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Video: Ravenna Woods – “Brother” LIVE

When we heard this new song during Ravenna Woods‘ set this past weekend at Co-opalooza , we knew we had to share. It has a delicate and haunting feel – both in the way it sounds and the way it sticks with you. Coming up in early November, we will have a full ThisCityRocks episode with Ravenna Woods, [...]

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New Film: Seattle Music – Something In The Water?

Remember that time, three days ago, when I mentioned this upcoming PBS documentary? After the nostalgia fades, click on the video below and feel your Pacific Northwest heart swell with pride for 13 full minutes.

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Reverb Festival Photos & Review

The Seattle Weekly REVERB fest is a local-acts-only deal, with no big name headliners and no mainstage – just a half-day lineup of some of the best up-and-coming artists playing in Ballard’s finer establishments. Kudos to Seattle Weekly for providing a showcase for the local musicians trying to find their footing.

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Music News: Well, A Lot From Seattle Today

The vinyl loving Pickwick release their “Myths” EP on CD today! Local record stores Easy Street and Sonic Boom will carry copies and at the Seattle locations of Everyday Music and Silver Platters. 

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VOTE for Peak Performance Project Finalists

Voting is now open for the top-20 finalists in The Peak Performance Project, with big dollars and a huge career boost on the line.

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Obligatory Feist Post: Lost Album + Live on Q

MacLeans Magazine in Canada recently ran a story about how Feist has a “lost album” that she supposedly doesn’t want anyone to know about, called Monarchs (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head).

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Radiation City’s Daytrotter Session

Let’s talk about how I just discovered Portland quartet Radiation City. (Fine, you knew about them when they were only a duet in 2008, sometimes it takes time for Cool Stuff On The Internets to get to me.)

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Review: Siskiyou – “Keep Away The Dead”

Theres no questioning that the past few years saw a resurgence in folk and roots sounding music. Call it Americana, call it Canadiana, whatever.

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This Weekend: Reverb Music Festival

If you’ve Bumbershooted, Block Partied and Folklifed yourself all over Seattle this summer (and still want more) then you might want to check out the Reverb Music Festival this Saturday in Ballard.

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New Music: Said The Whale – “Lines”

There’s been lots of announcements and news from Vancouver’s Said The Whale recently. A new EP titled “New Brighton” is due November 8, a US Tour through October and November, and a full-length album follows in March.

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