Matt Ashworth – Earlier this year, Abe Beeson wrote about two songs from Patrick Galactic and called Tacoma singer/songwriter “a musician to watch.” I did just that, first checking out more of his solo stuff, then by revisiting his work with Death By Stars and then by inviting him to open our yearly Metalween night.
Matt Ashworth – We begin our 2014 recap with the most utilitarian of our yearly lists: our favorite songs. Unlike the rest of our year-end coverage, which ranks and revisits each entry through a delicate and highly-political internal process, our songs list is just that – a list of our favorite songs.
Al Doyle is a storied musician who currently performs in both Hot Chip and New Build, the latter of which plays Neumos in Seattle on Sunday, December 7. In preview of the show we asked him a bunch of annoying questions about his old band, LCD Soundsystem.
Matt Ashworth – A couple of years ago I was searching Spotify for audio clips from comedian Joe Mande. It was part of a foolish effort to Tweet about every band performing at the 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival, a feat I nearly accomplished two years running.
Matt Ashworth – Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival, the winter counterpart to summer’s wildly successful Timber! Outdoor Music Festival, just announced the full lineup for this year’s event, which happens January 9 and 10 in the humble Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington.
