The Bellingham Herald from Bellingham, Washington • 40

Recent Northwest CD releases Seattle -Va BtGt Pete Krebs ditches continent Lucinda rolls into Commodore By Tony Stasiek Zoot Rudy Time Stand Surely Zoot Rudy is good people So AeTopus of the Bryan Tewell Hughes sent- us a photo of himself Bryan Tewell Hughes is slight white be-glassed and in possession of a baggy sweater and armpit-length hair that evidently sways with the wind He calls himself AeTopus Got a stereotype in mind? Follow it like a mystery that we have time to crack Just be wary that Damien Jurado Pleasure Forever and The Makers are among acts likely in the area Sunday Heather around though now sans tonsils label darlings The Shins are playing down the road at Graceland 109 Eastlake Ave (206) 262-0482 that night and Saturday April 1 3 and prospects of a Kathleen Wilson sighting are high Anarchic electronicists Kid 606 Lesser Gold Chains and Bobby Karate play at 9 tonight April 1 1 at 1-Spy 1921 Fifth Ave (206) 374-9492 BRITISH COLUMBIA All shows are in Vancouver and for those age 19 and older unless noted Trying to find an articulate summation of Outhem noise rock on the Internet is impossible Why? Verything eads ike his upposed ute It might help to see the group with Sinoia Caves Cat of a Thousand People and Powerballad at 8:30 pm Saturday April 13 at Blinding 36 Powell St (604) 878-3366 enough press about Lucinda Williams out there to make it safe to say that if you like the songwriter you might want to show up at the Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville SL at 9 tonight April 11 Call Tlcketmaster at (206) 628-0888 PUGET SOUND All shows are in Seattle and for those age 21 and older unless noted: Edith Frost is charming Usually just a snippet of her soft-yet-far-from-giriish voice on her three country-tinged CDs for Drag City Records proves that If that's not enough visit her Web site wwwedithfrostcom which she updates more often than most people wash their dishes She and band play at 8 pm Wednesday April 17 at Graceland 109 Eastlake Ave (206) 381-3094 with Central Falls and the US Copy Editor Association's "Worst Band Wierd remember Pete Krebs from Portland Ore's Hazel or more recently as an altcountry singersongwriter-type moving to Europe so his early show at 3 pm Sunday April 14 at the Tractor Tavern 5213 Ballard Ave (206) 789-3599 will be his last in these parts for a while Kevin Barnes has never been clear about what happened to him that night in Montreal It involved a break-up of some sort and he sang a pretty melody about it in a song called Somehow it inspired him to redefine with the fey-psych-pop of his band Of Montreal which brings its songs about butterscotch to the Crocodile People who may dislike this CD include those who: are younger than 40 find unthreatening liberal rants in musical form sadder than would prefer it if the girls sing more wonder if these kids wrote the song lyrics presume the anticorporate Reading Start is hot sly indignation at Jimmy Buffet even though the song explores his Bellingham aghvg-Sun-Bel-: v--f '-ter take on dancehall reggae and realize that even if it were who cares? People who might find something redeemable in this CD include: nice friends of Zoot Rudy who might not listen to a lot of music and artists seeking something shiny for a collage Self-released P0 Box 2021 Bellingham WA 98227-2021 wwwzootrudycom Zoot Rudy plays at 1 pm Sunday April 14 at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon Tony Stasiek seeking new for review Stasiek The Herald 1155 explores Edith Frost Cafe 2200 Second Ave (206) 441 -661 1 at 9:30 pm Tuesday April 1 6 with Marshmallow Coast and The Minders If you see one world-renowned avant-garde jazz pianist this year chances are it would be Matthew Shipp anyway He joins saxophonist David Ware at 8 pm Friday April 12 at On the Boards 100 Roy St (206) 547-6763 wwwear shotorg Venerable Sub Pop Records is throwing itself an anniversary party at 8 pm Sunday April 1 4 at Crocodile Cafe 2200 Second Ave (206) 441 -661 1 The band lineup is a dog whistle This is New Age ambient Sure there are musical flourishes bells of some sort on and oft-randonv peyote-dream -percussion from Colville Mike Bsyuk Moreso though the CD reveals the knack for employing varied keyboard settings the synthesized harpsichord the pan flute from X-Files" theme and Phil period and plundering about in a digitally strangled chill as if to not disturb the house-plants as they listen and wilt 12Ton Productions 2007 St No 3 Bellingham WA 98225 wwwaetopuscom State St: Take Five is local or I Mail to: Tony Bellingham State St: WA 98225 vVTK Aft 4 Adv a AFFORiniflBILE HEftBIDS INSURANCE UGA Insurance Agents 1-800-771-1986 A Unique Northwest Stealc -Underwritten by: The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company Home Office: Oklahoma City OK MNATL Ififl I 4t- KitchcnYTu ne- Secrfood House bu CanHavethe Kitchen ofDreams Bring New (e and Style to Your Kitchen Recondition Wood Restore-A-Floor Reface Cabinets Custom Cabinets 1 kitchen Solutions for any BiulyeU Call (360) 384-4090 Design Studio 1600 Kentucky Street B2 Barkley District 2200 Rimland Drive (1 12 blocks north of Haggen) 3607569669 Nails Relaxers Extensions Gift Certificates Color Color Color '4152 Meridian St 360-647-1239 Licensed a Bonded General Contractor KITCHT-0023J7 Kent Kelley owners 12 TAKE FIVE wwwbellinghamheraldcom.