John Vanderslice @ Easy Street Records, Seattle 5/22/09
Not your typical in-store at Seattle's Easy Street Records Friday night. John Vanderslice played an hour where a twenty-minute slot would do, but there were things to celebrate, like last week's release of his seventh LP Romanian Names, but also his 42nd birthday! Cue the balloons, the special "Happy Birthday" song composed by his bandmates that day, the hugs and happy times. Laura Musselman didn't just take the photos; she supplied the cake. (Other concert photographers, you're on notice.) Happ...
Stereogum — Not your typical in-store at Seattle's Easy Street Records Friday night. John Vanderslice played an hour where a twenty-minute slot would do, but there were things to cel... more info