Posts Tagged ‘Blitzen Trapper’

Interview with Alex James of Dolorean

(Editor’s Note: Dolorean’s latest album, The Unfazed, is out today. Go and get it NOW.) After I decided I wanted to write for a living, the first piece I wrote was a review for Violence in Snowy Fields, an Americana-tinged album by Dolorean, a band based in Portland. When we launched...

January 18th, 2011 | Arts, Featured, Music | Read More

Blitzen Trapper – Live at Chop Suey

My buddy Kyle and I were the first people to enter the too-small bar on the top of Capitol Hill, escaping the dry, cold Seattle night. A large man with tattoos checked our IDs and we stood by the bar along with other folks who wore long-sleeve shirts and were looking for a new kind of country music. Like...

December 22nd, 2008 | Music | Read More

Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation

Ever get tired of idealists who decry consumer culture at every possible turn? These are the people who’ve read all the books, fawned over the poetry, and blissfully (and frequently) wax eloquently of a carefree existence where “big box stores” cease to exist. It’s not that...

February 4th, 2008 | Music | Read More