Thieves early this week plundered the Eagle Rock studio space used by singer-songwriter Alex Brown Church and his indie-rock ensemble Sea Wolf, making off with guitars, amplifiers, a synthesizer, drum machine and various pedals and other electronics. Church and his management are asking the community to be on the lookout for the stolen gear. Download […]
Your wonderful Wednesday show options: ‣ Tori Amos visits the Greek Theatre behind her latest album “Unrepentant Geraldines.” ‣ Nightmare and the Cat celebrates the release of its debut album “Simple” with a show at the Roxy, supported by Max & the Moon and the Peach Kings. ‣ OK Go switches sides of town for […]
Songwriter Alex Brown Church’s new Sea Wolf project is an album. But it’s not. Well, let’s him explain: “It’s a real Sea Wolf album, but it’s not an official record. It’s a gift for our fans,” he says of “Song Spells, No. 1: Cedarsmoke,” a collection of songs made during his “creative regeneration” for the […]
What a Friday you have in store: ‣ Hey, Veruca Salt is back. Like really back. The original lineup of Nina Gordon, Louise Post, Steve Lack and Jim Shapiro have released their first new material in 18 years (above, the video for “It’s Holy”), and their reunion tour brings them to the Roxy Theatre tonight. […]
Incoming: Lolipalooza, Jaded Incorporated, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Steve Winwood, the Moth & the Flame, Spanish Gold, Delta Rose, Movement, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Quantic, the Wallburds, Sly & Robbie, Taylor Locke Band, Ian McLagan, Fuck Button, Somekindawonderful, Pure X, Tigers Jaw, David Poe, the Thermals, Kurupt, Very Be Careful, Colin Hay, […]
Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious […]
Alex Brown Church has said that much of his third album as Sea Wolf – “Old World Romance,” released last September on Dangerbird Records – was informed by his move back to California after spending a couple years in Montreal. And so it is with the video for “Old Friend,” which Church made with director […]
Full-up Friday: ‣ Sea Wolf headlines the El Rey Theatre behind his new album “Old World Romance.” Savoir Adore opens. ‣ La Santa Cecilia and the Boogaloo Assassins team up at the free FIGat7th Downtown Festival. ‣ Wildcat! Wildcat!, In the Valley Below and MT. OSSA at the Echo ‣ The Church Sessions at the […]
Incoming: Camera Obscura, John Grant, Alice Smith, 3OH!3, Peter Tork, Pitbull, Mount Kimbie, Eleanor Friedberger, Kinks’ Tribute, Ida Maria, Kisses, Warships, Joseph Arthur, Vans Warped Tour, Steve Miller Band, Holy Folk, the Dig, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, La Santa Cecilia, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Jonathan Wilson, Bleu, the Game, Iris DeMent, […]
The 12th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival kicked off Friday at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state, highlighted by rip-roaring performances by main stagers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Arctic Monkeys; shoulder-to-shoulder throngs flipping out to Vampire Weekend and Youth Lagoon; strong showings by Northwest favorites Built to Spill and Telekinesis, some shredding from Red Fang […]
