CIMTB Exclusive Interview: The Great Northwest

This is a Crappy Indie Music -- The Blog! Exclusive video interview of Slow-core/Psychedelic music group The Great Northwest:



The Great Northwest's album "The Widespread Reign of" is released today by The Kora Records.

Read what other bloggers are saying about "The Widespread Reign of":
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FYI:
I fucking love The Great Northwest. This album reigns supreme. -- Ste. Goldie

The Great Northwest Trivia:
First Show Ever was played at Berbati's Pan in September of 2006 with post rock, shoegazers AristeiA. At that time The Great Norhwest was known as The Every Thing.

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The Great Northwest: When it Reigns is RULES!

From The Golden Plates:

... Brian Coates gave himself permission to fall in love with a couple of musical motifs. He then gathered a brotherhood spanning the North American continent (Randall Alton, Josh Kalberg, Brent Fellows, Joseph Kaczmarek, Geoff Cecil, Peter Holmstrom, Jefferson Baldwin, Caleb Spiegel, Andy Olmstead, Michael Faith, Rev. Dand Lee Strickland...) around a picnic table under a fig tree and told them:

"Be not afraid. We will immerse ourselves into the chords and tones we love. Our love will give birth to a theme. We won't stop until we've given that theme a solid chance to express itself fully."

The brotherhood rejoiced at the opportunity to embrace a familiar sound and explore it's potential without having to say goodbye too soon. That is how The Great Northwest was created.

photo of Josh and Brian by Joel Didriksen

Like the Cascade volcano's that lay dormant and ready to drop Seattle into the ocean and shake the I-5 and I-205 bridge into the mighty Columbia river, The Great Northwest's album The Widespread Reign of, is ready to blow Every Ones mind. -- Ste. Goldie

PS - The album comes out July 29th. You can buy a copy here that will be shipped to you by July 29th: Kora Records

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The Best Summer Ever Song of The Great Northwest 2006

The best song of summer 2006 You Know What I Mean was written by a group formally known at The Every Thing now called The Great Northwest who's first album The Widespread Reign of The Great Northwest coming out July 29th, 2008 on Kora Records.



The members of this group of musicians are from everywhere. Here are three local to Potland members:
Brian James "coatsie" Coates "I" plays the guitar and sings.
Joshua Kalberg (Big Sky) plays the bass.
Randall Crush plays the guitar.

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The Widespread Reign Of The Great Northwest

Brian Coates, Randall Crush, Josh from Big Sky and some other people, Photo by kingpinphoto

The group formally known as The Every Thing, the Widespread Reign of the Great Northwest, is going on Tour...

• Fresno February 4th @ Club Fred
• L.A. February 5th @ Echoplex
• San Diego February 6th @ Casbah
• Tuscon February 7th @ Solar Gallery
• Phoenix February 8th @ Modified

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