Last month I was alerted to the fact that one of my favorite musical artists EVER had been in a terrible bike accident that almost resulted in the loss of her hands, and I immediately started crying. Not because I know Heather Duby personally, but in addition to crying over how horribly painful and emotionally traumatizing something like that is, I think her music is so beautiful and amazing that I couldn't imagine a world in which she wouldn't be able to play it.

I caught on to Heather's amazingness at some show, somewhere, in Seattle around 2000 or so - and once I heard her, I made sure I was at every single place she played . I scooped up Post to Wire and Come Across the River as soon as they were available, and loved her electronic-y collaboration with Elemental. This girl can play keyboards like whoa and her voice - her VOICE - is gorgeous, gorgeous, and more gorgeous - just like her. One of my favorite memories of all time will be the night I told her I had purchased her new album at the (old) Croc, and she immediately took me to the back bar and bought me a shot. I LOVE THIS WOMAN. And I was positively crushed when she moved to NYC.

But, I digress. We all know what a bitch expensive medial care is - with or without insurance - and thus, I'm asking you to help me rally around Heather by attending this rockin' benefit on Saturday night (11/26) at The Crocodile. I know, I know, Visqueen's last show is that night too - if you can't make both, you can always drop Heather a few dollars of support on this page.

The Crocodile Presents:
A Benefit for Heather Duby with
Helms, Alee, The Redwood Plan & More
Saturday, 11/26 | Doors at 8pm | 21+ 
Tickets $10 ($12.50 w/fees online)

You know that moment when you hear a single song from a band and you know you're going to love them forever and ever and ever? That happened to me the first time I heard "Let's Go Surfing" from The Drums, off their self-titled debut. These guys kick out some seriously catchy pop beats, complete with squee-worthy vocals, and bouncy bouncy goodness. 

My boy bought me a copy of their new album, Portamento, recently, and guess what? It's just as good as the first one, and just as dance-party worthy. So it is with HIGH fangirl appreciation that I recommend you get yourselves to The Crocodile tomorrow night {Wednesday, 10/12} to see these boys rock the stage with their awesomeness....and don't forget to wear your dancin' shoes. 

The Drums
w/Veronica Falls & io echo
Wednesday, 10/12 
The Crocodile
8pm | 21+ | $12

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This seems like a perfect show for this grey weekend: Tomorrow night, Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl take the stage at The Crocodile as The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (also known as GOASTT).

GOASTT plays dreamy, trippy, sway-inducing songs with beautiful harmonies that make me all squishy inside. I'm particularly fond of their acoustic version of "Jardin Du Luxembourg", but the regular version is awesomesauce also. IN addition, their costume-tastic video for "Schroedinger's Cat" fills me with giddy indie-pop glee.

If you're in the mood for an intimate indie-pop-folk rock show, I definitely recommend you head over to The Croc on Saturday to see these guys. Bonus: they're both pretty damn easy on the eyes (I'm just sayin!).

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
Laura Gibson
Duma Love
The Crocodile | 2200 Second Ave
Saturday, January 29
8pm | $14 at the door

 

I'm not sure what neat Windows(R) software created this video, but even with the program I couldn't have come up with a funnier indie-pop girl / husband sample conversation.

For the love of Morrissey!!!  You'll never be English, get over it.

What should be the next video in this series?  A barista to boyfriend exchange?

You better hope gas prices stay low until February! Portland's fantastic Magic Marker Records just announced their anniversary show! And it's amazing!

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at Nectar

I was pleasantly surprised that they sounded much more like Tiger Trap than I had imagined.

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