by Blake Morneau | Sep 27, 2012 | Culture, Music
As much as I’ve genuinely tried and wanted to, I’ve never understood Current Swell’s appeal. Figuring out my animosity towards this entirely inoffensive band is my musical Rubik’s Cube, confusing and frustrating at every turn. This Victoria-based roots rock band is...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 21, 2012 | Culture, Events, Music
The first thing that struck me as Seattle hip-hop vet Macklemore took the stage on Sept. 21 was the new knowledge that the MC is apparently somewhat of a heartthrob with the ladies. The girls behind and beside me shrieked with delight as DJ Ryan Lewis brought out his...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 21, 2012 | Culture, Events, Music
There are few things in music as compelling as a man with a guitar. With the right personality, ability and voice, a solitary man can evoke emotions deep enough to wrap their audiences completely in the world his songs inhabit. While The White Buffalo, born Jake...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 20, 2012 | Culture, Events, Music
It’s in with the old and in with the new. In the last couple of months on his ever-brilliant WTF podcast, Marc Maron has talked to the front men of two seminal ’90s bands: Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, and Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing. In both episodes, the topic...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 19, 2012 | Culture, Music
I knew what to expect going into Reggie Watts’s Sept. 16 set on Rifflandia’s main stage. I knew, but I was still blindsided. Because even if you think you know what you’re in for with a Reggie Watts show, you don’t actually know. As both a musician and comedian, his...