Attempting to consume all of the musical delights Seattle has to offer and synthesize them into an objective list of “bests” is a fool’s errand – an impossible task for most small groups of people, let alone an individual, no matter how enlightened and/or connected she or he may be.
Of the many annual year-end NadaMucho.com lists, “Favorite Songs” is created with the simplest formula: we ask our writers and photographers to tell us a few of their favorite songs of the year, I alphabetize them and pick a few to embed, and we’re off to the races.
“We believe pop can be weird,” quoth !!! front man Nic Offer – and he proved it – last Tuesday at the Crocodile in Seattle.
Today we exclusively premiere Aaron Semer’s “Son of the Morning Star,” the first song on his new album Love Amidst Collapse, which is scheduled for a December 10 release on Knick Knack Records, the same date Aaron will celebrate with a performance at Conor Byrne in Ballard.
If you’ve paid close attention to NadaMucho.com’s endeavors over the last decade you’ll know that our music snobbery does not extend to tribute nights. In fact, we love them… especially when they highlight great local talent while giving us an opportunity to hear great songs that we might otherwise never have had the opportunity to see performed live.
