Bellingham Songwriter/Singer Kasey Anderson Chats with Nada  Editor Matt Ashworth About Bellingham Songwriter/Singer Kasey Anderson
Intro by Matt Ashworth; Interview by Kasey Anderson

When Kasey Anderson first submitted music for potential review on NadaMucho.com, I quickly wrote him off as a Steve Earle wannabe.

Luckily for both of us, Anderson didn't let my initial ambivalence towards his music deter him. Nor did he echo my shallow assessment of his art in considering NadaMucho.com as a viable music outlet. We kept in touch via email. 

Years of hard drinkin' have rendered my memory spotty at best, but at some point Anderson mentioned he was a writer as well as a musician and offered to submit some content. By the time we'd published his third well-written, observant piece I figured it was time to revisit his music. What I found was the same kind of clear, conversational storytelling and honesty I saw in his articles and an ever-improving knack for writing memorable American pop/rock songs.

Despite his continued kinship and willingness to donate his talent our humble pages, NadaMucho.com has never written about Kasey Anderson's music. I could pass this off as journalistic integrity, but we've never shied away from wearing our conflicts of interest proudly on our sleeves before. The truth is, there's no excuse for not sharing more about Kasey and his music with our readers.

West Valley High School
1990 Back to School Dance 

The Preamble

Somehow I talked the West Valley High School faculty and administration in to letting me score our 1990 “Back to School Dance” in the cafeteria. This was a huge coup.
After being ostracized by the popular kids for approximately 14 years thanks to being gangly and a bit shy, my coordination had recently caught up to my 6 ft 6 inch height and I was better than everyone at basketball. By a long stretch.

Whatever “ins” my on court prowess gave me with the popular kids was counterbalanced by my mild anarchist streak and my left-of-center tastes in music. I wasn’t “unpopular” by any stretch, but I certainly wasn’t on the “in crowd” either. Music was my everything, and getting a chance to impose my tastes on the masses felt like the crowning achievement in my young life.

Global Seepej Records and NadaMucho.com began within a year of each other in the mid 90s, but it wasn't until 2003 that the two independent organizations crossed paths.

Nada High Potentate Matt Ashworth received the debut At the Spine album, The Curriculum is Never Neutral, at his basement office in Kent, Washington and quickly invited the band to play New Music Monday, a weekly showcase for emerging local bands.

Within months, Ashworth and ATS front man and Global Seepej head Mike Toschi formed an informal partnership based on their shared love of music and community.

After discussing the idea for a few years, Ashworth caught Toschi on the phone drinking enough free beer to agree to put out the compilation. Songs from the Seattle Underground is the first recorded manifestation of that partnership.

Guitar, bass, and drums. Nada Mucho's debut showcase at the venerable Blue Moon (located on the western fringes of Seattle's University District) promises you the best of that simple formula on Saturday, September 22nd... a menage a trois of local power trios, each one a headlining band in their own right - with NO COVER CHARGE.

Mos Generator, celebrating the September 25th release of their latest album for Small Stone Records, Songs For Future Gods.

Madraso, gearing up to tear the Tractor Taven to shreds for Seattle Weekly's Reverb Festival.

Iceage Cobra, fresh from their jaw-dropping Bumbershoot performance and returning triumphantly to the venue they first played two years ago, almost to the day.

Matt Brown asked a representative from each band a series of hard hitting and ultimately worthless questions, interspersing their responses with some song requests from a few of their fans. Enjoy...