The Dead Milkmen, The Wrens, Guided by Voices, Archers of Loaf, Oneida, The Minutemen, Pond, Hot Snakes, Fugazi, Superchunk, Battles, Devo, The Who, Menomena, Pinback, Spoon, Van Halen, Open Choir Fire,
AC/DC, Hardcore UFOs, Black Sabbath, Steel Pole Bathtub...
Sounds Like
"On their MySpace page, Seattle foursome Eastern Grip refer to their music simply as “messed-up pop songs.” What do they do to mess up the straightforward melodies they come up with? They poke, pull, twist, and pummel them with guitars that sometimes twang country-like, and other times crunch angularly in an early ’90s indie-rock kinda way, and still other times feed back with vigor. Then they kinda bash them around with clattering rhythms, and sing and yelp in ways that will never get you onto American Idol. Other times, they hardly mess ’em up at all – like “Boots On,” a classic slab of rollicking power-pop with a Pavement-ish edge that only has a little bit of weird noise in the choruses." Michael Alan Goldberg - Seattle Weekly
GRIPTHERIA is the 2nd offering, and 1st full length album from Seattle rockers EASTERN GRIP. Band members Nick Burt, Michael Welke, Joe Woods, and Rory McAuley have been playing and recording around Seattle for 5 years. They have also been or are current members of local acts
such as Harvey Danger, Rocky Votolato, Ghost Stories and Heather Duby. Their approach is collaborative with multiple song writers, instrument exchanges, and 4-part harmonies.The songs, recordings, and packaging that make up GRIPTHERIA were produced in true DIY spirit. Early sessions in a basalt rock warehouse set the tone for an engaging listen. With this recording EASTERN GRIP have decided to explore various levels of what we call “rock music”, shown most notably in a willingness to experiment with structure, arrangement and vocal harmonies.
Check out New Eastern Grip song "Boots On", featured on a local compilation by Nadamucho.com. Buy it Here: ORDER NOW!! Sounds from the Seattle Underground CD
01. AC Slater - Hello (LFTCLK Remix) 02. We Kill Sluts - Pricecheck 03. Proxy - Raven (Evol Intent Ravenstep VIP Remix) 04. Proxy - Who Are You? (Spinstyles Remix) 05. We Kill Sluts - Scumby 06. Circle Of Sins - Bass Frequency (Dubstep Mix) 07. Capleton - Day Me Born (AFL Remix) 08. The Darksteppa - Where Am I? 09. Bassnectar - Superstylin Smash Up 10. Ben Samples Cript Tales 11. 3ohTree - Obsession 12. Tonya Stephens - Its A Pitty (AFL Remix) 13. Mark Instinct - Invader 14. The Big Pink - Love Song
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The award winning album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon.co.uk and many more.
If you're in the 360 or live near the area come out to Hot Shotz the day before Halloween! See the flier below for details. Me and Emily will be playing a set that night.
710. DEATHFACE - 10 PERCENT VIP 711. EXCISION - BOOM 712. KID CUDI - DAY N NITE (DANNY SCRILLA DUBSTEP MIX) 713. JOKER - DIGIDESIGN 714. SKREAN & BENGA - TRAPPED IN A DARK BUBBLE 715. HIGH RANKIN - ESCAPE FROM THE HOOD 716. DATSIK - APPLES 717. LILY ALLEN - THE FEAR (JAYOU OH NO REMIX) 718. CASPA - WHERE'S MY MONEY (L-VIS 1990 DOUBLE STEP EDIT)
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
We will be playing the Showbox Sodo Northwest Music Expo on Saturday August 29th, its only 5 bucks to get in and will go from noon until after midnight. Hope to see you there
