Photo Courtesy of Tom Daly Photography 

While out walking the mintypup this evening I did a double-take passing the Carlton Center: although the table saws and lumber are still parked outside, the neon light was flashing “o-p-e-n”. I ventured in for a looky-loo, and was pleasantly surprised at what lay behind those brown kraft-papered windows.

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Band of Horses played a terrific show at the Satellite Ballroom Tuesday night. All the comparisons to fellow Northwest bands The Shins and Built to Spill are accurate, with shiny up-tempo guitars and plenty of time-signature changes. Just like the studio albums, the vocals were reverb-drenched but the instruments sounded rather different. I didn’t recognize a few tunes until the singing started. »Read More

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