets#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772433&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/the-lo-est-of-lo-fi-the-beets?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772433&id=comments 0 The Lo-est of Lo-Fi: The Beets Federico Bolagno Sat, 18 May 2013 10:09:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow Dave Segal <p><iframe width="100%" height="160" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F2292307"></iframe></p> <p><u>FRIDAY 5/17</u></p> <p><strong>BEAT CONNECTION, ONUINU, AND PAINTED PALMS AIRBRUSH THE DANCE FLOOR</strong></p> <p>Seattle trio <strong>Beat Connection</strong> make <strong>shimmery electronic pop</strong> that's always ready to hit the beach or the pool. It's a bit too airbrushed and air-conditioned for my ears, but I'm way out of Beat Connection's tenderoni target demo (14 to 22). They're perfectly matched with Bay Area duo <strong>Painted Palms</strong>, who emit <em>Merriweather Post Pavilion</em>&#8211;era Animal Collective vibes, and <strong>Onuinu</strong> (Portland producer Dorian Duvall), whose 2012 album <em>Mirror Gazer </em>moves in the lush, neo-R&B-gaze territory of Toro Y Moi, but with more rhythmic ballast. <em>Neumos, 8 pm, $15, all ages.</em></p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16766165">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16779485&id=comments 0 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/poster-of-the-week-poster-by-chris-rollins http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/poster-of-the-week-poster-by-chris-rollins Aaron Huffman <p>Two things about this poster: (1) It's always refreshing to come across one of Chris Rollins's linocuts amid the glut of cookie-cutter rock posters out there, and (2) Tokyoidaho is my new favorite band name. Look up Chris on <a href="http://gigposters.com">gigposters.com</a> to see more of his unique and charming work.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px; background-color:transparent; border:none;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/e71b/1368679780-poster-570.jpg" alt="poster-570.jpg" title="" width="400" height="626" /></div></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><small><strong>Got a great poster we should consider for Poster of the Week?</strong><br />Send a high-resolution, color .jpg (no more than 1MB) to <a href="mailto:potw@thestranger.com">potw@thestranger.com</a>.<br />The event your poster advertises must be at least 10 days in the future in order for us to consider it.</small></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/poster-of-the-week-poster-by-chris-rollins#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16779443&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Art Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/poster-of-the-week-poster-by-chris-rollins?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16779443&id=comments 0 Poster of the Week: Poster by Chris Rollins Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/big-eyes-are-all-heartbreak-babes-breakups-and-rock http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/big-eyes-are-all-heartbreak-babes-breakups-and-rock Bree McKenna <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1939167276/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://bigeyes.bandcamp.com/album/almost-famous">Almost Famous by BIG EYES</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://admin.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16656915">Highline</a>) Named for the (best!) Cheap Trick song, NYC transplants <a href="http://bigeyesband.blogspot.com/">Big Eyes</a> are fronted by guitarist/powerhouse Kate Eldridge, who wears her influences on her sleeve (literally&#8212;she has a Descendents tattoo on one arm and an All tattoo on the other). <strong>Fast, bratty, and emotionally driven</strong>, the music of Big Eyes is all heartbreak, babes, breakups, get-togethers, rock shows, and more heartbreak... basically, all the elements of good pop music. And when Big Eyes stare you down, snarling, you are engaged; their odd chord changes and sinister undercurrent throw unexpected little turns and textures into otherwise seemingly straightforward punky pop. The songs are deceptively complex, and they never lose the angst, urgency, or sincerity.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/big-eyes-are-all-heartbreak-babes-breakups-and-rock#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772418&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/big-eyes-are-all-heartbreak-babes-breakups-and-rock?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772418&id=comments 0 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden Dave Segal <p>I somehow forgot to mention this earlier, but listen up. Seattle duo <a href="http://hairandspacemuseum.com/">Hair and Space Museum</a>&#8212;Midday Veil members <strong>Emily Pothast</strong> and <strong>David Golightly</strong>&#8212;do a rare live performance tonight for <strong>free</strong> at <strong>Electric Tea Garden</strong>. HASM have impressed at past shows with profound, celestial synth drones and stoned chants that turn whatever space their music happens to be infiltrating into a planetarium.</p> <p>Also on the bill: <a href="http://www.swahilinoise.com/">XUA</a>, <a href="http://bathparty.bandcamp.com/">Bath Party</a>, and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/nightspac3#play">Nightspace</a>. This is a <a href="http://nosleepseattle.com/">No Sleep</a> production. More info <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/134513403384181/">here</a>.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ddwfk52XCAM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787457&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787457&id=comments 0 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:29 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/nightrain-video-premiere-at-chop-suey http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/nightrain-video-premiere-at-chop-suey Emily Nokes <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/osICauRJG1U?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Sorry it's already 5pm and I'm just telling you this, but you have a few hours to take a sponge bath and buy Nicole "Ja Ja Juicy" of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NighTraiNSeattle">NighTraiN</a> a birthday gift and get to <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/chop_suey/Location?oid=24704">Chop Suey</a>! The <strong>lovely locomotive-punks </strong>will be premiering their brand-new video for single "Huntress" tonight, plus Portland band band band <a href="http://andandandmusic.com">And And And</a> and <a href="http://www.newmossrecords.com/artist/sun-angle/">Sun Angle</a> (also from PDX) will be playing.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/nightrain-video-premiere-at-chop-suey#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787356&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Fashion Dancing Very Great Party! Tonight Love 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/nightrain-video-premiere-at-chop-suey?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787356&id=comments 2 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:03:16 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/underage-black-pus-cascadia-dick-binge-little-wings http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/underage-black-pus-cascadia-dick-binge-little-wings Brittnie Fuller <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7cb0/1368678079-underage-cascadia-570.jpg" alt="Cascadia" title="Cascadia" width="500" height="263" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Cascadia</li></ul></div></p> <p><u>THURSDAY 5/16</u></p> <p><strong>CASCADIA'S PLUSH SLUDGE GAZE</strong></p> <p>Vancouver, BC's indie-rock boom provides yet another '90s-influenced band doing it right. <strong>Cascadia</strong>'s nearly translucent, sweet female vocals, liquescent melodies, and <strong>cerebral crashes</strong> make me feel like I'm listening to twee pop queen Rose Melberg front an alternately plush and brash Swervedriver. The Canadian three-piece's sludgy gaze rock wriggles through your ears with exhilaratingly <strong>lush whorls of noise</strong> for daydreaming. This is the first night of their nationwide tour with fellow Canuck indie rockers <strong>Weed</strong>, on this bill with Seattle bands <strong>FF</strong> and <strong>Neighbors</strong>. <em>Heartland, 8 pm</em>.</p> <p><strong>DICK BINGE AT THE COCKPIT</strong></p> <p>On this positively fun-packed bill, queercore four-piece <strong>Dick Binge</strong> are all about "<strong>shameless flamboyance</strong>, critical analysis, and fierce action." In riotous jams like "Faggot, I'm Gay," the Olympia band powerfully rages through early-'80s hardcore punk in the assuredly flamboyant realm of Gayrilla Biscuits and Limp Wrist. This is also the queer-as-in-fuck-you kick-off for the Dick Binge/<strong>Fucking Dyke Bitches</strong> "Ride America" Tour, with the support of local punks <strong>Pony Time</strong> and <strong>Half Breed</strong>. <em>The Cockpit, 8 pm</em>.</p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/underage/Content?oid=16765255">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/underage-black-pus-cascadia-dick-binge-little-wings?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16779224&id=comments 0 Underage: Black Pus, Cascadia, Dick Binge, Little Wings Cascadia Thu, 16 May 2013 09:01:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/nightmare-fortress-tempers-black-diva http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/nightmare-fortress-tempers-black-diva Emily Nokes <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F50129305"></iframe></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.unicornseattle.com">The Narwhal</a> is the Unicorn's even more elaborate basement area that houses a stage and arcade games. What the Narwhal lacks in windows, it more than makes up for in gold and teal and red; practically every inch has been decorated to resemble an <strong>olden-timey French circus</strong>. Anyway, they're having shows down there now, which is fantastic news! Dance your Wednesday away with the <strong>sinister-pop/techno-raveyard darkness</strong> of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nightmarefortress">Nightmare Fortress</a>, whose live shows, I was informed, have "really awesome lights and smoke." Also playing are <a href="http://thetempers.net">the Tempers</a>, a spooky glam trio (of siblings) whose live performances will enchant your ears and your eyes.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/nightmare-fortress-tempers-black-diva#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16774225&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/nightmare-fortress-tempers-black-diva?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16774225&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:16:58 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/peach-kelli-pops-bubblegum-magic http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/peach-kelli-pops-bubblegum-magic Kelly O <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=4129958231/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://peachkellipop.bandcamp.com/album/peach-kelli-pop-ii">Peach Kelli Pop II by peach kelli pop</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/crocodile/Location?oid=23881">Crocodile</a>) Make sure to go this show early and check out the bubblegum magic of Oakland-via-Ottawa's <a href="http://peachkellipop.bandcamp.com">Peach Kelli Pop</a>, aka Allie Hanlon from the <strong>White Wires</strong>. In this side project, Hanlon does all the songwriting and recording, and she recently released a self-titled first album on Burger Records. Her backup band is a <strong>rotating cast of characters</strong>, including members of the Mean Jeans and Guantanamo Baywatch and sometimes her twin sister. After finishing the tour with <strong>Kate Nash</strong>, Peach Kelli Pop will play the Go! Go! fest with Hunx and His Punx. Fans of the latter will most likely fall in love with Hanlon's <strong>sugary twee bop</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/peach-kelli-pops-bubblegum-magic#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16773413&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/peach-kelli-pops-bubblegum-magic?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16773413&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:42 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit Dave Segal <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f43d/1368635289-music-feature-570.jpg" alt="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." title="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." width="500" height="351" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O </li><li class="imageCaption">Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund.</li></ul></div></p> <p><small><em><strong>MTNS</strong> play the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/black-lodge/Location?oid=659969">Black Lodge</a> TONIGHT with Black Pus and the Numbs!</em></small></p> <p>For their big Debacle Fest matinee performance at the Highline on May 4, Seattle duo MTNS are barefoot and wearing silk slips like it's no big deal. Slender Austin Hund ignites a bass dirge that ripples pant legs. Burly Daniel Enders coaxes crackles from a light theremin, then grabs his drumsticks and stands on his stool in order to beat on the venue's ceiling pipes. Eventually he sits down at his kit and attacks it with feral grace, his face distorted into a demonic grimace.</p> <p>MTNS then launch into a wild, methodical growl and stomp. The twosome's portentous noise rock unexpectedly accelerates with mad energy, revealing roots in speed metal and no-wave. Enders drops a stick twice in 10 seconds, but no matter. The apocalyptic tone's been established.</p> <p>As the set progresses, Hund makes his bass corkscrew and spasm in strange contortions and squeal like a pig (see: <em>Deliverance</em>), with a predilection for ratcheting up the tension to infernal degrees. But MTNS are about more than just speed and power. Their last song of the set&#8212;and the finale of their excellent new album, <em>All Songs Are Spells</em>&#8212;"Hut on a High Peak," shows that they're capable of writing a moving, majestic melody. Marked by an ascending recorder motif, it's one of the best songs by a Seattle band this year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brute-transcendence/Content?oid=16765354">Continue reading >></a></p> Loud Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771007&id=comments 0 Brute Transcendence: <em>MTNS Bring the Noise to the Summit</em> Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund. Kelly O Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:40 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party Dave Segal <p>(<a href="http://thelofi.net/">Lo-Fi Performance Gallery</a>) It appears that notoriously prolific Seattle producer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alienbootybass?group_id=0&filter=2">OCnotes</a> is not moving to Portland (for now). Good. That means we can enjoy the release of his new <em>Alive with Pleasure!</em> EP (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/carepackagemusic?fref=ts">Care Package</a>) in the welcoming confines of Lo-Fi, the city's finest incubator of avant hiphop. This is Otis Calvin's take on trap music, and he imbues those gritty street sounds with the sort of <strong>jittery rhythmic verve</strong> and <strong>outr&#233; melodiousness</strong> for which he's renowned. Four more jewels in OCnotes' heavy crown. With <strong>WD4D, Jason Justice, Ohmega Watts, Introcut, absoluteMadman</strong>, and <strong>Suntonio Bandanez</strong>. (<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16699692">9 pm, $5/women free before 11 pm, 21+.</a>)</p> <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2917266091/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://carepackage.bandcamp.com/album/alive-with-pleasure">Alive WIth Pleasure by OCnotes</a></iframe></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16765274&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16765274&id=comments 0 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:59 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-round-daniel-blue-river-giant-and-mary-lambert http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-round-daniel-blue-river-giant-and-mary-lambert Megan Seling <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vriiid8hLXM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16554599">Fremont Abbey</a>) There's a reason there have been 95 installments of the Round&#8212;it's consistently awesome. Every month since 2005, Fremont Abbey has brought together musicians, poets, and painters for an earnest evening of collaborative art making. <strong>Something magical happens</strong> when talented individuals are all thrown together in front of a small but appreciative crowd. I've seen a haunting Nirvana cover and a joyous XTC cover. I've been <strong>hypnotized by brushstrokes</strong>, watching local painters spontaneously create as the live music inspires them. I've heard some impassioned, smart spoken word that made me reassess the often-disregarded art form. Even if you aren't familiar with any of the names involved when you first walk through the door, you'll leave with lasting impressions.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-round-daniel-blue-river-giant-and-mary-lambert#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710070&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-round-daniel-blue-river-giant-and-mary-lambert?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710070&id=comments 0 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:21:43 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-infamous-mobb-deep http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-infamous-mobb-deep Charles Mudede <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aO0wYzFiaYY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/crocodile/Location?oid=23881">Crocodile</a>) We must not forget that <strong>A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip</strong> essentially discovered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep">Mobb Deep</a>&#8212;rappers Prodigy and Havoc. This fact is important because it reminds us of the diversity that long ago departed from hiphop. In those days, a rapper at the center of a <strong>vital love movement</strong> in hiphop could promote a pair of rappers at the center of a very violent movement. These days, gangster rappers only know other gangster rappers. Also, you will not find current gangster rappers who are as <strong>brilliant and artistic</strong> as Mobb Deep were during their moment in the sun&#8212;between 1993 and 1997. Though their second album, <em>The Infamous</em>, is a masterpiece, its lead single, "Shook Ones (Part II)," is what made Havoc and Prodigy immortal. (It was even covered by Everlast.) Indeed, "Shook Ones" formed the foundation for Mobb Deep's third and greatest album, <em>Hell on Earth</em>. The gothic facade of "Shook Ones" was transformed into an entire cathedral on <em>Hell on Earth</em>, a cathedral in which we saw not the stories of saints, but those of hyperviolent street thugs. <em>See also <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/my-philosophy/Content?oid=16699855">My Philosophy</a></em>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-infamous-mobb-deep#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710050&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/the-infamous-mobb-deep?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710050&id=comments 0 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:02:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-homosexual-agenda-drag-race-finale http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-homosexual-agenda-drag-race-finale Adrian Ryan <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iUgBe_1u3gU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><u>MONDAY 5/13</u></p> <p><strong>JINKX MONSOON: THE RPDR 5 CELEBRATION PARTY</strong></p> <p>I'm kind of glad the whole fucking thing is over, quite frankly. (Just HOW much excitement can one little 'mo's nervous system handle? I ask you.) It's been a long, looooong (too long?) and bizarre and twisted and whiny and drinksy and sometimes pretty <strong>snarky and mean journey</strong> (thanks tons, ROXXXY), watching our little Jinkxy float to the top of the <em>Drag Race</em> pile like a <strong>hooker weave in a hurricane</strong>. Such talent! What compassion! Such alluring charms! So tonight will be the LAST NIGHT EVER that we have to pack ourselves into <strong>Julia's on Broadway</strong> (where the service is high&#8212;on life!) like impoverished Pringles just to <em>ooooh</em> and <em>aaaaaaah</em> at the magic that is <strong>Jinkx kicking ass</strong> in <em>Drag Race</em>. This marks the real and for-true end&#8212;<strong>she won</strong>! And tonight we're gonna drink like dehydrated sailors. <em>Julia's on Broadway, 8 pm, $35 adv, 21+.</em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-homosexual-agenda-drag-race-finale#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16755663&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Party! Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-homosexual-agenda-drag-race-finale?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16755663&id=comments 0 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:11:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/colleen-greens-fuzzy-pop-goodness http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/colleen-greens-fuzzy-pop-goodness Emily Nokes <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2137775035/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://colleengreen.bandcamp.com/album/milo-goes-to-compton">Milo Goes to Compton by Colleen Green</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/heartland/Location?oid=15532452">Heartland</a>) Solo bedroom-pop-maker and sunglasses-wearer <strong>Colleen Green</strong> captured our hearts with her first few extremely lo-fi releases&#8212;<em>Cujo</em>, <em>Green One</em>, and <em>Milo Goes to Compton</em>&#8212;all of which were made from the same extra-simple-drum-machine/<strong>stoned-sweet-vocals </strong>recipe and are extremely likeable. Green's newest full-length, <em>Sock It to Me</em>, has even more to like, and it keeps her laid-back themes of <strong>fuzzy heartache</strong>/love floating around unpolished while stepping up her pop game up to a new level of blown-out, '80s-synth-assisted melodies. With upbeat garage-poppers <a href="http://blooper.bandcamp.com/">Blooper</a>, and the noisy, scruffy, slightly uncomfortable/fully enjoyable <a href="http://sopitted.bandcamp.com/">So Pitted</a>. Bring your bestie! <em>See also <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/underage/Content?oid=16700731">Underage</a></em>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/colleen-greens-fuzzy-pop-goodness#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709986&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/colleen-greens-fuzzy-pop-goodness?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709986&id=comments 0 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:03:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-black-angels-are-back http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-black-angels-are-back Grant Brissey <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F79446633"></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/neptune_theater/Location?oid=7097368">Neptune</a>) <a href="http://theblackangels.com/">The Black Angels</a> hit the map eight years ago with a self-titled EP on <a href="http://lightintheattic.net/">Light in the Attic Records</a>. Their sound&#8212;drone-y psych rock that sounds as if it's been <strong>calculatedly transported from the 1970s</strong>&#8212;didn't change a whole lot over three subsequent records. That's different with this year's <em>Indigo Meadow</em>. True, the traditional psych-rock signifiers are still present, but the tempos are amped up and the song lengths are truncated. In general, things here lean toward the Angels' poppier tendencies, and it's another fine brick in a solid, if not particularly groundbreaking, discography. Still, the Angels are known more for their live performances than for their songwriting, and by far the best way to experience this stuff is via one of their <strong>heady and impressive multimedia</strong> performances.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-black-angels-are-back#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710012&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/the-black-angels-are-back?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16710012&id=comments 0 The Black Angels Are Back The Owl Mag Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/underage-being-alone-is-okay-with-colleen-green http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/underage-being-alone-is-okay-with-colleen-green Jackson Hathorn <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/aba1/1368470122-underage-570.jpg" alt="underage-570.jpg" title="" width="500" height="263" /></div></p> <p><u>MONDAY 5/13</u></p> <p><strong>COLLEEN GREEN, BLOOPER, SO PITTED, WHITE FANG</strong></p> <p>I spend a lot of time by myself. I go to the movies alone, take solo trips, and see as many concerts on my own as with other people.</p> <p>Without delving too much into a freshman-level survey course of the <strong>introverted personality type</strong>, sometimes my aloneness doesn't faze me; other times I feel like I missed the day of school where you learn how get over your fear of rejection and find the nerve to call someone. I don't know if <strong>Colleen Green</strong> also missed that day of school. What I do know is that with <em>Sock It to Me</em>, Green has made a <strong>bedroom-punk masterpiece</strong>&#8212;and my favorite album of the year.</p> <p>Green sings jittery, melodic, and multifaceted <strong>anthems about being alone</strong>, but she never wallows in her vulnerability or isolation. She sings about the indeterminate aloneness of having <strong>heavy shit on your mind</strong> and the loneliness felt while watching other people who seem to have it figured out. Green sings a lot about boyfriends and the astonishment of finding someone who likes you back, but <strong>there's always a distance</strong>: He might be noncommittal, or too cool, or never close enough to her.</p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/underage/Content?oid=16700731">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/underage-being-alone-is-okay-with-colleen-green?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16754015&id=comments 0 Underage: Being Alone Is Okay with Colleen Green Mon, 13 May 2013 11:56:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/hey-marseilles-heart-beats-music-video-viewing-party http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/hey-marseilles-heart-beats-music-video-viewing-party Emily Nokes <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/eef8/1368459335-23675_386152172420_7929842_n.jpg" alt="Hey Marseilles and all kinds of other people." title="Hey Marseilles and all kinds of other people. " width="500" height="338" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Hayley Young Photography</li><li class="imageCaption">Hey Marseilles and all kinds of other people. </li></ul></div></p> <p>Seattle's elegant folk pop lads <a href="http://heymarseilles.com">Hey Marseilles</a> are having a video-release party tonight over at <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/moe_bar/Location?oid=242778">Moe Bar</a> for "Heart Beats," a song off their new album <em>Lines We Trace</em>. I'm obligated to tell you that I am one of the people in this video, but don't let that stop you&#8212;there will be <strong>drink specials</strong> and give-aways! And it's free! And the band will be there! You could have them sign your neck, or whatever you had <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/03/drunk-of-the-week-the-ron-jeremy-nipple-slip-edition">Ron Jeremy</a> sign. </p> <p><em><small>6pm - 8pm // 21+ // <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/122651321269775/">Here's the Facebook invite</a>! </small></em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/hey-marseilles-heart-beats-music-video-viewing-party#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16749694&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/13/hey-marseilles-heart-beats-music-video-viewing-party?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16749694&id=comments 1 Hey Marseilles "Heart Beats" Music Video Viewing Party Hey Marseilles and all kinds of other people. Hayley Young Photography Mon, 13 May 2013 08:55:07 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/data-breaker-zombie-nation-phil-western-indignant-senility-ocnotes http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/data-breaker-zombie-nation-phil-western-indignant-senility-ocnotes Dave Segal <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z5LW07FTJbI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p><u>FRIDAY 5/10</u></p> <p><strong>ZOMBIE NATION: LIKE AN EXPLOSION IN A VIDEO ARCADE</strong></p> <p>If you know the <strong>FLASH</strong> aesthetic&#8212;high-energy electro and tech-house hedonism that doesn't insult your intelligence&#8212;then you'll realize that Germany's <strong>Zombie Nation</strong> (aka Florian Senfter) is an ideal headliner for the weekly event run by <strong>Nordic Soul</strong> (Decibel founder Sean Horton) and <strong>Recess</strong>. His new album, <em>RGB</em>, is an inventive, infectious collection of tracks that are as likely to make you dance as they are to inspire gawping at the <strong>assemblage of strange noises</strong> wreathing them. It's a departure from Zombie Nation's best-known cut, 1999's "<strong>Kernkraft 400</strong>," a 130-bpm Teutonic techno stomper, moving closer to his <strong>ZZT</strong> collab with <strong>Tiga</strong>, "Lower State of Consciousness." If off-kilter funkiness with a surfeit of <strong>mangled video-game FX </strong>is your bag, Zombie Nation will fill it up. <em>Q Nightclub, 8 pm, $10 adv, 21+.</em></p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16699692">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/data-breaker-zombie-nation-phil-western-indignant-senility-ocnotes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16723986&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/data-breaker-zombie-nation-phil-western-indignant-senility-ocnotes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16723986&id=comments 0 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:37:22 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/how-teddy-riley-saved-randb-a-short-history-of-the-man-behind-rump-shaker http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/how-teddy-riley-saved-randb-a-short-history-of-the-man-behind-rump-shaker Charles Mudede <p><em>Teddy Riley &amp; Blackstreet play <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16548942">Showbox Sodo tonight</a> with Dave Hollister and DJ Kun Luv!</em></p> <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:312px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/25a0/1368142415-music-follow-570.jpg" alt="music-follow-570.jpg" title="" width="300" height="211" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Emily Nokes</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div>Let's begin with the big picture. In the 1980s, two big movements defined black pop&#8212;one was black elegance, the other was modern hiphop. Black elegance was introduced by Chic (an R&B group inspired by the album covers of Roxy Music) and elaborated on by the production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (the SOS Band, Cherrelle, Alexander O'Neal, the Human League). Modern hiphop was introduced by Rakim ("First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile") and accelerated by Public Enemy and N.W.A. Both black elegance and modern hiphop offered a response to Reaganomics: the former by way of escapism, the latter by way of street realism. The former's defining image was the flying blimp on the cover of the SOS Band single "Just Be Good to Me," the latter's defining image was the black men behind bars on the cover of Public Enemy's <em>It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back</em>.</p> <p>Eventually, there was a struggle for souls between the two modes. Hiphop, which was still young and still trying to break into the mainstream, began attacking the more established black elegance&#8212;its line of attack was the perceived effeminacy of escapism. Black men were seen as doing nothing but wearing nice clothes and looking in mirrors (watch a Morris Day video). Real men, according to hiphop, did not wear nice clothes (that was for women and gay men)&#8212;instead, they wore military uniforms, tracksuits, and sneakers.</p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-teddy-riley-saved-randb/Content?oid=16699587">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> Tonight History http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/10/how-teddy-riley-saved-randb-a-short-history-of-the-man-behind-rump-shaker?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16723738&id=comments 0 How Teddy Riley Saved R&B: A Short History of the Man Behind "Rump Shaker" Emily Nokes Fri, 10 May 2013 10:03:49 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/tineke-postmas-haunting-beauty http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/tineke-postmas-haunting-beauty Charles Mudede <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="500" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kqGx91wXf0M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16686422">Seattle Art Museum</a>) What should you do after work today? You should head down to Seattle Art Museum and check out the <strong>hauntingly beautiful jazz</strong> of Dutch saxophonist <a href="http://tinekepostma.com/">Tineke Postma</a>. Her quartet is performing between 5:30 and 7:30 pm as part of the Art of Jazz series, which is in its 17th year. The way Postma blows is either direct like an unadorned wall or <strong>spooky like a ghost</strong>. Sometimes, she becomes so intense that it's like watching a person walk through a wall or pass a mirror without casting a reflection. However, Postma, who has released five albums (the most recent of which being <em>The Dawn of Light</em>), never plays outside of the stable tradition of modern jazz (1947 to 1969). She knows how to explore without getting lost.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/tineke-postmas-haunting-beauty#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709596&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Jazz Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/tineke-postmas-haunting-beauty?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709596&id=comments 0 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/my-philosophy-one-world-order-joe-budden-teddy-riley-and-blackstreet-machine-gun-kelly-mobb-deep http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/my-philosophy-one-world-order-joe-budden-teddy-riley-and-blackstreet-machine-gun-kelly-mobb-deep Larry Mizell, Jr. <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:312px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f246/1368130012-philosophy-570.jpg" alt="Mobb Deep" title="Mobb Deep" width="300" height="211" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Mobb Deep</li></ul></div>Traveling around this country in a big-ass black van makes me miss Seattle, but also makes me think hard about it. On one hand, it's blessed to have money in its corner, and scads of it&#8212;<strong>some of this country of ours I'm seeing looks beaten to the curb</strong>, abandoned, sucked dry. Our city is a vital, shining metropolis in comparison. But on the other hand, it's also well on its way to becoming another soulless corporate whore to the rich and unimaginative, policed by jackbooted, accountability-free servants of outside interests. This is happening everywhere, even within hiphop. Whether it's condos, parking lots, blogs, or rap media, there's a homogenized, <strong>regionless one-world-order-ass perspective</strong> emerging (via trust-abusing "content providers") that obeys money and has generally agreed-upon rules of conduct. Fuck that! Keep the spirit of this place alive. <em>Stand in the place where you live</em>, chump. As big bro from <strong>Shabazz Palaces</strong> said: "Do not go to where all these followers are leading you."</p> <p>Hiphop culture is so mainstream, it's got its own reality-show stars. Look at <strong>Joe Budden</strong>&#8212;11 years ago, thanks to a great mixtape and a hot Just Blaze&#8211;laced single, I was hype on this dude ("10 Minutes," off his disastrously sequenced debut LP, will forever have my respect). About a million Beijing spray jobs on his beard line later, I'm off that&#8212;now he's in the modern-day Coliseum that is the reality-show reunion special, getting punched in the back of his head by Consequence, hiphop's MVP weed carrier. <strong>Welcome to your culture, y'all.</strong> Anyway, he's at Neumos on Thursday, May 9.</p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/my-philosophy/Content?oid=16699855">Continue reading &#187;</a></u></p> Tonight 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/my-philosophy-one-world-order-joe-budden-teddy-riley-and-blackstreet-machine-gun-kelly-mobb-deep?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16721500&id=comments 0 My Philosophy: One-World Order, Joe Budden, Teddy Riley &amp; Blackstreet, Machine Gun Kelly, Mobb Deep Mobb Deep Thu, 09 May 2013 13:10:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/javelin-find-a-new-nnormal http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/javelin-find-a-new-nnormal Mike Ramos <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F74268300"></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16635657">Barboza</a>) Brooklyn-based cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk's past releases as <a href="http://dollarbinsofthefuture.com/home/">Javelin</a> have been quirky blends of bouncing beats and grooves made up of homemade sounds from <strong>samplers, thumb pianos, drum machines</strong>, and other instruments. For their latest release, <em>Hi Beams</em>, the duo ditches their DIY approach for a more traditional&#8212;and, unfortunately, much less interesting&#8212;studio-recorded pop sound similar to a sea of other Brooklyn indie acts. The new approach could, however, translate much better to a live setting. South Florida's <a href="http://heladonegro.bandcamp.com/">Helado Negro</a> (aka Roberto Carlos Lange, who's collaborated with Guillermo Scott Herren&#8212;aka Prefuse 73&#8212;as Savath y Savalas) makes his own brand of homegrown tropical pop that soothes rather than bores with its <strong>breezy, sun-bleached sound</strong> and overdubbed, reverb-tinged, (mostly) Spanish vocals.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/javelin-find-a-new-nnormal#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709534&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/javelin-find-a-new-nnormal?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709534&id=comments 0 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:49:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/the-dangerous-groove-of-black-breath-and-rotten-sound http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/the-dangerous-groove-of-black-breath-and-rotten-sound Brian Cook <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2467981050/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://rottensound.bandcamp.com/album/species-at-war-2">Species At War by Rotten Sound</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16656893">Highline</a>) The Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal effect pedal aside, <a href="http://blackbreath.com/">Black Breath</a> and <a href="http://www.rottensound.com/">Rotten Sound</a> share a crucial component that sets them apart from their peers: <strong>They both know how to groove.</strong> Granted, many a metal band has taken the groove too far, as evidenced by Max Cavalera's entire post&#8211;<em>Chaos A.D.</em> career. Groove can be dangerous. But even as Black Breath migrated away from the Swedish-metal chug of <em>Heavy Breathing</em> into the thrash tactics of <em>Sentenced to Life</em>, they retained an infectious rhythmic foundation. Rotten Sound's formula hasn't changed over the course of their last several releases, but why fix it if it ain't broken? The Finnish grind band is one of the few bands of the genre to employ any sort of percussive dynamic; their ability bury a sharp groove in their <strong>machine-gun tempos</strong> should serve as a template for all blast-beat enthusiasts.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/the-dangerous-groove-of-black-breath-and-rotten-sound#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709556&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/the-dangerous-groove-of-black-breath-and-rotten-sound?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709556&id=comments 0 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/cloud-war-songs-about-stories http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/cloud-war-songs-about-stories Megan Seling <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2417252049/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://cloudwar.bandcamp.com/track/sun-runner">Sun Runner by Cloud War</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16547473">Crocodile</a>) Before hearing even a note of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cloudwarmusic">Cloud War</a>'s music, I'm intrigued by their songwriting process. The band's frontman, Barry Uhl, writes <em>stories</em> before he writes songs, and only after a collection of stories are written do they get turned into lyrics and put to music. <strong>They're like a ragtime-y Decemberists</strong>. You can hear the results of their literary approach for yourself at <a href="http://cloudwar.bandcamp.com/">cloudwar.bandcamp.com</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/cloud-war-songs-about-stories#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709576&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/09/cloud-war-songs-about-stories?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709576&id=comments 0 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:19:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/laurels-trippy-shoegaze-will-give-you-shivers http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/laurels-trippy-shoegaze-will-give-you-shivers Dave Segal <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=700390541/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://riceisnice.bandcamp.com/album/the-laurels-plains">The Laurels - Plains by The Laurels</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16553727">Sunset</a>) It's a good night for great Australian rock bands (see UV Race blurb). Sydney quartet the Laurels have been making resonant ripples in the psychedelic underground with their <em>Plains</em> album. It's a shiver-inducing blend of trippy shoegaze rock with <strong>lysergic-cotton-candy melodies</strong> and mellow male/female vocals that sound like extended, distant sighs. The playability factor's sky-high. Portland's <a href="http://woodenindianburialground.bandcamp.com/">Wooden Indian Burial Ground</a> ramble in the greased-lightning zone between garage rock and psychedelia. They took the elevator to the 13th floor and made it look seedy. Get to the Sunset early for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EcstaticCosmicUnion">Ecstatic Cosmic Union</a>'s bliss-toned, floating-in-space jams.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/laurels-trippy-shoegaze-will-give-you-shivers#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709124&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/laurels-trippy-shoegaze-will-give-you-shivers?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16709124&id=comments 0 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:21:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/foot-village-will-scare-death-cab-for-cutie-fans http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/foot-village-will-scare-death-cab-for-cutie-fans Kelly O <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51983721"></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16564011">Black Lodge</a>) Have you ever seen LA's avant-noise freaks <a href="http://footvillage.org/">Foot Village</a>? The new "drum-and-shout" four-drummer, <strong>zero-guitar, two-megaphone band</strong> made up of former members of Friends Forever and Gang Wizard? Neither have I! Open-minded fans of groups like <strong>Lightning Bolt</strong>, Boredoms, and Wolf Eyes will happily take marching orders from this stripped-down, almost <strong>tribal-sounding hardcore experiment</strong>. More mainstream-minded people, and probably any and all of Death Cab for Cutie's fans, will run away screaming.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/foot-village-will-scare-death-cab-for-cutie-fans#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16708975&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/foot-village-will-scare-death-cab-for-cutie-fans?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16708975&id=comments 8 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:54:00 -0700 The Stranger http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/fans-of-fall-swell-maps-and-blue-orchids-should-not-miss-uv-race http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/fans-of-fall-swell-maps-and-blue-orchids-should-not-miss-uv-race Dave Segal <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F55760117"></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16293053">Barboza</a>) Australia's UV Race sound like they have a fetish for Rough Trade Records' early-'80s roster&#8212;a wholly worthwhile fetish, in my tattered book. What that means is they favor disaffected, <strong>fuck-off vocals</strong>; scrappy, barbed-wire guitar riffs; chintzy, fairground keyboard coloration; and hypnotic, ramshackle rhythms. Fans of peak-time <strong>Fall</strong>, <strong>Swell Maps</strong>, and <strong>Blue Orchids</strong> should not miss them. San Francisco's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lifestinkss">Life Stinks</a> probably named themselves after that Peter Laughner&#8211;penned Pere Ubu song, and what few tracks by them I've heard recall a slightly less nihilistic Flipper. Their riffs spiral downward with a staunch crunch, giving off solid negative energy.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/fans-of-fall-swell-maps-and-blue-orchids-should-not-miss-uv-race#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16708443&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/08/fans-of-fall-swell-maps-and-blue-orchids-should-not-miss-uv-race?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16708443&id=comments 3 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:33:00 -0700 The Stranger