The return of Everett True | 99. The Shivas
I’m a little confused here. I have The Shivas’ Whiteout and it sounds… no, not sludgy. It sounds like many other things of its time (2013). (Hint: it’s post-Vivian Girls.) There’s little wrong with it, aside from the fact if you’re gonna do these girl-pop harmonies then you might as well have a girl singing […]
EXCLUSIVE | Ashley Eriksson’s Colours Olympia #10: ‘Arguably’
Collapse Board: we’re just happy to serve.
Chain & The Gang – In Cool Blood (K Records)
What’s cool? Chain & The Gang’s new album, In Cool Blood, might help us to answer this question.
Song of the day – 569: Ashley Eriksson
And now I’ve found this, and I’m more than happy. For this is how I remember Olympia, WA. Ask any of my old friends. Magical.
Song of the day – 435: The Hot Toddies (+ free mix tape!)
Bubblegum pop with a sharp tongue that tells of wet dreams and surf paradises
Punk Rock song of the day – 398: Hive Dwellers
More punk than you’ll ever be, punk.
two songs that I’ve been meaning to track down for nearly two decades
This song used to haunt my drunken waking moments.
Song of the day – 263: Tender Forever
The deep bass throb of ‘Unfortunate Friends’ is the one that I really dig, but I can’t find the video – so trust me, or buy the album or something and find out for yourselves.
Song of the day – 131: Shonen Knife
Oh man. I never realised. I’m not sure how I never realised. Maybe I did realise, but I plumb forgot. After all, when I first travelled out to Olympia in ’89 I’m fairly sure that I purchased every cassette Calvin Johnson had then released on his K label (privilege of being a staff writer, and […]
