Uptown Magazine - September 8th
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
on.fb.me/everybody_loves — Released Sept. 6, former Blender editor Mark Yarm’s Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge is a detailed look at the Seattle music scene in the ’90s. After “liking” the book’s Facebook page, you can preview a chapter about Nirvana’s Nevermind taken from interviews with Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), Butch Vig, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, Samuel Bayer (Smells Like Teen Spirit video director) and a whole cast of players from the era. Essential reading for any ’90s music fan. Check out grungebook.tumblr.com for other excerpts, outtakes, interviews, music, pictures, posters and other Seattle-related content.
Fuck You Yelper
fuckyouyelper.tumblr.com — If Uhpinions, the site that collects ridiculous reviews from around the web, wasn’t enough for you, Fuck You Yelper is a fledgling Tumblr blog that explores “the douchebaggery idiots commit when enabled with an Internet connection, enough money for a meal and a sense of entitlement.”
MP3 of the Week:
Tim Hoover – More Napkins (Beauchamp’s Bootleg)
bit.ly/Tim_Hoover_remix — More Napkins is the new hybrid instrumental album/DJ mix from producer/promoter/pinball wizard/party rocker Tim Hoover, aka DJ Co-op. (There’s a techno duo out of Toronto on Thoughtless Records using a similar alias so Hoover is releasing the album under his own name.) A bunch of producers has taken a crack at remixing the album and Planet SHHH’s Beauchamp (also known as Mike B.) offers up his own interpretation that focuses in on some sounds used by Hoover but adds his own playful, laidback vibe. Other remixes previewed so far by Woven Records include a darkstep stormer from Montreal’s D’Eon, a tech-house cut from local newcomer Ohmophobe and some weird warehouse techno from Edmonton’s Cadence Weapon. More Napkins release party is Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Planetarium. Your $15 admission gets you a digital download of the album, a gift bag and admission to an after party. Dub Ditch Picnic Records is also doing a limited run of tapes, if cassettes are your thing.
Video of the Week: Greg MacPherson – Ukrainians
bit.ly/gmac_live — Local blue-collar rocker Greg MacPherson took some time on his recent tour out East to record a session for Balcony.tv. GMac performs Ukrainians from his new album Disintegration Blues.
