Tonight in Seattle:  

Trespassers William

The Smiths as covered by members of Built to Spill, Wedding Present, Vivian Girls, and...

(Doug Martsch covering a Smiths song that isn't "Reel Around The Fountain")

It's been a while since we've heard anything new from a member of the Smiths, so it's perfect timing for a new Smiths covers album... especially one with tracks interpreted by the Wedding Present,  Doug Martsch (Built To Spill), The Rest (one of my favorite new Arcade Fire-ish Canadian bands), Katy Goodman (La Sera, Vivian Girls), and Tanya Donelly.  This latest tribute will be released on American Laundromat Records this Fall and they are still adding folks to the track listing... which currently includes:

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Latest comment by: Chris Estey: "

Andrea: You are not alone. Sisters Of Mercy had some amazing songs. I would love to hear new versions of "1959," "My Lucretia," "Something Fast," "When You Don't See Me," and "I Was Wrong" just to start ...

Terri Tarantula and Trespassers William cast a beautiful Sunset

Terri Tarantula at the Sunset

at The Sunset

Early shows are always fraught with a wee tension: Will fans turn out early to hear the bands, while many people are just finishing up their happy hours and lining up the soirees and situations for later in the evening?

The music of Terri Tarantula in particular seems to call for deep dark past midnight status, but that's because on craggy trouble in mind maps of alternate Seattle like "Mulligan" and pendant whispers like "Bag Of Bricks," this is all precise biomapping. Vocalist and new-keyboard enthusiast Terri Moeller has taken everything brisk and bitter about her last band Transmissionary Six and freshened it with a creamier, less heavy sound.

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AstroPOP! for January 2004

AstroPOP!

AstroPOP!

Your rock and roll astrological forecast for January 2004, featuring reviews of Outkast, Rocky Votolato, Franz Ferdinand, Trespassers William, and more!

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Trespassers William

at Mars Bar

"You've got teeth for biting and you've bore a hole in me."

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