Three Imaginary Girls - Stuporhero

imaginary dana's top Northwest picks for 2008

imaginary dana — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:45:05 +0000

I'm a chronic procrastinator, so here it is, January 5th, and I'm finally ready to make sense of the musical chaos and wonderment that was 2008 and compile a list of favorites.

Don't even try to make me rank these releases in order, or I'll never, ever finish my list. Let's just say these were some of the very best local bands in my iTunes list this year, presented alphabetically.

Download our Election Day podcast and take it to the polls with you!

imaginary dana — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:28:22 +0000

Download our brand new Election Day podcast and take it with you to the polls! Enjoy the wait while you listen to some great new songs from Northwest bands and indie-popsters alike. Plus you get to listen to Liz and I chit-chat. What could be better, we ask?

Three Imaginary Girls Election Day Podcast!

three imaginary girls — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:15:38 +0000

Greetings, and happy Election Day!

We face this historic election brimming with hope (and nerves). We must confess, we're going to miss the crazy whirlwind drama that has been this election season. At least, a little.

Mostly, we feel relieved to know that we can refocus our imaginary attention back where it belongs: on music!

In fact, we have a brand new podcast today, chock full o' delightful Northwest bands and indie-pop tunes. It's our Election Day gift to each of you.

Download this podcast to take to the polls!

42:12 minutes (48.32 MB)

A Very Stuperhero Halloween Special

imaginary dana — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:23:05 +0000

The DIY video not only gives you a glimpse into the cuteness that is Stuporhero (Jen and Will are couple of happily marrieds, for sures), but also showcases songs from the band's latest record, Weightless.

Imaginary Indie Tunes Podcast August 2006

three imaginary girls — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0000

This podcast features some of our favorite Northwest indie tunes of the moment, as well as a set of bands playing at the Athens Pop Fest 2006: Bugs Eat Books, Bunnygrunt, Cars Can Be Blue, Heather Duby, Optimus Rhyme, Stuporhero, The Gazetteers, The Long Winters, The Trucks, and Umeko.

26:24 minutes (8 MB)

It Would Be Nice To Wake Up

Billy Corazon — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

6.5

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"Couple" bands can be an iffy prospect, often falling into the kind of obsessive, closed-circuit "let's bathe each other in scented oil and write sappy two chord folk songs about one another all the time now, shall we?" gooey love fest along the lines of John and Yoko, or, on the extreme opposite end of the spectrum, the venomous, imploding, "let's use our music to throw fragmentary grenades at one another while we spiral downward into the acidic bile of our own intense mutual enmity, shall we?" approach perfected and personified by the entirety of Fleetwood Mac. Stuporhero, on the other hand, just seems like one of those really fun couples that are good to go get a drink with and call each other things like "fucktard" and "ass-face" as honest terms of endearment.

Comprised of husband and wife team Will Troy and Jen Garrett, plus their creepy mannequin drummer (and, I like to imagine, surrogate child) Chuckles, Stuporhero plays the kind of easy-going, fun, occasionally quite striking indie-rock that causes the listener to feel they have been sucked back to a really awesome summer day in 1994 when you could smoke some bad weed and ride around in your friend's Geo Metro listening to a cool tape of a band you had seen the night before that nobody else had ever heard of and feel without guilt like you had accomplished your bit for the day.

Obvious touch-points that come across in terms of influences would be Neutral Milk Hotel, the straight-forward fuzz pop of Guided By Voices, and the goofy lyrics and self-effacement of early Flaming Lips, all tempered with a strong sense of song-writing economy that more than likely springs from Troy and Garrett's stint in local punk band Tarantulada. The couple have great, breezy cool chemistry in their vocal interplay, with Troy's Al Larsen-esque talky-yelpy thingy layering nicely with Garret's breathy, Kim Deal-esque delivery, and the sense of fun that they are having throughout the record is a good time that they seem more than happy to share with the listener.

Stuporhero.... seems like one of those really fun couples that are good to go get a drink with and call each other things like "fucktard" and "ass-face" as honest terms of endearment.