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.

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.

Ughh Ain't Dead!!!

This weekend we get a very special visit from two unique camps of underground hip hop. Sole of Anticon and Myka Nyne of Freestyle Fellowship play the BLVD on Saturday night.

Spokane's had a few different visits from the Anticon camp - Themselves Subtle opened for Minus the Bear a while back and Why? played alongside Wayne Patrick last year, but we haven't had the crew/label's founder Sole visit our fair city. Sole can make some pretty weird music. Here's one of the more accessible tracks from Sole's early material:

Sole: Year of the $exxx $ymbol

Myka Nyne hails from Los Angeles California and is a member of the seminal ground Freestyle Fellowship, who formed at the very famous open mic sessions at the Good Life Cafe in the early 90s. He's got a truly unique voice, check him out on this collaboration with Prefuse 73:

Prefuse 73 with Myka Nyne: Life Death

Myka Nyne and Sole play the BLVD on Saturday January 24. Gun of the Sun opens. 9pm, 21 and up, $7.

Stoners & Punks tomorrow at the Cretin Hop

I meant to make a post about this show earlier, but Andrew took forever with that invite...

Tomorrow night (12/17), Reno's Farley Overdose plays the Cretin Hop. Assuming that anyone will know any of the bands I talk about - they sound like High On Fire's Surrounded by Thieves being played by Septic Death. Just fast and sludgy hardcore punk with stoner metal crossover elements. The last time Farley came through, they played a 10'x10' garage in the middle of the Gonzaga area; and then promptly out-partied everyone within the vicinity.

Download their demos (that's 11 songs) here and here

Godbear, Lord Kelvin, J-Splo, and Bluebird (from Bellingham) are playing support. 1317 N. Howard (behind Value Village), 6:00 PM, $5.