Kevin Murphy - "Undertaker"

Kevin Murphy from the Moondoggies playing solo and acoustic at the Capitol Hill Block Party last summer.



Pictures from Elkfest 2009

Baroness Live

Baroness and John Baizley have just begun a tour in support of the Blue Record. Here are some great live clips from Metal Injection. "The Sweetest Curse" is my favorite song off this album, and this is a great live clip.

Modest Mouse - Spokane, WA (9/5/2009)

Modest Mouse stopped in Spokane before heading to Bumbershoot. They played an interesting mix of old and new songs.

The Night Marchers


Modest Mouse

Flickr, Last.fm

Setlist

1. 3rd Planet
2. Black Cadillacs
3. We've Got Everything
4. King Rat
5. Dramamine
6. Missed the Boat
7. Gravity Rides Everything
8. Breakthrough
9. Education
10. Wild Pack of Family Dogs
11. Parting of the Sensory
12. Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
13. The View
14. Baby Blue Sedan
15. Satin in a Coffin
16. Whale Song
17. Doin' the Cockroach/The Good Times Are Killing Me
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Tracks 5, 8, 12 from This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
Track 17 from The Lonesome Crowded West
Tracks 1, 7, 10 from The Moon & Antarctica
Tracks 2, 13, 15, 17 from Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Tracks 3, 6, 9, 11 from We Were Dead Before the Shipe Even Sank
Tracks 4, 16 from No One's First, and You're Next
Track 14 from Building Nothing Out of Something

Here's the new video for "Whale Song" with snails (can't embed) and the video for "King Rat" with whales (directed by Heath Ledger).

"Whale Song" for Modest Mouse from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.

Modest Mouse - King Rat

Joel Smith - Spokane, WA (8/11/2009)

Joel Smith brought together a host of Spokane musicians in the Spokane Masonic Temple to celebrate the release of his latest CD, The Filibuster. Complete with a Master-of-Ceremonies, this was an intimate showcase for Joel's new CD and the Spokane music scene.


Karli Fairbanks
Joel SmithFlickr, Last.fm

Artwork by Baizley

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd take this chance to talk about something different. I'll probably have some pictures from Joel Smith and Modest Mouse when I get around to it. This post is about artwork by John Dyer Baizley. Baizley does awesome cover artwork for some pretty cool metal bands, including the band in which he is lead singer/guitarist, Baroness.

Baroness's new album comes out this october. The Blue Record artwork can be seen below. Baroness has two preview tracks from this album up on their MySpace.

(clockwise from upper left)

Baroness - Red Album
Baroness - Blue Record
Skeletonwitch - Beyond the Permafrost
Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (out in October)
Torche - In Return
Kylesa - Static Tensions

Blitzen Trapper - Kennewick, WA (7/25/2009)

Alex and I drove down to the Tri-Cities to see Blitzen Trapper a couple of weeks ago. Great show in an intimate venue. The guys were really nice after the show. They even played a couple new songs. There is a great live recording of BT at the Picador in Iowa City a few days before this show. The setlist is pretty similar to the one we saw.

Tonight I'm going to Joel Smith's CD release show at Spokane's Masonic Temple. Check it out if you're in Spokane.




Flickr, Last.fm

Setlist:

1. Sleepytime in the Western World
2. Saturday Nite
3. God & Suicide
4. Fire & Fast Bullets
5. Stolen Shoes & a Rifle
6. Big Black Bird
7. Canyon's Edge
8. Furr
9. Country Rain
10. The Man Who Would Speak True
11. Not Your Lover
12. Black River Killer
13. Lady on the Water
14. Gold for Bread
15. Jericho
16. Love U
17. Echo
18. Wild Mountain Nation

Encore

19. Country Caravan

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 from Furr
Tracks 18, 19 from Wild Mountain Nation
Track 9 from Field Rexx
Track 15 from Cool Love #1 EP
Track 6 from Black River Killer EP
Tracks 7, 10 are unreleased

Here's video of Marty and rest of the guys performing "Canyon's Edge" at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee.

Blitzen Trapper : Blue Ribbon Vision #11 from Pabst Theater on Vimeo.

Sonic Youth - Spokane, WA (7/24/2009)

Sonic Youth stopped in Spokane between Boise and the Capitol Hill Block Party. The played many songs from their latest release The Eternal. I didn't get a lot of good pictures but here are a few.


Awesome Color


Sonic Youth



Flickr, Last.fm

Setlist:

1. No Way
2. Sacred Trickster
3. Calming the Snake
4. Hey Joni
5. Malibu Gas Station
6. Anti-Orgasm
7. Poison Arrow
8. Walkin Blue
9. (I Got A) Catholic Block
10. Antenna
11. Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso)
12. Massage the History
13. Silver Rocket

Encore

14. Shadow of a Doubt
15. Schizophrenia

Encore

16. What We Know
17. Expressway To Yr. Skull
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Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16 from The Eternal
Tracks 4, 13 from Daydream Nation
Tracks 9, 15 from Sister
Tracks 14, 17 from EVOL