Imagi-blog

Time to Die. New album from The Dodos out in September

Chelsea Werner — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:04:20 -0700

Let it be the year of the dodo.

Win tickets to see Keane at the Moore on September 10th!

imaginary victoria — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:43:40 -0700

These days, Keane are the heels of their March '09 single release, hanging out with John Roderick, and coming to the Moore on September 10th. Peachy!

Free 4th of July Goodness: Katharine Hepburn's Voice, Molly Moon’s, Tribunali and cotton candy

Amie Simon — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:46:05 -0700

Came across this today and wanted to share – the 7th Annual Capitol Hill Independence Day Community Picnic is Saturday, July 4th from 12-5 at Cal Anderson Park (1635 11th Ave) and they’ve packed a lot of activity in this year. A performance from local Lo-fi Pop Duo Katharine Hepburn's Voice seems promising, as well as tons of free eats.

Best of 2009 {so far}

imaginary liz — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:57:51 -0700

I don't know how it happened, but half the year officially is over! That means that we're half way to end of the year list time! I know that for a bunch of us, there are few things we love more than lists and mix tapes (I usually make a mix for friends of my year-end list favorites) -- so it makes sense we should do a mid-year check in and see what's topping our Best of 2009 list.

Here's my off-the-cuff list of what albums would vying for Top 10 of 2009 in my book:

Win tix to the No Depression Festival

imaginary liz — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:42:27 -0700

No Depression has long been the place to get the inside scoop on the best Americana, roots and alt-country folks to watch - and we're pleased as punch that they've put all that know how into a full on festival of fabulous artists. The first ever No Depression Festival is set for Saturday, July 11th at Marymoor Park in Redmond.

They've scored a stellar line up and you certainly don't want to miss: Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Justin Townes Earle, Jessica Lea Mayfield, a Seattle roots-music all-star revue, and Zee Avi.

And we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to a lucky imaginary reader! Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing us at tig @ threeimaginarygirls.com with "NoDep" in the subject line sometime prior to Friday, July 3 at 9am. Please include your mailing address so that we can put the tickets in the mail asap!

Three Imaginary DVDs to see: a music doc, a Sinatra classic, and Joaquin's last role ever

Amie Simon — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:12:38 -0700

Yikes. So, the list of DVD releases today is…well, even thinner than last week (Uwe Boll? Another Street Fighter movie?? And the Jonas Bros???). But I dug in and found three which will make it into my player at some point...

Photo of the day: Zera at the Tractor

imaginary liz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:45:04 -0700

Seattle's Zera Marvel recently opened up for Tom Brosseau at the Tractor and I have to admit, if she wasn't so incredibly kind, I'd be quite jealous of her. Besides being quite stunning on stage, she belts out sultry sweetness taylored for sharing a stage with TomB.

Thanks to Victoria at Hot Avocados Photography for adding this photo to the Sparkly Indie Pop Flickr Photo Pool! See more Seattle music goodness and add your own photos 'bout town.

Win tickets to see Pet Shop Boys

ChrisB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:13 -0700

Yes, we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky fan for Pet Shop Boys' Pandemonium tour, which hits the Moore on Sunday, September 20. If you want to go (and trust me, you do) and would like the chance to go for free, send an e-mail to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com sometime between now and 9am on Monday, August 17 with PSB in the subject line.

Girls Guide to Rocking comes to Vera

ChrisB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:49:55 -0700

Jessica Hopper, one of my favorite rock critics to read - and not "even when I disagree with her" but especially when I disagree with her - has written a how-to guide for young girls to get into rocking, called, appropriately enough The Girls Guide to Rocking.

New Lily Allen video: F--k You

ChrisB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:49:09 -0700

Some wildly clever people found a way to make a video to Lily Allen's super-catchy song "Fuck You" that can air on television. It's really a cute and fun video, so I had to post it

The Pastels join Tenniscoats in the studio and we get new songs

imaginary liz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:33 -0700

Over the last couple years, Tokyo's Tenniscoats and Glasgow's Pastels met up in the studio whenever Tenniscoats were in the Pastels' hometown for shows or holidays to (as the press release explains) "just to see what happens, and maybe to try to find out what it is that they have in common."

Thankfully they've come up with an album's worth of songs which feature members of both groups, Saya and Ueno from Tenniscoats, and Stephen and Katrina from The Pastels, with Gerard Love always there too, and often Tom Crossley, Alison Mitchell, and sometimes Norman Blake and Bill Wells. The album, Two Sunsets, will be released September 22nd and will be preceded by a single for "Vivid Youth" with the b-sides "About You" (a JAMC cover) and "About You (Instrumental)".

Regardless of when, where or why, I'm over the moon that there's new Pastels stuff hitting the streets courtesy of Domino Records (which means it's gonna be swanky).

I haven't found an MP3 sampler anywhere of what the end result is... but I'll keep you posted if anything crosses my radar (you do the same)!

Photo of the day: Head Like A Kite in-studio fun

imaginary liz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:59 -0700

Last Thursday, Head Like A Kite had an open house of sorts at London Bridge Studio and invited some friends and imaginaries to come be part of the recording process. Of course we couldn't resist the invite and Jeanine Anderson was on hand to take some shots of the fun.

Nice knobs!

New Jennifer Chambers Lynch film: Surveillance

Amie Simon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:09:51 -0700

The June 26th limited release date for Surveillance did not include any theaters in Seattle, but if you have Comcast, you can queue it up On Demand now for $6.99 in HD - which is exactly what I did on Saturday night.

Fretboard Journal take podcasting up a notch with John Roderick

imaginary liz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:13:46 -0700

The folks at the Fretboard Journal are my heros. Issue after issue they pack each quarterly publication with beautiful pieces geared towards the smarty pants guitar geeks amongst us. Since I have yet to master anything with strings, reading the articles makes me feel like a fly on the wall of a backstage room eavesdropping as folks I admire discuss the minute details of their music passions.

For those of us that need to fill in the blanks left between quarterly FJ issues, they've expanded to a blog and a killer weekly podcast available every Friday at 1pm PST. Each week, the FJ editors gather round the table and interview a notable notable.

A couple weeks ago they had a lively discussion with John Roderick (Long Winters) that is fabulously funny and insightful. I spoke with Jason Verlinde, a FB editor, and put in my request for more John Roderick conversations... a request which he promised was duly noted.

For the time being, you should go listen to the podcast and find out what kindsa guitars John looks for while on the road and how work on the next LW record is coming along. And just hear the FJ editors and John pontificate the finer points of being a guitar aficionado.

The Curious Mystery: New album and live performance on KEXP tonight

Chelsea Werner — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:51:24 -0700

Touring for their debut album, Rotting Slowly, released on K records this May; The Curious Mystery blends a multitude of textures. Some of their songs reveal a velvet lining, but most of the time they offer up a coarse belly for you to scratch. And much like a poorly groomed pup, their sound is at once alluring and yet full of fleas. Go ahead, get bit and get the itch.