Hi Everyone. Well it’s been a while and I apologize for that, but despite my day job invading my evenings and weekends, other PhiLL(er) writers have been hard at work and you should check out some of the newly submitted reviews that have just been posted.
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Here come the superlatives.
If you take hold of country music with your right hand, and in your left you grip punk rock, then you might call yourself Richmond Fontaine. They play country music with fuzzy-noted Telecaster chords, and they play punk rock with pedal steel. Yeah, that’s right. All at once. [...]

31Knots were the second of three bands performing at Seattle’s Paradox on December 2, 2006. Here are some photos from their performance.

Following The Slats at the October 13th show at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle was Thee Emergency. Although they’re from Seattle, I wasn’t familiar with them and if you aren’t familiar with the group, let me give you some advice, check this band out NOW!
They have a few tracks posted on their website and on their MySpace Page. My favorites Revolution 1. If you have the chance, you must see them perform live. They give so much energy it’s ridiculous and just a great experience. Their album Can You Dig It? was released this past June on Blue Disguise Records.

Here are your chances to be blown away:
10/20: Spokane, WA @ The Blvd.
10/27: Bellingham, WA @ Rogue Hero

11/10: Seattle, WA @ High Dive
11/11: Spokane, WA @ The Spread
11/13: Portland, OR @ The Tonic Lounge
12/14: Portland, OR @ The Tonic Lounge

01/17: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
01/19: Los Angeles, CA @ Alterknit Lounge
01/20: San Diego, CA @ Zombie Lounge

The only non-Seattle group performing at the KEXP sponsored show at the Sunset Tavern, Minneapolis’s The Slats put on a show that certainly gained the respect of the Seattle crowd.