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CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY HOSTS SOME BANDS (LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT)
Typically I meet the release of the Capitol Hill Block Party lineup will mixed enthusiasm, I can always find at least one or two bands I love, a few I like, and a bunch that I’m willing to admit play...
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THE GLAMOUR AND THE SQUALOR TRAILER
Last week I stumbled down the back alleys of memory lane as I reminisced about my personal experience with Sub Pop and my 10 favorite releases in celebration of their 25th anniversary. This week I...
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BUMBERSHOOT 2013 LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
UPDATE: This article originally listed Hobosexual as a Bumbershoot performer, which as I was informed tonight they are not. This was bound to happen eventually as I’ve been on a pretty good streak...
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SASQUATCH; SEEING DOUBLE
Sasquatch is expanding to two weekends in 2014. I guess I should address this, though I’m not sure if you care, or if you even care that I care. I’m not really sure I even care. But jokes on me,...
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CAGEMATCH CHBP VS. Timber!
Oops. Someone made a grave error and two important festivals were scheduled for the same weekend. Okay, that’s not really what happened, at least I assume not, most likely this all had to do with...
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LA LUZ: MOVIN’ ON UP
Over the last two years, I’ve interviewed a lot of musicians, most of which are unsigned independent bands operating without a label, for the few that do have a label it’s probably k-records. Never...
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ISKA DHAAF WANTS YOU!
I’m busy putting the finishing touches on my interview with Benjamin Verdoes and Nate Quiroga of Iska Dhaaf. In the mean time I thought I would help in getting the word out that YOU, can be a part of...
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3 YEARS OF SECRETLY-IMPORTANT
I actually had to go back and confirm that it had been three years. I couldn’t believe it, but yes, it’s been three years since I wrote my first article for Secretly-Important. Three years later I...
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SASQUATCH 2014 LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
If you follow these sorts of things, you probably noticed that the lineups for Sasquatch! 2014 are up. The announcement has become a show itself, a endless nesting doll, in which there is excitement...
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FISHERMAN’S VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
Once Spring hits there is certainly no shortage of Northwest music festivals to look forward to. Treefort, Sasquatch, Timber!, Doebay, Bumbershoot, Music Fest NW, Helsing Junction, Unknown music...
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Giveway: 2 Release Show Tickets, KAIROS EP, and & fin Records t-shirt
What are you doing Monday, May 19th at 8:00 pm? It doesn’t matter, because the only right answer is that you’ll be at the Crocodile, in Seattle, celebrating the KAIROS EP release with Dude York and...
View ArticleBUMBERSHOOT 2014 LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
Since Secretly-Important began I’ve hardly noticed Bumbershoot lineup announcements. That’s not to say that the festival hasn’t had amazing, and at time rare acts, I’m thinking about Ana Tijoux who...
View ArticleST. VINCENT WITH NIRVANA, THAT’S ALL I WANT
I have always been more than a little protective over the image of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, no one asked or paid me to take on this job, and truth be told, I gave up on it over a decade ago when the...
View ArticleSHE KEEPS BEES ~ EIGHT HOUSES; OUT 9.16.14
If you didn’t see this yesterday, our friends She Keeps Bees announced that they will be releasing their fourth studio album, Eight Houses in September. The announcement came with a short video that...
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RIP FIN RECORDS
I didn’t go to my first funeral until I was 28 years old, I’d been to two dozen weddings by that point but only one funeral. That’s not to say that only one person in my life had died in 28 years, but...
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4 YEARS OF SECRETLY IMPORTANT: an apology
For Better or worse four years ago today I sat down in a chair at my parents house, where my wife and I were living having just moved back to Seattle from LA, and wrote the first blog entry for...
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NEWS(ISH): SHOULD CHOP SUEY CHANGE ITS NAME?
On January 19th, the iconic Seattle club Chop Suey put on its final show, sort of, the club has new owners and operators Brian Houck, Erin Carnes, and Brianna Rettig, none of whom are from Seattle,...
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VOTE FOR OUR REMIX!
We’ve been a part of these kind of contests before and they’re always pretty awkward because it’s just me asking you to go vote for us because… because I said so, but this contest from K-Record’s Dub...
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RECORD STORE DAY 2015: LOVE & CONFUSION
I like the idea of Record Store Day, actually I love the idea, maybe more correctly, I love what Record Store Day stands for, but as it exists now the reputation of RSD is a little messy and I can’t...
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BUMBERSHOOT: BLOW IT UP!
This isn’t the first time I wrote this article, as it happens this is the third, with the two previous efforts resting peacefully in my trash bin. This is my third effort because I needed three...
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