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The Big Pink: it might get loud at Neumos Friday

...but I found a driver and that's a start

Music from The Big Pink was the 1968 album from The Band. Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell know this, as their band's website is musicfromthebigpink.com. Yet, The Big Pink, circa 2010 bears little resemblence to The Band of 1968, and sounds more like what might happen if My Bloody Valentine reveled in the mid-90s Blur/Oasis/Pulp Britpop scene, rather than precede it.

The Big Pink are a London-based, shoegaze duo who are playing (I believe) their first show in Seattle Friday night at Neumos. Their debut album is modestly called A Brief History of Love and it was released on 4AD last September. That's what Wikipedia will tell you about The Big Pink but what you really need to know is that the LA Times called what they (and tourmates A Place to Bury Strangers) do "kicking the bejesus out of your reverb unit."

{The Big Pink plays Neumos Friday, March 12 with A Place to Bury Strangers, io echo and Grave Babies; $15 adv, 21+.}

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Friday, March 12, 2010

by ChrisB

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Latest comment by: misteralphabetsayss: "Good Lord! Turn that fucker UP it blows a hole in the radio when it hasn't sounded good all day"

Want to see a live (DVD) Mountain Goats performance - and buy the album (The Life of the World to Come) a day early?

(In the interest of full disclosure, you all should know that I work at Sonic Boom and am going to be running this event.)

4AD and Sonic Boom Records have a present for you!

Come on down to the Sunset on Monday, October 5th. Around 8pm we will be showing a film by Rian Johnson (Brick, the Brothers Bloom) of John Darnielle performing The Life of the World to Come in its entirety at Pomona College, where Darnielle was a music student as a child. He is joined on vocals by Rachel from the Bright Mountain Choir, his original bassist with whom he first performed as the Mountain Goats.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

by heather hydra

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Download Camera Obscura's "French Navy"

By the time this gets posted, it'll probably be Bastille Day's Boxing Day, but that shouldn't stop anyone from posting this catchy-as-hell Camera Obscura song, "French Navy," which can be downloaded by right-clicking here. And/or you can watch the video after the jump.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

by ChrisB

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Camera Obscura — My Maudlin Career

I'll be the first to admit that when I heard there was a new Camera Obscura record coming out, I expected a new collection of indie pop tunes in the vein of "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" or "Let's Get Out Of This Country." The first track on My Maudlin Career is "French Navy," -- also the album's first single -- a string-heavy, upbeat song that stays true to its pop roots by only lasting three minutes and reminds me a lot of "Lloyd..."

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Friday, June 5, 2009

by Diana Salier

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Enter to win Pixies Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde on vinyl

After a while out of print on vinyl, 4AD has re-released both Pixies' Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde albums on 180 gram vinyl (they hit the racks back on Oct 13).

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

by imaginary liz

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The Breeders are coming to Seattle!

First Liz Phair plays Exile in Guyville in its entirety at the Showbox, and now I find out that The Breeders will be at Neumo's on November 11th!

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

by imaginary liz

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Latest comment by: randy: "Really looking forward to it; got my tix a month ago. But if it's going to be SO packed, why isn't it sold out yet? Unfortunately, just after I bought Breeders tix, I realized that the Faint is going to be at the Showbox that same night. I'd really like to see both ...

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