Charles Byers lives in the U.S. Northwest, where he attends school and works as a data analyst. When he isn’t haunting the library, he’s most likely taking in a concert or hitting the road.
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Terry Malts’ Killing Time Serves Up a Welcome Flashback
There’s a scene in an old episode of The Simpsons, where Principal Skinner is judging a diorama contest at the elementary school. The episode revolves around Lisa’s diorama, but it’s Ralph Wiggum’s entry, an unadorned cardboard box full of Star … Continue reading
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I’m on Vacation
The planets/academic schedules were in perfect alignment this week for my sweetheart and me to spend a few days in Vegas. (There was a professional reason for the trip, too, but not so as you’d notice.) I lived in Vegas … Continue reading
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Re-Issues Bring Feedtime out of the Post-Punk Time Capsule
With the weighty new anthology The Aberrant Years, Sub Pop is shining a spotlight on the four albums Feedtime published through Aberrant Records in the 1980s. The timing is dead-on; After 20 years on the shelf, these songs can still … Continue reading
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The Golden Age You Could be Missing
Music geeks of my generation have lived through some interesting times. We’ve heard exciting things in music itself, to be sure. But we’ve also watched the world-changing potential of the internet rise up and clash against the intransigence and greed … Continue reading
Cheap Girls’ Giant Orange Gets a Whole Lot Right
The Michigan-based 3-piece Cheap Girls has been inching up the ladder of wide-scale releases since their 2008 debut. Meanwhile, they’ve also been sounding better with every record. Their latest, Giant Orange, offers a solid round-up of the band’s strengths, in … Continue reading
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Why Call it Anything? Blurring Musical Boundaries in the Generation After Shoegaze
Standing at the foot of the stage at the Crocodile, a few years back, watching Seattle’s own C’est La Mort, Romance and Black Nite Crash open for a performance of the current touring incarnation of the Chameleons, I was reminded … Continue reading
Buckethead’s Electric Sea: Occasion to Rediscover a Unique Talent
While he never slows down (this is his eighth solo release in the last two years alone,) the enigmatic virtuoso guitarist/composer/rock star who chooses to go by the name “Buckethead” does occasionally change directions. His latest, Electric Sea, shows a … Continue reading
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