John Richards

In Seattle December 14th at Neumo's in support of their latest 'Between Waves'. From the band's website: "the album displays multifaceted, meticulous sound design, a keen ear for balancing disparate influences, and the strongest senses of dynamics, rhythm, and composition The Album Leaf has displayed to date."

For the past eight years, Nau has written songs with his wife Whitney McGraw under the name Cotton Jones. “Mowing” is a stockpile of recordings from the past 8-years—little sonic experiments, layering exercises, the occasional fully-formed song—nestled away in the Cotton Jones compound in the tiny Appalachian city of Cumberland, Maryland, waiting to be pulled from the shelf and ushered into the sunlight.

Fastbacks were formed in 1979, by founders, bassist/ singer Kim Warnick and Ken Bloch, who had met and become friends while in High School during the late 70’s. During their time as a band they went through 20 drummers. One of their earliest drummers was a 15-year old named Duff McKagen, who left the band when he moved to Los Angeles. He later went on to be in a little band named Guns & Roses. Fastbacks opened for the likes of The Ramones, John Cale, and Public Image Limited throughout their band career. They broke up in 2002, but performed a reunion show during the West Seattle Summer Music Festival back on July 8, 2011.