To appreciate a work of art it must exist in a realm of superiority to those attempting to understand it. This can imply pretension, however, how can something truly be art if it is that which we fully comprehend right off the bat? Crocodiles’ debut album Summer of Hate exists in that realm, even if accidentally. Anyone remotely interested in its release had a couple avenues for analyzing how it may come to sound. As it turns out, any of those avenues would have been ill advised.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
We’ve already told you that tonight you should not miss Fuck Buttons & Mogwai at the Roseland Theater; an easy feat. Thursday however, proves much more challenging as there are sets all over the map, music-wise and genre-wise.
5:30pm No Age
7:00pm Battles
9:00 pm Calvin Johnson
10:00 pm M Ward
10:00 pm The Cool Kids
11:00 pm Starfucker
12:00 am Deerhunter
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Posted By David Hutchinson
Starting today, and throughout the week I’ll be posting to the calendar shows you should probably be going to that correspond to this years MusicFestNW, along with MP3’s so you can preview the artists before the shows. At $50 for 4 days, there is no good reason not to make it out.
After the jump check out the list of performers as well as how to get into Ratatat, Les Savy Fav, Britt Daniel, No Age, Built To Spill and Battles free of charge.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
Although this festival is all for charity, and no press are given comped tickets, I somehow managed to win a pair by telling Sub-Pop that Wolf Eyes’ Human Animal is the best album they’ve ever put out on the label. Although that may be true, one thing Sub-Pop 20 has allowed me to do is look into the bands that were a little before my time. No, not Nirvana.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
