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The rebels of Pajamaland!!!

About Me

"Every few years, little NW bands start to pop up with individual styles but a strong common element. This can vary from guitar tone to politics to the latest craze I'll call "indie pro": small electronic collectives who regard production as an additional band member. Cock and Swan (whose producer appears in band photos), the Braille Tapes (a production team who enlist musicians for shows), and shoegazers Blue Light Curtain are creating a tech-infused wave that will have A&R reps salivating. The biggest winners in this musical movement could be local pioneers Voyager ONe and the Turn-Ons, whose longevity has them poised to be the Melvins and Mudhoney of a burgeoning scene."--Ma'Chell Duma Lavassar, THE STRANGERPoster by 33 1/3 RPMWe've been a band now for 4 (four) years. We've been played on RainyDawg Radio and KEXP's Audioasis recently (OCT '06). Sky, Laura and Paul are pals and love playing music together. Paul is the biggest "girl" in the band. Email us if you need directions to Old Folks Home..................... OUR CD IS NOW AVAILABLE AT: EASY STREET RECORDS IN QUEEN ANNE, SONIC BOOM (CAP HILL & BALLARD), EVERYDAY MUSIC (CAP HILL), WALL OF SOUND (CAP HILL) AND AT OUR GIGS (YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT US FOR A COPY). PRICE $8.00. SOON IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT OTHER CD STORES IN TOWN. STAY TUNED.This is our fourth band member. She's a little touchy these days due to the fact that we forget to do things like 1) include her in the liner notes 2)introduce her to the other bands we play with and 3) forget to give her drink tickets.
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Member Since: 8/16/2004
Band Website: bluelightcurtain.com
Band Members: Michael Sterling: Drums, arm candy, dynamics Laura: Keyboards, moog, vocals, tamborine Paul: baritone guitar, moog, vocals, drum programs previous member (drummer on EP) Sky: drums, vocals, mallets/mullets
Influences: My Bloody Valentine, Eno, Lynch/Badalamenti/Cruise, Stereolab, VU, Low, 70'S NICO, M83, Galaxie 500, the Cure, Big Black, K-Pop!!!, Buster Keaton, film noir, running faucets, drippy shower heads, red martian, c'est la mort, levator, factory records, Andy Kaufman, Tahn Bros Pho, Shin Ramyun, Ballet Restaurant, Shows @ The Comet, Asian Languages, Danelectro Baritones, Doctor perscribed Paxil...
Sounds Like:"...live remind me variously of Slowdive, 4AD records, Lee Hazelwood, Explosions in the Sky, and Brian Eno. Laura Bratton, the primary vocalist, sings in a style that would be readily familiar to fans of the aformentioned 4AD Records and dreampop music; ethereal and somewhat detached, but in spite of that aloof sound, she manages to really engage the crowd. There's a warmth there often lacking in the genre that's very comforting and more than a little sexy." JimiC THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS"Ten dollars says Blue Light Curtain were paying attention to the winter's recent dark days and pissing rain, because much like favorite repetitive guitar riffers/effects pedal enthusiasts My Bloody Valentine (or any other band that has helped you survive a midwinter breakup), this Seattle trio captures the mood of our city's gray life pretty damn well. Hopefully their set tonight will be a hair too loud for the meek; earplugs will only cheapen the experience." GRANT BRISSEY/THE SEATTLE STRANGER"Shoegaze bands never want to be called that, but that's what Blue Light Curtain—admittedly influenced by MBV, Eno, M83, Galaxie 500, and Lynch/Badalamenti (!)—are. And they're very good at what they do. The hazy "When the Sun Hits" guitar walls, heavily processed vocals, and dueling male/female voices are all there, and their new self-released disc, The Static Interrupts Our Dream, would sound perfectly lovely in a carousel stocked with any of the aforementioned bands. The new material has garnered the four-year-old trio (quartet, if you count their Korg Electribe ES-1, which they do) some attention on UW's RainyDawg radio and a slot on KEXP's live Audioasis back in October. Now, though, during the endless night and ever-present mist of winter, is the ideal time to revisit—or wallow in—the densely dreamy sounds that only a band like BLC can provide." RACHEL SHIMP/THE SEATTLE WEEKLY
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My Blog

press from the stranger. not camus

this was from the issue of THE STRANGER that came out June 4th, 2008 (Chop Suey) Blue Light Curtain takes Velvet Underground's drone and makes it their own, it's application in the finest fashion. The...
Posted by blue light curtain on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:43:00 PST

blog light curtain...time for 2008 or Lets toot our own horn

dear patrons/patronizers(?) 2007 was a fun year for us blue lighters...There were a lot of things we did this year that made us happy.  here's a rundown of things that made us smile: 1) playing w...
Posted by blue light curtain on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

our cover of "what goes on"

fried food lovers, i know i know i know, everyone and their dog has covered "what goes on"... here's another version for you.  thanks to kana for this video!!! ...
Posted by blue light curtain on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:57:00 PST

our velvet underground cover night on video

our buddy iris shot this.  thank you iristhepirate Skylark..Velvet Underground cover - "Femme Fatale"(Members of Blue Light Curtain, Hypatia Lake, and Joy Wants Eternity) ...
Posted by blue light curtain on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST

sky’s band levator coming to your town fall 2007

West Coasters, I hope you can go out and say hey to our drummer sky who's on a West Coast tour right now.  her band is Levator.  they play your dreams thru loopers and delay pedals.  Sk...
Posted by blue light curtain on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:42:00 PST

press (yer shirt) from local paper

WEDNESDAY 7/11/07 BLUE LIGHT CURTAIN, HUNGRY PINES, H IS FOR HELLGATE(High Dive) Blue Light Curtain's music is very well crafted, very well put together, and very good for floatinga bright and fertil...
Posted by blue light curtain on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:37:00 PST

Sky is in Levator and they will be on tour!

Sky, our beloved drummer, has another project called Levator.  She sings, plays guitar and writes all the songs.  She and the rest of Levator will be going on tour starting Friday JUNE 8th.....
Posted by blue light curtain on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:35:00 PST

frick'en animal names! pt. 1 (pre-1990)

no friends, this is not a survey to ask you what i should name my pet turtle. on the contrary, this is a challenge FOR YOU ALL to name as many bands as you can with animals in the title.  I mean,...
Posted by blue light curtain on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:22:00 PST

new songs posted! all trax r live so there'll b mistakes...

To the mass (singular, NOT plural?), So the songs we've posted on our page are from the KPSU performance from last month (see previous blog for details).  In other words, these songs are just lik...
Posted by blue light curtain on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:13:00 PST

download our live in-studio performance at KPSU

to our li'l buddies,we've got an in-studio performance archived online!!! it's from a month ago when we played KPSU in Portland. The performance happened on DJ Ricardo Wang's show "What Is This Called...
Posted by blue light curtain on Thu, 10 May 2007 04:03:00 PST