Tag: Seattle music

The Beethoven of Electric Guitar

On a recent Saturday a friend and I decided to visit the Jimi Hendrix Memorial in Renton, Washington. Hendrix was a Seattle native who was originally buried in a simple grave in Greenwood Memorial Park following his death in 1970. More recently he was moved to this amazing site which is a fitting tribute to a […]

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X-Wing Drummer

New video from the Aaron English Band. Good stuff. Great imagery/symbolism/’80s references. I want it to last about three times as long though, and/or develop into a mashup with some Falco Star Wars reference… love it. There needs to be a 17 minute long version to do true justice to the creativity here. There’s so much good […]

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Lion’s Den

Diggin’ this new single from Aaron English and Seattle-area electronica artist Reprecode: http://reprecode1.bandcamp.com/track/lions-den. I hear shades of DM (Perfect), The Shamen, Simple Minds, Chemical Brothers, and a dash of Neil Tennant. I still can’t put my finger on why, but there was a twinge of something in here that made me think of something space jazzy […]

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AE House Concert

Couch cushions, Springsteen, and caprine foot trimmings, oh my. Where, you might ask, can you experience all of this and more? An Aaron English house concert, of course. If you haven’t heard of Aaron English, to quote the Geico commercial, do you live under a rock? English is a prolific songwriter and performer from Seattle […]

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The Classic Crime

You know the kind of music that you crank up and sing along with when you’re driving? The type that has you playing air drums at a stoplight and other people look over in awe of your percussion skills? I’m proud to say that one of my favorite “crank it up” bands is Seattle’s own […]

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English’s Language

Ah, Seattle, home of Starbucks, the Space Needle, and grunge. Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the Emerald City has been associated with the angst-saturated sounds of modern rock’s wrong turn down a dark alley. Thankfully there is a new generation of musical artists who are helping our area become known for more […]

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