March 2007

FEATURES

TO ERR IS DIVINE
Despite a hotly anticipated new album and a peerless infusion of rock n’ roll royalty, Modest Mouse proves that imperfection paves the road to becoming the perfect Northwest band.

PIPE DREAMS AND TEX-MEX
Sound’s complete guide to the local bands, labels, and others headed to SXSW.

HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER
Hopped up on his new line of coffee, David Lynch talks a good game about the sound of film.

GROWING UP VERA
Seattle’s premier all-ages venue celebrates its sixth birthday with new talent, a new home, and a new lease on life.

SPOTLIGHT
Team Gina: Down and dirty ladies dancing!
Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: Go-go goofballs!
Dead Baby Bike Club: Drunken cyclists, unite!

EXTRA! EXTRA!
Castles Made of Dreams
A searing roast from a Hollywood crank in honor of Sound’s first birthday

COLUMNS
Katrina’s Venus: Leisure with Emilia
Left Coast Latin: Global with Darek Mazzone
The Daydream Vessel:
Eats with Rafael Anton Irisarri
“How Do You Keep the Music Playing?”:
Jazz with John Gilbreath

DEPARTMENTS

AT THEIR WORD
For local folk foursome Origami Ghosts, it’s all about that paper, baby!

CALENDAR
What to do, every day, for Seattleites who don’t head to Texas for SXSW

AROUND TOWN
A pictorial glance at the month that was

NIGHTLIFE
Céad míle fáilte! Think outside the boxty with a full plate of Irish nightspots, plus all the St. Pat’s Day entertainment you could ever need.

REVIEWS
Rosie Thomas’ These Friends of Mine, plus Sound’s new hitlist and 18 CD, DVD, film and book reviews

CODA
The bloodthirsty Siren sings this month’s swan song