SW Video: See Me River at REVERBfest

See Me River played The Tractor at Seattle Weekly's REVERBefest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Video courtesy of Darren Lund and Blake Dally.

Watch other REVERBfest videos featuring:
— Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden
— Shim
— 17th Chapter
— An Interview With Tad Doyle of Brothers of the Sonic Cloth
— An overall REVERBfest video featuring Boat, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, and others.

REVERBfest on the Ferry (seriously), featuring:
— The Moondoggies
— The Crying Shame
— The Moondoggies + The Crying Shame

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SW Video: Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden at REVERBfest

Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden played The Tractor at Seattle Weekly's REVERBefest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Video courtesy of Darren Lund and Blake Dally.

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SW Video: 17th Chapter at REVERBfest

17th Chapter played The Tractor at Seattle Weekly's REVERBefest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Video courtesy of Darren Lund and Blake Dally.

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SW Video: Shim at REVERBfest

Shim closed out The Tractor at Seattle Weekly's REVERBefest on Saturday, Oct. 4. Video courtesy of Darren Lund, Leif Aesoph, and Blake Dally.

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Interview: Tad Doyle at REVERBfest

Tad Doyle: "I have access to a greater power, a universal spirit that helps me rock out."

Music editor Brian J. Barr, with an assist from Chris Estey, interviews Tad Doyle at REVERBfest, after his performance with Brothers of the Sonic Cloth.

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REVERBfest Photos: See Me River, Police Teeth, Grayskull

Grayskull at The Sunset


Photos by Laurie Pearman. Watch a slideshow of REVERBfest 2008.

And the #1 mustache of the REVERBfest goes to ...

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SW Video: REVERBfest Recap, Featuring Shim, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Boat, and More

This is the first of several REVERBfest videos we'll be rolling out for y'all this week. Later today we've got more of Shim's set at The Tractor and Brian J. Barr's on-site interview with Tad Doyle of Brothers of the Sonic Cloth. Huge thanks to the men behind the videos: Darren Lund, Leif Aesoph, and Blake Dally.

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Last Night: REVERBfest, Installment One (AND Two)

Blood Red Dancers

4 p.m., Blood Red Dancers, the Sunset Tavern

I started the evening with Blood Red Dancers, a three-piece band that manages to create some really trippy, rough-around-the-edges rock and roll without the use of any guitar whatsoever. Just bass, keys and drums. This band deserves every last ounce of hype they've received...and probably more. I was pleased to see that they had a solid audience at the Sunset, even though it was early in the day. I bought their EP. You should too.

5 p.m., Crying Shame, Conor Byrne's

Last time I saw these guys was at Jules Maes and everyone was standing around, drinking copiously and talking. Conor Byrne's seemed a little more reserved; it was an older crowd, everyone was sitting down and the band started with their least twangy numbers, though the twang seemed to increase as the set progressed. Arlan's got this deep, sonorous voice that sort of reminds me of David Berman's, but only a little. They're playing the Sunset on the 20th, if you missed their set. And please, when you go to that show? Stand up near the stage. It's more fun that way.

5:30 p.m. (okay, more like 6 for me), Husbands, Love Your Wives, Mr. Spot's Chai House

I wrote the feature on Jaime for the REVERBfest guide, so I wanted to stop in, say hi and see what her set would be like with a bigger backing band (Toby Gordon, Erik Neumann and Joe Syversen joined her). She makes quiet music that suits the chai-house vibe, but I must confess; it felt like sort of an odd space, mainly because the four of them were set up in the middle of the Chai House, but the place was packed with people sitting on the floor, all living-room style. If you missed some of it like I did, they've got a show coming up on the 13th at the Comet Tavern.

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Photos: The People of REVERBfest

All photos by Laurie Pearman. Watch a slideshow of people at REVERBfest 2008.

REVERBfest 2008
When: Saturday, Oct. 4
Where: Ballard

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Last Night: REVERBfest: Tad, KEG, the Salmon Bay Eagles, and More

Kickin' it at the Salmon Bay Eagles.

I hope this is as big as REVERBfest ever gets. There's something special about pulling the cream of the local scene into one place all at the same time. Something about last night's feel-good, Kokanee & Vitamin Water-fueled binge of local music would be lost the minute the focus shifted toward attracting a crowd with a headliner other than the best of Seattle music.

It's not just because I saw, as Brian pointed out this morning, much of the sweat and stubbed toes that went into the event, that I say that of all of this year's festivals — Bumbershoot, Sasquatch!, Pemberton — this was by far the best time I've had.

After spending the first part of the day roaming around all the venues, I spent four hours working the door at the Salmon Bay Eagles, and just couldn't shake the grin off my face through sets by Boat, Mono in VCF, Black Whales, and even Aqueduct (we'll get there). The vibe was astounding, right down to the supportive parents couching it in the side room, and the Eagles members talking my ear off about how great it was to see this kind of event go down in Ballard.

I loved everything about it.

3:30 p.m.ish: Elder Mason, The Tractor

These guys opened with a mid-afternoon arena rock set, toting in their own light show, fog machine, and prerecorded intro.

4 p.m.ish, Hazelwood Motel, Conor Byrne's

Solid.

5 p.m.ish, The Crying Shame, Conor Byrne's

Arlan and Teo of The Crying Shame did us the honor pre-REVERBfest to take the ferry to Bremerton and perform for the first of what will hopefully be many Music on the Ferry installments. During this set, Arlan told the crowd about the excursion with The Moondoggies, and about how impressed he was with Bremerton's newly developed waterfront. A few minutes later I was walking by some of Ballard's gorgeous new tenement sand commented to a colleague about how great it would be to live in one of the sparkly condos just off Ballard Ave. And it got me thinking: those of you who are pining for Old Ballard, and want a grimy blue-collar town to come home to should THINK BREMERTON. This area's not a t a loss for towns without Sam's Sushi, Cupcake Royale, and other luxuries.

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Last Night: REVERBfest!

First off, I don't think enough thanks can be given to the following folks for yesterday's event: Amy Veracruysse, Debbie Porter, Joe Chanes, Kwab Copeland, and Max Genereaux. We here on the editorial side get to take all the credit for putting on such an awesome event, but they really did all the heavy lifting.

And the results, at least from my perspective, were damn good. My home computer is on the fritz, so who knows how long I can blog before it shits out on me and freezes up...so I'll just jot down a few quick notes for now.

1. Herman Jolly @ Hattie's: The Hattie's stage was crazy...a sort of platform laid over top of the booth adjacent to the kitchen. But still, the effect was like something you'd find in SXSW, a place not normally a venue transformed into a venue. Jolly's voice was in smooth form, but still retained the warmth I came to love on his Mad Cowboy Disease record. Seeing him in a tiny little makeshift venue like Hattie's and singing the words "90 proof ain't proof enough for me" was one of those perfect musical moments.

2. Blood Red Dancers @ The Sunset: Love Aaron Poppick's voice! Love it. Imagine Jim Morrison-via-Iggy Pop singing while Elvis is pleading to god and mother to forgive him for his sins and transgressions.

3. Kublakai @ Market St. Athlete: Personally, I love Market St. Athlete as a venue. Very cool feeling crossing Market to the pulsing beat of live hip-hop.

4. Brothers of the Sonic Cloth @ The Sunset: Massive, heavy, thunderous, God-like. TAD! Jesus, and it was broadcast live on KEXP during pledge drive! Something tells me that's the heaviest shit that station has aired in a long time.

5. The Rainieros @ Conor Byrne's: Sara Brickner was right. Serious country music.

6. Team Gina @ The Sunset/Truckasaurus @ Market St: My first big conflict of the night was dividing time between these two acts. I had to miss the first half of Team Gina's lesbionic hippity hop while I was catching last half of Truckasaurus' retro-tastic set. Oh well, it was a festival after all.

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Light In The Attic Digs REVERBfest

Yeah, you know these folks...Light In the Attic records. They're the cats responsible for those killer Betty Davis reissues, and for releasing the Deep Throat and Lialeh soundtracks, not to mention those reissues of Karen Dalton, and the fresh, real-time releases of the Black Angels and The Saturday Knights! Heck yeah! Well, check it out...they like REVERBfest a lot. And they even got their employee Noah to write about some his favored acts in what amounts to the best music writing I have ever read, I think...
Check 'em out!

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REVERBfest on KIRO Today

SW's Director of Marketing Amy Vercruysse and I will be on KIRO this afternoon blabbering about the awesomeness of REVERBfest. They'll be playing some tracks from artists like Team Gina, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, and The Moondoggies and Amy and I will talk about how cool the whole thing is.
So, tune in...we'll be live on the air @ 3:30 p.m.

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Correction Re: Brothers Of the Sonic Cloth

A correction! In my article on Tad Doyle's new band Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, I mention that Doyle obtained his accounting degree from SSCC. He only took an accounting course, he did not obtain a degree.
Many apologies for the error.

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REVERBfest Pull-Out Guide Available Today!

64 local bands. 9 venues. Downtown Ballard. This Saturday!

It can only mean one thing...REVERBfest is actually happening! We've been pumping up the lineup and the participating venues on this blog for a while now. But today, you can finally get all the necessary details on who's playing and where in one nifty little pullout guide, which you can find in the print edition. Included will be a map (in case you don't know your way around Ballard) and write ups on every f'n participating musical act (in case you're having trouble figuring out who you wanna see).

More of the same can be found on our homepage as well, but the print edition is the only one you can fold up and stick in your back pocket as you navigate through the wilds of Ballard.

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