Metalsucks — After returning Sunday night from my final jaunt of 2010 down to the MS Mansion Kentucky Korner, I logged onto Decibel Magazine‘s Deciblog for some late night bloggery… and lo and behold, it looks all purdy and shit! Not that the website of our f... more info

XLR8R — One of the surprisingly original performances we saw at this year's Decibel Festival came on our first night in Seattle from UK producer and recent Ghostly label signee Gold Panda. The following day, we were able sit down with the music maker, w... more info

Metalsucks — In a recent issue of Decibel Magazine, some writer who thought it’d be clever to base his writing alias on the name of our own esteemed Satan Rosenbloom summed up East of the Wall’s highly excellent 2010 release Ressentiment thusly: “Put simpl... more info

KEXP Seattle — One of my favorite acts from last year’s festival was DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, and I was excited to see that she would be back this year. So, bucking the late trend of the past couple days, I made it down to Seattle Center just in time for the start of ... more info

KEXP Seattle — I began Saturday by heading to Seattle Center for dB in the Park. Unfortunately I missed most of Nosaj Thing‘s set; what I heard was pretty killer and I wish I’d caught the whole thing as I’d intended. However, I was immediately intrigued to se... more info

KEXP Seattle — Once again on Friday I skipped the major showcase at Neumos, focusing just on the Planet Mu Label Showcase at the Baltic Room and the Trust Showcase at Sole Repair, followed by the first dB Afterhours, “Mi Casa Es Su Casa”, at Motor. I got off to... more info

KEXP Seattle — Knowing that Ryan would be covering the scene at Neumos on Thursday and Friday (as he did for Wednesday), I chose to skip those showcases entirely in order to spend more time seeing the other artists. On Thursday I bounced between the Room40 Label 10... more info

KEXP Seattle — Last year, by the time Decibel Festival ended, I knew I wanted to attend this year’s event. I’ve been looking forward to it all summer, and it still exceeded my expectations: but with a full five nights of fantastic music and dancing, how could i... more info

XLR8R — My first two days at Seattle's seventh annual Decibel Festival were perfectly streamlined in regards to catching all of the artists I hoped to see—that is, compared to the following three days of the festival. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were... more info

KEXP Seattle — I might have been more excited for the Optical Showcases at Benaroya Hall than I was for any other part of Decibel Fest, not because I knew any of the artists (I’d never heard of any of them), but because the idea of hearing artistically rendered s... more info