Sadly I wasn’t able to make last week’s Death Cab show in Bellingham, so I passed my ticket on to local music enthusiast Scott D. Here is his report from the show:

The air was electric with anticipation. The lights went out as smoke and a droning ambient noise filled the room. The crowd went wild. Lead singer Ben Gibbard’s voice soared over the fray, marking Death Cab For Cutie’s long awaited return to Bellingham. It’s been ten years since the band has played here in our basements and bars since …

It’s nearly 24 hours after the Sadies/Black Mountain show at the Wild Buffalo, and my ears are still ringing! I was a little worried that I wouldn’t get in - I never got around to picking up an advance ticket, and I had a indoor soccer game to play until 10pm, so I didn’t get there until a quarter after. The place looked packed when I looked in from the front door, but I was still able to get in. Apparently the show was declared sold-out shortly after that. It …

Lucky Brown - Easy Invitation (Westsound Record Co.)
by Boris Budd (What’s Up Magazine - February 2009)
Some people would’ve considered themselves lucky to have heard Lucky Brown’s unmastered version of their upcoming release Easy Invitation. The record is a snappy performance of mostly instrumental funk tunes.
The group is on big time as Joel Ricci and Co. attack the songs with their energetic brand of horn driven tunes. Ricci is stellar on trumpet as usual, but he is not to be outdone by the rest of the band.Drummer Olli Klomp and Tommy …

The Wild Buffalo was the place to be on Saturday night - it was the 8th annual What’s Up Magazine Awards Show, featuring Lucky Brown, Sugar Sugar Sugar, Rooftops, Holy Tailfeathers, Candysound and Hot Roddin’ Romeos. The crowd was slow to build at first, but then again, it was only about 9pm when things kicked off. The Hot Roddin’ Romeos played a fired up set of psychobilly tunes, pleasing their friends and fans in front of the stage, and winning some new fans as well. The crowd built in time …

I put off writing my review of the Glasvegas/Carl Barat show because my computer crapped out and I wanted to include some photos in my review. Well, I still don’t have a computer that I can use to upload photos from my camera, so I’ll just have to add them later (the photo shown here is from a different show). I drove down to Seattle last Saturday, braving rock slides on Chuckanut and flooding in the Skagit Valley, not to mention the steady buckets of rain dropping from the sky …