We Gonna Be Alright – Shaun Scott
Monday, March 16, 2015 15:13 — 0 Comments
I first heard the name Kendrick Lamar while riding shotgun in my best friend’s whip in March of 2013.Â
Seattle x Southwest!
Monday, March 16, 2015 12:55 — 1 Comment
Jared Cortese is putting together the dopest party at SXSW, hosting a Seattle showcase – the only one of its kind this year at the giant music festival – at The Local Pub & Patio in Austin on March 21st. We had a chance to talk to Jared about the production, the bands, and his hopes for this soon-to-be-recurring showcase.Â
Three Songs To The Head vol. 27
Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:43 — 1 Comment
Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Polyrhythmics, Paolo Escobar and Roaming Herds of Buffalo. Enjoy! –Jake Uitti Okay. I have a soft spot in my musical heart for Polyrhythmics. They are instant dance. There is drama and humor in their music two. And this song, “El Fuego”, in particular, reminds me of a late, hot night in Rick’s in Casablanca. There is the triumphant break, the heavy bass lines and the bright […]
One Super Important Question For Jen Wood
Monday, March 9, 2015 12:19 — 0 Comments
Jen Wood is in the midst of a long, bountiful career in music. She’s the hard working, songbird-voiced Seattle songwriter who recently came out with the new record, Wilderness, and who is well-known for her work with The Postal Service on the song “Nothing Better.” Given her storied past as a songwriter, we wanted to ask her One Super Important Question. Jake Uitti: What is your fondest memory of making music? Jen Wood: I’ve been thinking about your question and, honestly, I’m having trouble just singling out one moment. After 21 years there are soooo many memories to choose from … At […]
A Few Questions Re: Gigs4U
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 10:24 — 0 Comments
Okay, full disclosure: I have NO IDEA if this service will be helpful, but it seemed interesting and I thought it better to engage than to ignore. Ed Beeson gave some of his time to answer a few questions about Gigs4U, an online service meant to connect musicians with venues, and this is what we talked about. What is the overall aim for the app? What is it going to take over the course of the next 12 months for it to be as successful as you’d like it to be? Our overall aim is to provide a link between […]
Big In Japan – Tennis Pro
Thursday, February 19, 2015 11:40 — 0 Comments
Tennis Pro has a movie. What band doesn’t want a movie? And there’s is damn good. The movie – titled Big in Japan – makes its U.S. theatrical debut Friday, Feb. 20th at Seattle’s NW Film Forum. Tickets are available here. And a preview for the film is here: Want more? Here is a description of the film by the band: “A struggling Seattle Rock band, Tennis Pro, take one last shot at making it big as they embark on a comical musical odyssey in Tokyo with hopes to prevent their day jobs from becoming their careers. Making its theatrical premiere in […]
Three Songs To The Head vol. 26
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:49 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Snuff Redux, Sisters and My Cartoon Heart. Enjoy!
Spek Done It Again
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:54 — 0 Comments
On a Tuesday night last year I saw Matt “Spek†Watson post his “Bout That Action†remix, which featured the peer pressuring Deion Sanders and the now infamous Marshawn Lynch line, “I’m just ‘bout that action, boss.†The song ended up – quickly – going viral, getting played more than a quarter-million times in two weeks. It was also featured at the Seahawks Victory Parade for Superbowl 48. A year later, on a similar Tuesday night, right after Superbowl Media Day, Spek put out his follow up, a remix track featuring Lynch’s line, “I’m just here so I won’t get […]
Mutant Taxonomy: An Interview With The Fabulous Downey Brothers – Poster Bot
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:15 — 0 Comments
West Seattle is a No-Go Zone… isolated from the rest of the city, it’s natives endured a parallel evolution. West Seattleites are weird and make a fitting audience for the weirdest band in the world: The Fabulous Downey Brothers, a subgenus of the human species, unparalleled even against the characters of a Kurt Vonnegut novel. Delving into the dangers of Social Darwinism, I’m pleased to present Monarch readers with a Fabulous Downey interview, obtained at great personal risk during their show at The Benbow Room, a pirate themed restaurant/bar in the mutant haven of West Seattle’s Admiral District.Â
Three Songs To The Head vol. 25
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:39 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Ever So Android, The Weather and Spekulation. Enjoy!
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
