Apparently

There's some huge bash happening this weekend in Browns Addition, and apparently its FREE!

Spokane's finest mixed with some great regional acts.

Since I'm a real shit of a blogger, why don't you check out a real journalistic play by play on the action over at the Som Show.

Corn Pasta!

OMGDUBSTYLE

This just in! Velella Velella is bringing their ass-shaking treats to Spokane for a FREEEE show tonight at Whitworth. This will be one of the funnest free treats you ever get to dance along to. Feel the vibration:

Velella Velella - Alex Boom Selector

Friday April 10: United States of Electronica and Velella Velella. FREE at the Whitworth HUB. V.V. plays at 8:15.

Good

What a voice! Karli Fairbanks has her CD release show tonight. I first caught onto Karli when I heard Whiskey Flowers - which is quite lovely.

I got a few tastes of her new CD, and woo-whee, it sure is nice. Karli has made the transition from a blooming singer-songwriter to one of the best artists in the Spokane area.

Karli Fairbanks - Some Other Plan

Wednesday April 8: Karli Fairbanks at the Bing Crosby (the Met). 7pm

Rock of Mine Youth!

Five o'clock and Running


Mourning After seems to have one foot in the grave, one foot on the stage. A few years back they called it quits, or at least stopped playing shows regularly. But once a year they dust off the old tunes to make Spokane remember the good ol' days of epic emotional rock and roll that filled up Fat Tuesdays and the Big Easy on the reg.

Ben's dreads have grown a little, but not much else has changed. Same dudes smashing the same beers smashing the same tunes smashing your faces.

Saturday April 4 at the NEW BLVD: Mourning After, Pour Soi, Geoff Johnson, Sanctified Sin. 9pm for ages 21 and up.

Mashed

Paper Mache is from Spokane, sort of. They've been touring pretty hard for the past 2 or so years and are stopping through their 'hometown' on Saturday. Peep this song from their new record Easier to Lose:

Paper Mache: Limelight

Saturday April 4 at Caterina Winery: Paper Mache, Kaylee Cole, Noah Gunderson. All ages welcome.

Rockit

Allright you local music lovers/haters!

The Inlander is having their annual music issue which will include their 'buzzworthy' bands series. Normally the Inlander polls Spokane's best and brightest booking agents, promoters, club owners and divas for their top 5 buzz(cut)worthy artists, sorts the numbers and calls it a day.

But this year, you, we, the average joe(s) will be able to cast (y)our vote for the peoples buzz award! Yes we can!

So click this link and nominate your choice for "the hottest, brightest, fastest-rising band or artist in the Inland Northwest."

No idea who to nominate? There are some ideas to the right.

Don't let this get turned into some silly popularity contest. Seriously, who the hell is 6 Foot Swing?

ps. voting ends friday at midnight.

Sunrifle

Spokane hip hoppers Gun of the Sun play the Knitting Factory tomorrow. They're some of the best emcees in town, don't sleep

Quiz 10 is a pretty prolific dude. Besides GOTS and his solo tracks, he is a part of the groups ESP, Werd Slingers, and the newly christened Cheap Meat Suits (formerly Demons in Disguise). Here's one of their new tracks:

Cheap Meat Suits: Dead Meadow Master

Knothead, Gun of the Sun, Debutante Savant, Livid Undead, Sic Boy and the SpoKings, Mindclicc, Emperical Dynamics at the Knitting Factory Thursday March 19. All ages.

Falling Up

Pullman/Spokane's Cyrus Fell Down kick off their tour tonight at the Empyrean. Go down, buy a shirt and jump up and down.

Cyrus Fell Down, the Globes, The Lonely H and Meteorites Attack! at the Empyrean on Friday March 13. 7pm for all ages.

With Style and Finesse

James Pants has been touring across Europe with some Spokane good ol' boys (and the Stones Throw crew).

Check out his wacky video blogs here.

Plus there's a free Carhartt/Stones Throw mixtape for your listening pleasure.

Roosters

The first issue of Crunk Roost hits shelves tonight with a party at the Empyrean. Spokane's always in need of a music-centric 'zine, newspaper or novella (especially since somebody decided they didn't really care anymore).

Ahem, pick up a copy and celebrate!

Tuesday March 3 at the Empyrean: Crunk Roost release party, with Olive Green, Henry Nordstrom, Dane Ueland.

Good Look

Spokane/Pullman experimental math spazz rockers Cyrus Fell Down are in the running for the wild card slot in the EMP's Sound Off competition in Seattle.

Help the boys out and vote for them. Polls close Monday at 5pm, so get on it.

Good Spokane Videos

Are hard to come by. Big ups to Spokane/Bozeman resident Ajax Starglider.

Best of Vapor

If you haven't seen Belt of Vapor before, tonight you've got a chance to see the best band in Spokane for free.

I'm not sure why BoV is so damned good. Complex, loud, intricate, fantastic. Here's a song off their new record:

Belt of Vapor: Shy/Asshole Confusion

Belt of Vapor plays the Sommies tonight with Oil of Angels and Mon Cheri. FREE for ages 18 and up at the BLVD.

How The Young Have Fallen

I've always really liked the Globes. I first heard them when my friend Will started sending me songs his band For Years Blue was recording. They won a few Battle of the Bands, and were in or around the 10th grade. They were suprisingly pretty damn good. Here's a taste of probably my favorite For Years Blue tune, alas I never saw them play it live:

For Years Blue: D Beam Controller

They continued to get better. Will left the band at some point. I always kind of figured that they'd break up, as most young bands do, move along or go to college in different towns. But somehow, they managed to change their name to the Globes, and move out to Seattle to make it big in rock and roll. Here's a jam off their new EP. Love it.

The Globes: Killers and Saints

Tiny Vipers, The Globes, Kaylee Cole and Grant Olson play the Empyrean on Saturday January 31. 7pm, $7, All Ages.

Tighten Up Them Jeans!

Congratulations to the Empyrean Coffee House, who will be celebrating two years of business with a weekend of great shows.

Friday night features Love You Long Time, the Salt Lake City/LA electro rap dance spandex keytar American Apparelites. The kids have gotta love this.

Love You Long Time: the Power

Love You Long Time plays Friday January 16 with Goodnight Sunrise, Teen Hearts, Jiggywatts, James Pants, Peter Parker and Pegasus Dream.

Hockey Signs to the Majors!

Congratulations to Hockey, who have unsurprisingly signed to Capitol Records for the US releases and Virgin Records for UK releases.

Well done boys.

Pants continues to smoke!

I was glad to hear that James Pants was putting together a live band, but I was even more glad to hear that Justin Walter (Belt of Vapor) would be drumming. He is one of the best drummers in town period. They hit Europe in a few weeks.

His new single just dropped, and includes a remix from the ultra hipster team of XXXChange and A-Trak! Holy electro madness!

Rumor has it he's been cooking up remixes for Beck, Dam Funk, and a handful of other folks I'm not savvy enough to know about.

Here's a Pants mix he did over for the folks at Brooklyn Radio.

And here's a remix of KA$H!!!!

HOLY HELL!

Your Name Here

I had a hard time finding a picture of Velella Velella that did their live show justice. I mean, how do you capture the essence of such fun a show that even a sloth like me gets dancing? Its tricky, apparently.

But this is a given. Velella Velella will make you dance. Even you. Even me.

They've got roots in Spokane, as Andrew Means and Michael Burton strayed from the indie rock that they'd been playing and started working on a downtempoy experimentaly type of project with live instrumentation with analog gear (vibes, synths, wurly, among others) over sampled drum loops. As they moved to Seattle, a few members were added, and V.V. started incorporating vocals into their songs, which kept getting funkier, bouncier, dancier (danceyer?), hotter, funner, awesomer.

Their newer EP Flight Cub is five songs of soulful glory. Here's an MP3 of one of my favorites:

Velella Velella - Your Name Here

Velella Velella plays Thursday September 11 at the BLVD with Point Juncture, WA and La Cha Cha. Don't miss it.

Democrats 1, Hockey 0

My condolences go out to Hockey, who have had some automotive problems in Denver.

I was really looking forward to checking them out last night with James Pants, but the Mile High City had another plan.... Damn you Democratic Convention!!!

I definitely slept on Hockey, who garnered all sort of press during their stay in Spokane. It wasn't until I got the chance to see them in Portland did I realize what I'd been missing. Fun hooks, dance beats and a fantastic voice fronting the whole show.

Their EP Mind Chaos is really fucking good. They've even managed to press vinyl. Fantastic.

Here's an MP3 of one of my favorite tunes from the album:

Hockey - Work.

You can buy their record CD here. Vinyl here.