Busy week at The Boom. The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and King Tuff appearing LIVE!

Two in store performances in one week is a bit unusual for us.  But, we couldn't be more excited about hosting these acts.

The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio is playing Thursday in support of their new full length, Close, But No Cigar AND their Record Store Day 2018 release, Live At KEXP!  

The group channels old-school organ combos like The Meters and Booker T & The MGs, but are making it fresh and feel new again! 

Sonic Boom is the first stop on a 9 date tour.  The hometown trio will be hitting the stage at 7:00.

Friday brings Sub Pop artist King Tuff.  Kyle Thomas, AKA King Tuff, will be performing solo in support of his new release, The Other.  

Via the Sub Pop site. Thomas views the entire experience of writing and recording The Other as a kind of psychic reset. “I let the songs lead me where they wanted to go, instead of trying to push them into a certain zone. King Tuff was always just supposed to be me. When I started doing this as a teenager, it was whatever I wanted it to be. King Tuff was never supposed to be just one thing. It was supposed to be everything.”

King Tuff will perform at 7:00 Friday evening

As always, these shows are both free and all ages.

New Releases For March 16, 2018

Great new releases to compliment this freakish, sunny Seattle weekend!  Yo La Tengo, Mount Eerie, The Decemberists and Hot Snakes (damn its a rocker!) are the big picks for the week.  

Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On

it’s gorgeous and elusive, the perfect expression of Yo La Tengo’s blending of ambience and rock classicism

The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl

The Decemberists shake up their artisanal folk rock on I'll Be Your Girl

Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens

The next time someone says to you that 'guitar music is dead' just point them in the direction of Swami John Reis and Rick Froberg..

Mount Eerie - Now Only

The expansive companion album to last year’s A Crow Looked At Me is no less a marvel.

6 STRING DRAG - TOP OF THE WORLD vinyl
THE ALARM - DECLARATION 1984-1985 CD
BASSNECTAR - REFLECTIVE (PART 1 & 2)  vinyl
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - MR. NO ONE 7"vinyl
CAROLINE SAYS - NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD vinyl/CD
CHUCK STRANGERS - CONSUMERS PARK CD
COCTEAU TWINS - HEAD OVER HEELS vinyl
COCTEAU TWINS - TREASURE vinyl
CREEP SHOW - MR. DYNAMITE vinyl/CD
CROWN - COBRA SPEED VENOM CD
CURRENT JOYS - DIFFERENT AGE cassette
THE DECEMBERISTS - I'LL BE YOUR GIRL vinyl/CD
DEETRON - DEETRON DJ-KICKS CD
HELENA DELAND - FROM THE SERIES OF SONGS "ALTOGETHER UNACCOMPANIED VOL. 1 & 2 vinyl/cassette
VARIOUS ARTISTS - DREAMWORKS TROLLS: THE BEAT GOES ON! CD
DUNGEN / WOODS - MYTHS 003 vinyl
EARTHLESS - BLACK HEAVEN clear vinyl
ESSAIE PAS - NEW PATH vinyl/CD
FATBOY SLIM - YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY vinyl
FOO FIGHTERS - THE COLOUR & THE SHAPE CD
FRATELLIS - IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME vinyl/CD
BILL FRISELL - MUSIC IS CD
GANG OF YOUTHS - GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS vinyl
GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT - APOLLONIA vinyl/CD
GREEN DRUID - ASHEN BLOOD vinyl/CD
HOT SNAKES - JERICHO SIRENS vinyl/CD/cassette
NABIHAH IQBAL - WEIGHING OF THE HEART vinyl
DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS -  DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS red vinyl/CD
JUNKIE XL - TOMB RAIDER - O.S.T. CD
KEANE - PERFECT SYMMETRY vinyl
KEANE - UNDER THE IRON SEA vinyl
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - POLYGONDWANALAND vinyl/CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS - LADY BIRD: SOUNDTRACK vinyl
AMAYA LAUCIRICA - RITUALS vinyl/CD
WILL LONG - MAROON/PINK vinyl
WILL LONG - ROYAL BLUE/MUSTARD vinyl
WILL LONG - SALLOW/PINE vinyl
EBLEN MACARI - MUSICA PARA PLANETARIOS vinyl
FREDDIE MCGREGOR - BOBBY BOBYLON vinyl
SUZANNE MENZEL - GOODBYES & BEGINNINGS vinyl                                                             MOUNT EERIE - NOW ONLY vinyl                                                                      
MURS - A STRANGE JOURNEY INTO THE UNIMAGINABLE CD
MYTHLESS - PATIENCE HELL bone colored vinyl
ERIC NEVEUX - ZOMBILLENIUM / O.S.T vinyl
CARLOS NINO & FRIEND - GOING HOME vinyl
NRBQ - NRBQ vinyl/CD
ONRA - NOBODY HAS TO KNOW vinyl
PETE ROCK / DEDA. - THE ORIGINAL BABY PA vinyl
PICA PICA - SPRING & SHADE 10" vinyl
PRHYME - PRHYME 2 CD
VARIOUS ARTIST - REAL DELUSIONS: THE FINNISH SPEED & THRASH METAL EXPLOSION 87-91 vinyl
REMO DRIVE - GREATEST HITS vinyl
RIVERS OF NIHIL - WHERE OWLS KNOW MY NAME vinyl/CD
KLAUS SCHULZE - LA VIE ELECTRONIQUE vinyl
SNOOP DOGG - BIBLE OF LOVE CD
STARCHILD & THE NEW ROMANTIC - LANGUAGE red & black vinyl/CD
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS CD
SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA - KITES CD                                                                                             SUN RA - OF ABSTRACT DREAMS vinyl                                                                                   TEREKKE - IMPROVISATIONAL LOOP vinyl
THUNDERCAT - DRANK purple vinyl/CD
TWAIN - RARE FEELING vinyl/CD/cassette
UPHEAVAL - ALTER OF ASH vinyl
VARIOUS ARTISTS - MY WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE CD
BUNNY WAILER - BLACKHEART MAN colored vinyl
WHIPS - CITY WIDE SPECIAL cassette
KIM WILDE - HERE COME THE ALIENS vinyl/CD
JOHN WILLIAMS - STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI vinyl
WINTERLIGHT - THE LONGEST SLEEP THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS vinyl/CD
YO LA TENGO - THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON vinyl/CD

                                                                           

Honky Tonk Pod. Cocaine and Rhinestones' Search For The Truth

Living outside of the downtown metropolitan area, I spend an awful lot of time commuting. Podcasts have become an essential tool to help soften the blow of sitting on my ass for hours at a time on the bus. There are go-to podcast favorites that keep me engaged, but I'm always looking for a new source or subject to explore.  Last week, both the New Yorker and Pitchfork profiled a new podcast titled "Cocaine and Rhinestones" produced and hosted by Tyler Mahan Coe, son of country legend David Alan Coe. The pitch went something like this;  

“Cocaine & Rhinestones puts country’s history up for debate again, arguing that nothing is settled and everything is still subject to opposing viewpoints and agendas. At the center of every episode of this homegrown series—which Coe writes, produces, and records on his own time and his own dime—is some mystery about country music, some disagreement, some essential unknown. Who actually wrote Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 hit “Ode to Billie Joe”? What makes the Louvin Brothers’ harmonies so otherworldly? And was Jeannie C. Riley really blackmailed—with leaks of nude photos—into resigning with her former label after her anti-slutshaming anthem “Harper Valley PTA” became a crossover hit?"

On that, I was totally sold, immediately subscribed that day to Mahan Coe's podcast and began binging away. If you have a love for country, Americana, folk or music tall tales in general, this one's definitely worth the time.

Follow the link to the official site for all of the download options!