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Monday, Dec 3 2018, 6AM
Good Monday morning! Here's karma for what happened over the weekend.
Lead vocalist Rob Dickinson now spends his time restoring and reimagining Porsches with his LA-based company Singer Vehicle Design. How's that for a hobby?
Echo and The Bunnymen were just in town last Thursday. www.bunnymen.com
The Breakfast Creek Hotel that Peter Garrett refers to in this song is a heritage-listed hotel in Brisbane, Australia. It was built in 1889. www.midnightoil.com
From their latest album "Living in Extraordinary Times," released in August. wearejames.com
Currently on tour elsewhere in the US, but Michael Lerner returns to Seattle for a gig at Neumos on Friday May 3. telekinesismusic.com
David Bazan and Company paid NPR a visit for a three song set for the Tiny Desk Concert series. You can watch it, including "Yellow Bike," at pedrothelion.com
From Los Angeles. This is her debut full length. She will be at Barboza on Tuesday February 19. miyafolick.com
The Helio Sequence have reissued their landmark album "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" for its 10th anniversary as a Deluxe Edition. You can get it on CD and a double-LP. And if you look hard, you can find the Loser Edition on blue vinyl. www.heliosequence.com
Bron-Yr-Aur is an 18th-century cottage, in Wales, just outside a village whose name only Welsh will likely be able to pronounce successfully. www.ledzeppelin.com
Per Ben Gibbard: "The song is not a complaint about how things were better or anything like that. It’s an observation, but more about coming to terms with the passage of time and losing the people and the moments in my life all over again as I walk down a street that is now so unfamiliar." deathcabforcutie.com
Grapetooth is a duo consisting of Twin Peaks guitarist Clay Frankel and Chicago producer Chris Bailoni. This is their debut album. grapetooth.bandcamp.com
Originally on "Bummed," released in 1988 on Factory Records. www.facebook.com
The album art for "Power, Corruption, and Lies" is a reproduction of the painting "A Basket of Roses" by French artist Henri Fantin-Latour. The cover design was conceived by Peter Saville, who designed many of the Joy Division and New Order covers. www.neworder.com
Opening for Interpol on Saturday February 2 at The Moore. www.sunflowerbeanband.com
New album releases in January. She is in town at The Neptune on Saturday February 23. www.sharonvanetten.com
Get your top 10 album votes in by this Friday December 7. The Top 90.3 albums countdown starts on Friday December 14. www.kexp.org
"It takes a second to say goodbye" refers to the nuclear proliferation threat which felt very real in the early 1980s. www.u2.com
Perfect Son is Tobiasz Biliński, a Polish musician who used to be part of the heavy synthpop band Coldair. His debut release on Sub Pop, entitled "Cast," will be out early next year. www.facebook.com
Bloc Party's new album "Silent Alarm Live" releases in February, and as the title suggests, it's a live recording of "Silent Alarm" in its entirety. blocparty.com
After a nine year long hiatus, Doves have announced they will participate in Roger Daltrey's Teenage Cancer Trust shows next year, Friday, March 29. Tickets go on sale on Friday December 7. For more information, see www.teenagecancertrust.org
Snow Patrol's new album "Wildness" is out now. They're in Seattle at Showbox SoDo on Wednesday May 15. snowpatrol.com
Beth Jeans Houghton is an English multi-disciplinary artist. While she performs as Du Blone, she has also directed and animated music videos for multiple artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ezra Furman, and Laura Marling's band LUMP.
www.dublonde.co.uk
Indie rock supergroup consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. Their debut EP is a six track gem where each contributed two tracks. boygenius.bandcamp.com
Kurt Vile and The Violators are at The Moore on Saturday December 15. kurtvile.com
Fleetwood Mac when they were in town performed a touching tribute to Tom Petty. Petty's long-time guitarist and collaborator, Mike Campbell, is touring with them. www.tompetty.com
This single was recorded during the Tell Me How You Really Feel sessions but didn't make the album. You can find it on Mom+Pop Record's 10th Anniversary box set, appropriately titled "10 Years of Mom+Pop." courtneybarnett.com.au
Hollywood Town Hall was The Jayhawks first major label release, and enjoyed much success with this song. jayhawksofficial.com
Mermaid Avenue was the first part of a project organized by Nora Guthrie, which set music to previously unheard lyrics written by Woodie Guthrie.
Warm, Tweedy's second solo release, came out last Friday. He held a surprise, free concert on Saturday at The Hideout in Chicago, which has capacity of around 100. wilcoworld.net
Two dates at The Neptune, Saturday December 8 and Sunday the 9th. Both dates are sold out. www.shakeygraves.com
Blushing are a dual husband and wife band (that's four people if you're counting at home). "The Truth" (b/w "Sunshine") is pressed on 7" opaque pink vinyl. www.blushingmusic.com
Slowdive will be part of Pitchfork Music Festival Midwinter in Chicago on February 15. Bring warm clothes. Just kidding - it appears to be indoors at The Art Institute of Chicago. www.slowdiveofficial.com
Piroshka is Hungarian for Little Red Riding Hood. It's also the alter ego of four notable talents – Miki Berenyi (Lush), KJ 'Moose' McKillop (Moose), Mick Conroy (Modern English) and Justin Welch (Elastica).
Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow will be doing two shows at the Triple Door in Seattle on Sunday January 27 (one show at 6pm and a later show at 9pm). theposies.net
January looks to be a good month for new releases. This is another great one. thetwilightsad.com
Full length out February, but if you can't wait that long, you can watch the trippy video for this song at cherry-glazerr.com In town at Neumos on Thursday March 7.
AAARTH sounds like a cry of disgust. But in fact 'arth' is Welsh for 'bear'. www.thejoyformidable.com
Straight out of Olympia, CCFX is the dream pop collaboration of Mary Jane Dunphe (Vexx, CC Dust) and members of Trans FX. ccfx.bandcamp.com
Jennifer Lee, aka Tokimonsta, is an American record producer and DJ from Los Angeles. tokimonsta.com
According to Whosampled, this particular remix contains samples from 15 different songs. There are probably lots more not yet identified. djshadow.com
Licensed To Ill was produced by Rick Rubin. Rubin has produced hundreds of albums in a wide variety of genres, including Kanye West and Johnny Cash.
It's after Thanksgiving, so you're welcome. www.rundmc.com
Canadian rapper Shad was born in Kenya of Rwandan parents, and raised just outside Toronto. He will be at Barboza tomorrow. www.shadk.com
Elvis Costello and The Imposters are at The Paramount tonight. If it's anything like the LA shows, it will be an epic three hour extravaganza. www.elviscostello.com
Happy birthday, O Prince of Darkness! Ozzy Osbourne turns 70 today. www.ozzy.com