Posts Tagged ‘Erik Blood’
Reclaiming 2020, Part 1: Choice Releases from Sundae Crush, William Wesley Bullock, and Erik Blood and Friends
We covered some great music here at Artist Home dot org in 2020. I’m proud of that, and I’m especially proud of how much Artist Home did last year to advocate for PNW artists, musicians of color, and local indie venues. But I won’t lie: Like everyone else who lived through it, 2020 really did…
Read MorePNW Musicians Score an Unlikely Gig by Accidentally Scoring a Lost Movie
****THIS ARTICLE WAS LARGELY A WORK OF FICTION. SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THIS ARTICLE’S END**** Producer/musician/composer Erik Blood should be a familiar name to PNW music fans, having produced records for Shabazz Palaces, Tacocat, and a host of other Seattle artists as well as producing and performing his own material. Seattle composer/singer/instrumentalist Corey J. Brewer,…
Read MoreNew Songs to Help Get You Through These Rough Times
The words, “We’re in this together,” have never, in any of our lives, held more meaning than they do now. Please, everyone, wash your hands, take care of yourself and your loved ones, and stay safe. To further the spirit of sharing the catharsis and joy that music can give us all, Jake Uitti and…
Read MoreTwo PNW Artists Tell it Like it Is on Video
News flash (not): This country’s pretty fucked right now. And maddeningly enough, that deeply profound state of fuckery is rooted in the elemental fact that even ideals that we hold to be self-evident can be yanked out from under us if we’re not vigilant. The most ostensibly obvious tenets of our country, the things that…
Read MoreShabazz Palaces Crafted the Best Northwest Record(s) of 2017
I’ve been navigating the sonic labyrinth that is Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines and Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, the two-disc opus from hip-hop futurists Shabazz Palaces, for two months straight now. And in a lot of ways, I’m still happily lost in the damn…
Read MoreErik Blood’s ‘Lost in Slow Motion’: Truth, Beauty, Album Art, and The Music Inside
The assignment starts out as nothing more than another fun Artist Home web piece. AH co-founder Kevin Sur brainstorms the idea to me via email—an ongoing series of articles highlighting some of our favorite Northwest-grown album cover art and packaging. The spark for the idea comes from the stunning presentation behind the vinyl pressing of…
Read MoreSync Music Video Festival 2016
On April 15, SIFF Cinema Uptown will turn its big beautiful screen over to the incredible talents of the music video maker for the 4th Annual Sync Music Video Festival. The event—presented by Artist Home, Seattle Weekly, and SIFF—will bring the music and film community together to celebrate an often-overlooked art form with a collection…
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