timmy held Archives - SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

Atoms For Peace makes a Sonic Boom debut in Seattle
By Greg Roth on March 12, 2013
by Timmy Held Atoms For Peace, a new supergroup featuring Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, and piano), Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (bass),...
SMI New Music Preview: ‘Go Find Your Own’ by Pony Time
By Greg Roth on March 10, 2013
by Timmy Held I’m convinced that Seattleites Luke Beetham and Stacy Peck, AKA Pony Time, are not from the present. Okay, so yeah, not really,...
SMI musical highlights of 2012
By Greg Roth on December 30, 2012
by Greg Roth, with additional contributions from Alicia Kamenick, Timmy Held, and Henry Jake CNN called 2012 the year of “Meh.” We beg to differ. 2012...
SMI New Music Preview: ‘Rotting on the Vine’ by The Purrs
By Greg Roth on December 23, 2012
by Timmy Held In September of this year, Seattle psych-pop-shoe gazers, The Purrs signed with Fin Records, a growing NW label that’s home to The Walkabouts...
New Music Review: Gaytheist – ‘Stealth Beats’
By Greg Roth on August 11, 2012
By Timmy Held Tim Hoff (bass), Jason Rivera (guitar/vocals) and Nick Parks (drums), AKA GAYTHEIST, have been contributing innovative music to the Portland musical landscape...
New Music Preview: Marcy Playground Release B-side and Rarities LP
By Greg Roth on July 25, 2012
By Timmy Held Enjoying Extras/B-side/Rarities albums as much, or even more, than a band’s studio efforts is a phenomenon that I have yet to understand....
Afraid of Figs keep fans “Safe” with new disc (video)
By Greg Roth on June 7, 2012
By Timmy Held Afraid of Figs is a high-energy, fun-loving rock band known for their kinetic shows charged with frequent costume changes, a plethora of...
Timmy’s Top 10 for Sasquatch (Sunday and Monday)
By Greg Roth on May 27, 2012
SMI Contributor and Fake Label Records honcho Timmy Held runs down his Sasquatch top Ten for Sunday and Monday. 10. Feist: With three Juno awards...
SMI Feature: Seattle Music Genome Project
By Greg Roth on May 7, 2012
By Timmy Held – Tyrannosaurus grace, Fake Label Records Much like the biological gene pool, a city’s music scene must have a significant amount of...
Nothing Fake about ‘Fake it Or Leave it’ NW music compilation
By Greg Roth on April 7, 2012
SMI featured contributor Timmy Held from Tyrannosaurus Grace is not only a talented writer and musician, he’s something of a local record mogul. Well… mogul may be the...
Q&A with Brent Amaker of Brent Amaker & The Rodeo
By Greg Roth on March 31, 2012
By Timmy Held / fakelabelrecords.com Brent Amaker is no drugstore cowboy. With serious love of DEVO, Kraftwerk, and Battlestar Galactica, he and his band, The Rodeo, are known for...
Sounds Major: My on and off relationship with Harvey Danger
By Greg Roth on February 15, 2012
…and how it led to my discovery of Sean Nelson’s latest work By Timmy Held tgraceband.com / fakelabelrecords.com Like many teenagers in 1998 I was introduced to...