2009's Best Music

1) The Maldives - Listen to the Thunder (stream)
2) Port O'Brien - Threadbare ("My Will Is Good")
3) The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
4) Joel Smith - The Filibuster
5) The Thermals - Now We Can See
6) David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
7) Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
8) Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
9) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

The Maldives - "Cold November"

Another Capitol Hill Block Party video since it happens to be a cold November day.

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
-setlist.fm

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