Christine Mitchell – SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

Telekinesis returns with Wimps, Oliver Elf Army
By Christine Mitchell on July 22, 2024
I had the good fortune to catch Telekinesis’ Michael Lerner last month at a small art opening in a secluded barn up in Bow, a...
New Music: Zookraught’s ‘Grip It Shake It’
By Christine Mitchell on August 8, 2023
*Editor’s note: You will find many superlatives in this review. You may question the high percentage of charged adjectives, but it is advisable that you...
The Who Hits Back: Seattle
By Christine Mitchell on October 27, 2022
I sipped my $25 shot of whiskey and leaned as far forward as I could in my Wednesday Addams dress as my friend Martin drank...
Fisherman’s Village 2022 Announcement
By Christine Mitchell on March 7, 2022
Everett's Fisherman's Village Music Festival is back in its usual springtime slot this year, and since it's the fest-runner Everett Music Initiative's tenth anniversary, it...
New Music: Bad Optics’ ‘Pax Americana’
By Christine Mitchell on January 25, 2022
I’m going to lay this out right here, right now: I probably shouldn’t be reviewing Bad Optics’ debut album, Pax Americana. I feel too intimately...
Bad Optics announce ‘Pax Americana,’ release single “Turnscrews”
By Christine Mitchell on November 27, 2021
Bad Optics has been biding their time, recording and then re-recording their debut full length after a lineup shakeup and then the pandemic, during which...
New Music: FUNERALHOMES’ ‘HAUNTS’
By Christine Mitchell on October 22, 2021
Let me tell you about this Brad Heyne guy, this Everett guy, this bartending while basically playing a show at the same time guy, this...
Oliver Elf Army to celebrate album release
By Christine Mitchell on October 21, 2021
I published a review of Oliver Elf Army is sending thoughts and prayers on March 20, 2020. At that point in time, the band’s album...
Actionesse & Mirrorgloss: bruised knees, happy me
By Christine Mitchell on July 17, 2021
It took well over an hour to get down to White Center and Drunky Two Shoes BBQ, but I didn’t care. There had been some...
New Music: Oliver Elf Army are sending thoughts & prayers
By Christine Mitchell on March 20, 2020
“I been plowing this field a long time,” quipped Martin Adams, Oliver Elf Army’s guitartist, in a Facebook post this past February. Attached to the...
Oliver Elf Army rebukes #45 with “864512GO!”
By Christine Mitchell on February 17, 2020
Everett’s Oliver Elf Army has been known to tackle a wide array of topics with irresistible dark wit and a punk ethic. The second single...
Thunderpussy: a NYE tradition
By Christine Mitchell on January 9, 2020
Photos by Alex Crick I suppose that someday in the blasted-out future, Thunderpussy may stop putting on their NYE shows. I can only imagine the...