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Phoenix ::: Photo by Chona Kasinger for Sound on the SoundHighly anticipated buzz band of 2k10, The Soft Pack (formerly known as The Muslims), opened things up last Friday night with a bang. Though I do find the pairing of Phoenix and The Soft Pack s...

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Feral Children at SXSW 2008 ::: Photo by Josh LovsethSeattle band Feral Children have been pounding out spooky visions on local stages for a few years now, developing a percussion-heavy repertoire of dark indie rock that I ve declared on more than on...

topics: indie, rock, show

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Discs of Fury vs. the Bat Lord ::: Photo by Josh LovsethFor one night only, the Discs of Fury brought another epic tale to the Crocodile stage, an original rock opera that makes others pale in comparison, or at least pale that they re in any way asso...

topics: rock, the-crocodile

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Bowerbirds at the Triple Door in July, 2009 ::: Photo by Josh LovsethSo being Bowerbirds fans for sometime now we attended their first visit to the Triple Door back in July when they were on tour with Megafaun, and it was something close to perfect. ...

topics: the-triple-door, triple-door

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Black Whales at Bumbershoot 2009 ::: Photo by Abbey SimmonsAs you can tell we ve been easing slowly into the new year with regard to blog content, but that should be resolved shortly. We ve been putting the finishing touches on our last list of 2009,...

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The best part of getting older? For Sound on the Sound it is undoubtedly our Blue Moon birthday shows. For the past three birthdays we ve been blessed to celebrate the occasion with sold out shows filled with friends, readers, and a few of our favo...

topics: bands, shows

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Shane at the Tractor ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons[Editors Note: Long-time Seattle musician and Easy Street employee Shane Tutmarc will be leaving his hometown and heading for the home of his heroes. As a record store employee he's been a professional a...

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Underwater People are magic makers. I know little of them. They employ a man named Sawyer, who has recently been away in the steamy climes of Southeast Asia on some secret mission. They treat bloggers like a million bucks. And, most important...

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The Maldives ::: Photo by Josh LovsethThese are the albums that defined my 2009. Some I consider to be the strongest local albums of the year while others held my attention and memory in a special way such that I kept coming back to them. While many ...

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Dave and Holly ::: Photo by Josh LovsethThe photo s from the Chuck Yay-Grr reunion show at the Sunset Tavern is one of our most viewed sets on flickr from this year. I d never seen Chuck Yay-Grr, and it was still a ridiculously fun night. The picture...

topics: show, the-sunset