Matt Brown – …After we stumbled out of the Rendezvous into the backseat of the cab, I punched in the number for The Trucks’ promotions pimp down in Portland, an avowed connoisseur of all things sexy and Scottish, and handed the phone to Kevin.
Chris Klepac – Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a wakeup call for musicians, music fans, and Americans of all kinds who have grown numb to the terrible news coming out of Iraq.
P.W. Richardson – Indecisive Rhythm is the brainchild of Amy Mustoe, who has been working the Seattle scene for more than five years with various incarnations of her power pop trio.
June Swoons – Capitalism. The word provokes serious political debate. The kind that is best avoided in the company of surly foreign nationals at your local watering hole.
Red Lehman – If sex came in tubes of toothpaste, The Celebrity Orphans squeeze out 39 minutes worth on their new self-titled album. Up-tempo rocksters like “Hello,” “You Got Nothin,” and “Let Me Tell You” are ferociously danceable with BC Campbell and company telling the entire world just who’s doing the messin’ around now.
