Ear Candy
Behold! The records that got us through the year
Inlander StaffAs High as the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth.
As High as the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth.
As High as the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth.
The deadliest attack happens when you least expect it. And here, from the middle of nowhere, comes one of the best albums of 2011. US Christmas, a band from the foothills of Appalachia, bestows upon the world its latest: The Valley Path,.
The deadliest attack happens when you least expect it. And here, from the middle of nowhere, comes one of the best albums of 2011. US Christmas, a band from the foothills of Appalachia, bestows upon the world its latest: The Valley Path,.
The instrumentals seem similarly removed, with only Jason McGurr’s excellent drumming feeling natural. The album does feature more keyboards than previous Death Cab albums, most notably on “Codes and Keys” and “Portable Television.” Beyond the production, Codes and Keys.
The instrumentals seem similarly removed, with only Jason McGurr’s excellent drumming feeling natural. The album does feature more keyboards than previous Death Cab albums, most notably on “Codes and Keys” and “Portable Television.” Beyond the production, Codes and Keys.
While the music isn’t exactly complex, the upright bass and simple arrangements all complement the centerpiece of the band: Ford’s voice, which is sweet on tracks like “Thirteen Years Old” and then abrupt and punchy on tracks like “This Crew.” The whole album is solid, and proof that Ford and her band won’t be underground for long.
While the music isn’t exactly complex, the upright bass and simple arrangements all complement the centerpiece of the band: Ford’s voice, which is sweet on tracks like “Thirteen Years Old” and then abrupt and punchy on tracks like “This Crew.” The whole album is solid, and proof that Ford and her band won’t be underground for long.
"I´m not a f---ing role model” are the first words we hear from Tyler, the Creator on his sophomore effort, Goblin. And I couldn’t agree more — Goblin is, on the surface, mostly about suicide, rape and arson. So then why is his sluggish, nauseating hip-hop so appealing? For starters, Tyler’s words may be deranged but somehow they never feel forced.
"I´m not a f---ing role model” are the first words we hear from Tyler, the Creator on his sophomore effort, Goblin. And I couldn’t agree more — Goblin is, on the surface, mostly about suicide, rape and arson. So then why is his sluggish, nauseating hip-hop so appealing? For starters, Tyler’s words may be deranged but somehow they never feel forced.
He´s exposing himself. Showing who he is. On album three, James Pants has revived the party (but not too much) and reeled in the weird (but not too much) to give longtime fans something decidedly Pants-ian: a danceable album brimming with kook and vintage-y freak-flag-flying.
For the second year in a row, we’re hosting a show to celebrate our annual Local Music Issue. But this year, it’s more than just a show: we’re calling it an extravaganza. Doesn’
For the second year in a row, we’re hosting a show to celebrate our annual Local Music Issue. But this year, it’s more than just a show: we’re calling it an extravaganza. Doesn’
On a recent Monday night, the Cretin Hop belonged to FAUS. In, like, an Oklahoma land-grab sense. The band laid claim to the entire stage and about half of the floor area. Then they defended it like frontiersmen — though attacks on their territory were few.
"Not knowing what you’re going to say and what’s going to come out of your brain… it’s such a rush. You never feel more alive.” Jaeda Glasgow, the woman who
He´s jittery, maybe a little drunk. Before he takes the stage with Team Growl at Sunset Junction, he giggles, handing out pink bubblegum “It’s a Girl!” cigars to the audie
Standing over the crowd, arms spread wide, cymbals poised for crashing, Drake Wilcox chants, “I hear the storm comin’/ I hear the guns, baby!” into the mic again and again and a
Somewhere in the world, at some point in history, an artist had a vision of Jesus. And that vision looked like Jon Swanstrom. In a path that reads like a low-budget Thomas Crown Affair (it inc
To do this, we assembled a committee of some of the most invested individuals in Spokane’s music scene. People who live for shows at Sunset Junction and Empyrean, who are planning, booking, promoting and rocking local musicians on their headphones.
If you transcribe mint gum, CK One and Starbucks furniture into music, this is the end result. It’s not just Hite’s crisp vocals and catchy, clean guitar — but sweet and blunt instrumentation, subtle and well-thought-out transitions and generous wash of radio-pop love from San Francisco music producer Joe Varela.
Dan Cuccia has always been a behind-the-scenes guy — the guy making the bass-heavy background beats that rappers would flow over. He’d watch from the crowd as his charismatic emcee friends
Dan Cuccia has always been a behind-the-scenes guy — the guy making the bass-heavy background beats that rappers would flow over. He’d watch from the crowd as his charismatic emcee friends
Kay Clifton is a serious man. Onstage — and, today, sitting at his kitchen table, sipping a glass of Minute Maid — his tired face is often obstructed by the deep hood of a sweatshirt. Only
On nights when he addresses his flock, the uniform that “Father” Tim Lannigan wears is simple, and never deviates. Polyester pants (brown), a white short-sleeved shirt (made shorter-sleeve
In the beginning, the Horse Thieves tried telling other people’s stories. “We went to some dark places with ideas for the sound,” Adam Miller says, “We started with a Cormac Mc
Everyone’s seen it: the first drunk girl at a party who starts dancing — by herself — in the middle of an empty living room. “That was [my] favorite moment at any party &mdas
Man, it’s been a rough year for venues, but we’ve already been over this. But hey, there are still a lot of places making huge contributions to the scene. We talk a lot about the Knit, the
Back in the day, a big chunk of The Inlander’s Local Music Issue was comprised of reviews and write-ups of every single band in town. Big undertaking —Â we’re not really sure how
Jordan Magnuson is the heroine and ringmaster of an unimaginable world.On the dance floor of the Boom Blap Tour at The Hop! last month, girls in fishnets, Cheshire Cat backpacks and furry pink neon le
Jordan Magnuson is the heroine and ringmaster of an unimaginable world.On the dance floor of the Boom Blap Tour at The Hop! last month, girls in fishnets, Cheshire Cat backpacks and furry pink neon le
This is the hyper-information age. Most questions can be answered in seconds by typing an Internet search into a mobile phone. We feel closer than ever to celebrities, musicians, and just about anyone
This is the hyper-information age. Most questions can be answered in seconds by typing an Internet search into a mobile phone. We feel closer than ever to celebrities, musicians, and just about anyone
Aaron Gillespie and his wife were expecting their first son when they learned the baby might be born with Down syndrome and a malfunctioning heart. Gillespie, frontman of alternative rock band T
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 TERRIBLE BUTTONS Friday, 4:30 pm Spokane’s own Terrible Buttons made quite a splash last year after landing on the Inlander’s Bands To Watch list, and they&
In 2008, the members of We Came as Romans knew they were at a crossroads. Their debut EP n 2008, the members of We Came as Romans knew they were at a crossroads. Their debut EP Dreams was eithe
No joke: On Monday night, two whole days after the last guitars were unplugged at Volume ” The Inlander’s two-day, eight-venue music festival last weekend ” my ears were still ringing. Loudly. B
Once you’re old like us, there’s no such thing as summer breaks and vacations — just working in hot offices when the AC breaks, sitting in traffic in a car without AC, going to shows in ve
SHOVELS & ROPE The first thing that made this band stand apart was when its drummer and lead singer told the crowd not to be “assholes.” She chastised people for littering and sp
It looked like something out of Mad Max if Mad Max was about partying two school buses parked parallel to each other, linked by a makeshift lighting rig. During the day, it was merely a festival cur
It’s close to midnight on Mother’s Day, and sons and daughters are descending into a cold, dark wine cellar in Moscow, Idaho. As they squeeze inside, packed tighter than the tobacco in the
On a chilly March evening, a storm is brewing inside. At Mootsy’s, a downtown Spokane watering hole, a crowd of people are craning their necks to see what all the ruckus is all about. Ther
Don't blame it on Barbarella, the 1968 psychedelic sci-fi romp starring the then-curvaceous Jane Fonda. While it's true that British school chums Nick Rhodes and John Taylor lifted the name of the band they formed in 1978
Don't blame it on Barbarella, the 1968 psychedelic sci-fi romp starring the then-curvaceous Jane Fonda. While it's true that British school chums Nick Rhodes and John Taylor lifted the name of the band they formed in 1978
So it's all come down to this, the last stand for the four finalists (and one wildcard band) in the 2005 RAWK Final Four local teen band competition. The dust from the four qualifying rounds has settled, and four winners
The last time I saw the local band Burns Like Hellfire perform, I detected something new -- something about the band's performance I'd never noticed before. It wasn't the set list, or singer Brian Young's iridescent blue-
Sourdough Slim. Sounds like a tasty sandwich, doesn't it? Mmm....a long, cold cut and cheese-stuffed hero on a narrow, crispy sourdough baguette. Well, it's not. The fact is, Sourdough Slim (aka Rick Crowder) is a one-man variety act with a
Where do you go when the frontier has been mapped, sliced and packaged into neat subdivisions? What do you do when it's all been done before? You do the only thing you can do: mix it up, rip it up, f*** it up. So it is wi
Just about any fool who knows his way around a guitar can play the blues. I mean, mechanically play the blues. All you have to do is pick up a six-string, start hammering out that all-too-familiar 12-bar, three-chord progression, put some
Sweaty T-shirts. Mountain Dew. Inspiration. These are the signature smells of teen spirit. You can get a whiff of it from a number of young Spokane bands who manage through hard work, sheer talent, dumb luck or a bit of all three to stand
The Australian definition of a "three dog night" roughly translates to "an artic blast in the outback". You could say that in 1996, Ice Storm defined a three dog night for Spokane. However, this December, with El Nino a
Charlotte Carruthers wants to sing more than just "Jingle Bells." She's in search of new jazz material. That's why, in the second half of the Spokane Jazz Orchestra's "Holiday in Jazz" concert on Saturday night at the Me
When I was in ninth grade, punk hadn't been invented yet. Scratch that. It had been invented; it just hadn't trickled down into my hometown (Spokane), into my suburb, into my brain. It was too late to save
& r & Thursday, 12/28 & r & Big Easy, Wild Side, DJ Chris Woods Bigfoot, Donny Emerson, guests Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluz at the Bend,
& r & Thursday, 12/28 & r & Big Easy, Wild Side, DJ Chris Woods Bigfoot, Donny Emerson, guests Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluz at the Bend,
& r & Thursday, 12/21 & r & Big Easy, Club U, DJ Chris Woods Bigfoot, Donny Emerson, guests Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluz at the Bend, Laf
& r & Thursday, 12/14 & r & Big Easy, Club U: DJ Chris Woods Bigfoot, Donny Emerson, guests Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pant
Thursday, 12/7 Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pants The Blvd., Belt of Vapor, Lines Collide, guests Brooklyn Nights, Jazz
& r & Thursday, 11/30 & r & The Blvd., 3 Dog Down, Zach Flannery Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pants Bluz at the Bend, Loose C
& r & Thursday, 11/23 & r & The Blvd., Live DJ Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pants Bluz at the Bend, Cary Fly Brooklyn Nights
& r & Thursday, 11/16 & r & The Blvd., Yamn, Pete Voss, Danny Webber Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pants Bluz at the Bend,
& & & r & Thursday, 11/9 & r & & & & & The Blvd. & & , Seven Cycles, the Chang & & Bistango & & , Lindell Reason & & Blue Dolphin & & , Battle of the Bands & & Bluefish & &
& r & Thursday, 11/2 & r & Big Easy, Hawthorne Heights, Relient K, Emery, Plain White T's, The Sleeping The Big Dipper, The Chariot Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin,
& r & Thursday, 10/26 & r & Big Easy, DJ Chris Woods Bistango, Lindell Reason Blue Dolphin, Battle of the Bands Bluefish, James Pants Bluz at the Bend, Cary Fly The Blvd.,
