Thank you, San Francisco, for Thee Oh Sees, whose shambling and sexy surf-rock-on-heavy-duty-hallucinogens live shows officially make life worth living. Continue reading Your Live Music Bets for the Weekend of October 5th to the 7th
Krk Nordenstrom, a filmmaker and photographer, spent more than a week on the road with Seattle’s favorite Balkan-influence punk band Kultur Shock, shooting a documentary. At Georgetown Art Attack this weekend, he’s presenting a selection of photography from the tour as a glimpse of what’s to come. Continue reading A Photo Exhibit About a Documentary About Seattle Rock Band Kultur Shock
I eschewed sticking with an all-Seattle roster for my Ten-Best List of 2011, going instead with my gut and using the most basic of criteria: Namely, picking the ten 2011 Northwest releases that I listened to–and enjoyed–the most.
Continue reading Best Northwest Music Releases of 2011
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Tippling Slavs gleefully sang along with singer Gino Srdjan Yevdjevich in their native tongue, even as energized punks and headbangers ricocheted against each other at the front of the stage. Continue reading Kultur Shock 15th Anniversary at Chop Suey [Slideshow]
…You’d be nuts to pass up the chance to view a band that routinely works arena-sized crowds into a lather all over Europe, playing in the sweaty confines of a tiny Capitol Hill club.
Continue reading Kultur Shock Celebrates Fifteen Years of Gypsy Punk at Chop Suey
Kultur Shock has always been mindful of avoiding the Bregović controversy and crediting trad whenever they use it. But now, a Turkish pop singer named Gökçe has released a tune called “Tuttu Fırlattı,” a Turkish transliteration of the phrase “Tutti Frutti,” which is scheduled to appear on her upcoming album this fall. As it happens, the song sounds nearly identical to Kultur Shock’s “Tutti Frutti,” the lead single from their 2004 album Kultura Diktatura, produced by Faith No More’s Billy Gould, whose label Kool Arrow released the album. Continue reading Musical Mystery of the Day: Is Seattle’s Kultur Shock Being Ripped Off By a Turkish Artist?
