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 Everett True

The return of Everett True | 99. The Shivas

The return of Everett True | 99. The Shivas

I’m a little confused here. I have The Shivas’ Whiteout and it sounds… no, not sludgy. It sounds like many other things of its time (2013). (Hint: it’s post-Vivian Girls.) There’s little wrong with it, aside from the fact if you’re gonna do these girl-pop harmonies then you might as well have a girl singing […]

 Everett True

EXCLUSIVE | Ashley Eriksson’s Colours Olympia #10: ‘Arguably’

EXCLUSIVE | Ashley Eriksson’s Colours Olympia #10: ‘Arguably’

Collapse Board: we’re just happy to serve.

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Chain & The Gang – In Cool Blood (K Records)

Chain & The Gang – In Cool Blood (K Records)

What’s cool? Chain & The Gang’s new album, In Cool Blood, might help us to answer this question.

 Everett True

Song of the day – 569: Ashley Eriksson

Song of the day – 569: Ashley Eriksson

And now I’ve found this, and I’m more than happy. For this is how I remember Olympia, WA. Ask any of my old friends. Magical.

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Song of the day – 435: The Hot Toddies (+ free mix tape!)

Bubblegum pop with a sharp tongue that tells of wet dreams and surf paradises

 Everett True

Punk Rock song of the day – 398: Hive Dwellers

More punk than you’ll ever be, punk.

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two songs that I’ve been meaning to track down for nearly two decades

This song used to haunt my drunken waking moments.

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Song of the day – 263: Tender Forever

The deep bass throb of ‘Unfortunate Friends’ is the one that I really dig, but I can’t find the video – so trust me, or buy the album or something and find out for yourselves.

 Everett True

Song of the day – 131: Shonen Knife

Oh man. I never realised. I’m not sure how I never realised. Maybe I did realise, but I plumb forgot. After all, when I first travelled out to Olympia in ’89 I’m fairly sure that I purchased every cassette Calvin Johnson had then released on his K label (privilege of being a staff writer, and […]