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November 2, 2010

Video Premiere: Hobosexual’s – “Van Candy”

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The world premiere of Hobosexual’s first music video made a fitting debut at The Blue Moon last night, but we thought we’d share for those of you who aren’t spending your Monday around a dive bar.

The video, featuring many of the band’s friends and early supporters (including yours truly) is a total DIY project, filmed and stop-motioned by the band’s devoted manager and number one fan Amelia Gyde. And we ask, if you can make something this awesome yourself, why would you let anyone else do it?

You can see Hobosexual out of the video and in the flesh this Friday at Cafe Racer with Antique Scream.

September 8, 2010

Win Tickets to See Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Hobosexual and Baltic Cousins This Friday!

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Hope you’ve recovered from Bumbershoot by Friday, because you’re going to need your strength for the heavy night of local rock that we’ve got planned. With sets from Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Hobosexual and Baltic Cousins, it is a night to celebrate the bounty of the past and the future. Comprised of bands made from “the ashes” of some of Sound on the Sound’s early favorites: the Whore Moans, Vindaloo, Black Eyes & Neckties, Iceage Cobra and The Russians we’ll be rocking out with our roots and throwing horns to the future of local rock.

 

And we definitely want you to be there.

 

To celebrate the rebirth of some of our favorite bands and local performers, we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to see Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Hobosexual and Baltic Cousins at Columbia City Theater this Friday. Leave a comment on this post (using your real email address) and we’ll pick two winners Thursday at 12pm.

 

If you don’t win tickets Thursday, you can pre-purchase them at Brown Paper Tickets or purchase them the night of the show for $8.

September 3, 2010

A Week From Today … And Brand New Songs from Hounds of The Wild Hunt

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A holy fucking moment indeed. Not only will The Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Hobosexual and Baltic Cousins take the stage next Friday in a bill from the ashes of our dearly departed favorite bands. As of right now we also have four brand new songs from the re-named Hounds of the Wild Hunt to listen to. And we like ‘em, they find the band pushing their limits. There’s a little bit more of a retro throwback sound going on and the songs are more theatrical, but there is still plenty of what we loved most about the Whore Moans.

 

Hounds of the Wild Hunt (Whore Moans) @ CCT from Columbia City Theater on Vimeo.

You can pre-purchase tickets for what is sure to be a raucous night of rock’n'roll here. And you want to, Hobosexual has something special up their sleeves which we’ll tell you all about next week.

August 17, 2010

Sound on the Sound Presents … A Bill From The Ashes

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Come September 10th we’ll be celebrating the new incarnations of some of our favorite disbanded bands at Columbia City Theater. Taking the stage will be The Hounds of the Wild Hunt (formerly the Whore Moans), Hobosexual (featuring members of Vindaloo and Iceage Cobra) and Baltic Cousins (featuring members of Black Eyes & Neckties and The Russians). Bring your ear plugs, because it’s going to be a loud night of rock’n'roll you won’t want to miss.

Pre-Purchase Tickets HERE RSVP for the Event on Facebook

Much thanks to Bradley Lockhart for another gorgeous poster. You can share your appreciation for Brad’s work when he takes the stage as the frontman for Baltic Cousins.

August 5, 2010

Sound on the Sound Presents: A Bill From the Ashes of Our Favorite Bands

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Ben Harwood of Hobosexual ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

When we started the blog we never considered the heart break we’d feel, multiple times a year, when our favorite bands decided to part ways and stop playing music together. But then again, we never realized the excitement we’d feel when the members of those dearly departed bands started new projects to fall in love with. Our September Sound on the Sound presents bill at Columbia City Theater seeks to celebrate some of our favorite new bands birthed out of the demise of some of our favorite former local bands: The Whore Moans, Vindaloo, Black Eyes & Neckties and Iceage Cobra.

On September 10th Sound on the Sound is pleased to present: Baltic Cousins (featuring members of BENT and Russians) Hobosexual (featuring members of Vindaloo and Iceage Cobra) Hounds of the Wild Hunt (formerly known as The Whore Moans)

You can purchase tickets for $8 via Brown Paper Tickets!

 

Baltic Cousins ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

 

The Whore Moans ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

January 23, 2009

Birthday at The Blue Moon: The Video

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That’s right…VIDEO!! Mr. Mark Young (from History for Sale) taped the amazing insanity that was our Birthday Show at the Blue Moon. Not only did he tape the epic rock fest, he made this little video montage of our birthday which totally blew my mind and made my week.

So while you’ll be hearing all about our birthday shows this weekend (now that we’ve had the proper week it took to recover)–you can watch some of the party right now. A huge thanks to Mark Young for making this video totally out of the blue…one of the best birthday gifts ever!!

January 16, 2009

Tonight is the Night!!

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It seems like we’ve been waiting a year and a half for this concert–because WE HAVE! It’s been a year and a half since Vindaloo’s last concert, (which was fittingly at the Blue Moon) and tonight they will raise from the grave of the rock’n'roll dead and Rock the blue moon once again. (Yes, that is a rock with a capital “R”.) 

In some ways we’ve been waiting for this show for even longer, as both Vindaloo and our secret headliners were bands we tried to book for our very first concert ever. Tonight’s the night they take the stage, accompanied by two of our favorite new bands–What What Now and The Drug Purse. It’s going to be one hell of a show and a few people have said some very nice things about it, so we really hope you get to come out and rock out with us.  

January 16, 2009

The Daily Choice: Sound on the Sound Birthday Bash #2 @ Blue Moon

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Lord knows, I don’t remember a single person’s face from Wednesday night’s action-spectacular at Neumos.  All I remember is face-shredding prog, fantasy-metal from Wah Wah Exit Wound and the hazy smoke that surrounded the exceptionally costumed A Gun That Shoots Knives.  Oh, and a lonely paper pteradactyl that fluttered above the crowd.

Well, my liver has decreased to its usual medium level of swollen, and I’m ready for another helping of Sound on the Sound Birthday Mayhem.  And lucky for you and me, tonight is the capper of this excessive birthday week.  The headliner of tonight’s event at The Blue Moon in the U-District is so amazingly, er, amazing, we’ve actually been contacted by the government and told not to reveal their names, in fear that their international fan base will actually riot and destroy Seattle.  Just know though, you’re in for a treat from these mysterious Black Power Rangers.

And that’s not all, heavy rockers Vindaloo are reforming for one, magical night of deafening joy.  Also killing it will be The Drug Purse and What What Now, whom I have no knowledge of, thus cannot regale you with their, obvious, many achievements.

Don’t miss this.  You’ll be sad, and far, far too sober.

 

January 6, 2009

Happy Birthday to Us

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Curiously the writers of Sound on the Sound all have birthdays within a week of each other, so to celebrate we’re gathering some of our favorite rock and roll bands from the local scene, old and new, to ring in our next birth year at the Blue Moon. Mad props go to one Katie Miller over at matiekiller.com for putting together the above poster for us.

Our headliner, due to scheduling issues, asked to remain a secret, but I can tell you that we straight up love this band and it will be worth staying out late. We are calling them the Black Power Rangers.

The other three bands appearing are also special and not nameless. What What Now has been sticking exclusively to DIY and house shows, and this will be their tavern debut. We caught their show around Halloween and were mucho impressed. Tacoma’s Drug Purse who we haven’t seen yet, pretty much sound exactly how you might expect from the band name (for a change), a vintage psychedelic jam. We caught their set on Audioasis a couple of weeks ago and had to get them on the bill. And Vindaloo will of course be reuniting for this one show only. That set is not to be missed.

Save the date (and bring your earplugs)…

A Sound on the Sound Birthday Show featuring… A SUPER SECRET HEADLINER we’re calling The Black Power Rangers Vindaloo Drug Purse What What Now Friday January 16, 2008 at the Blue Moon Tavern in Seattle. First band at 9pm. 5$ at the door. 21+.

December 27, 2008

A Special Announcement from Stu Ridesworthy: Owner and CEO Mustache Ride Records, LLC. on Our Birthday Bash

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We were thrilled to wake this morning to a letter/declaration from Stu Ridesworthy about our very own Birthday Bash, and had to share it with you.

Greetings Seattle rock n roll types,

I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2008. Ah, 2008. The year that Vindaloo, Seattle’s “Loudest rock band” did not play one single show in Seattle.

I’ll tell you, I wept every day from my vacation Chateau in the South of France, and cried for months in my bottles of Dom Perignon from my endless wine cellar (while doing my super-model girlfriend).

By mid July, it was all I could do to muster up my dignity and take Eva Mendes out for a night on the town in Athens Greece via the private Concord.

I fear I may have been a bit of a downer on that little outting, as all I could talk about was our dearly departed rock n roll damnation trio over our Beluga caviar and bottle of 52 Chateau Lafite.

In August, Ben wrote to me to tell me that Iceage Cobra was having a swell time on the road and that they had scheduled their final show for King Cobra in late September.

The same month Matt contacted me in regards to the final tuition payment to Harvard, as he was finishing up his doctorate in advanced applied rocket mechanics, and their application to the guitar amplifier. I was glad to hear from him and promptly wired him the 650 thousand dollars from Vindaloo’s Guatamalan offshore account.

It was in December, of 2008 that I was contacted by a Ms. Abbey of Sound on The Sound and asked if Vindaloo, per chance would be interested in doing a birthday bash show for her well known Blog.

I wired Ben the information, who was, at the time,  on tour playing back-up-lead guitar with Ozzy Osbourne and Zack Wild.

46 seconds, there was a knock at my door. It was ben.

He had taken the first flight from Las Vegas, after recieving my message and promptly confirmed in these exact words:

“Hell yes, I’m gonna throw down like a tornado full of semi’s for the SOTS b-day bash!”

Jeff and Matt soon confirmed afterwards with similar tornado/semi after-comments, ( I believe Matt said something about a intergalactic death ray mounted to a semi,… in a tornado of lazers…but I digress)…

I made my official confirmation to Ms. Abbey after returning from my retreat in Holland.

With all that said, myself and the entire staff over here at Mustache Ride LLC, in beautiful New York City’s 5th Avenue Mustache Ride Pavillion, would like to extend our warmest regards to all attending the show.

And I hope to see all of you; January 16th, 2009 at the Blue Moon Tavern in Seattle

-Rock On Seattle,

Stu Ridesworthy

Owner and CEO Mustache Ride Records, LLC.