Some Velvet Sidewalk

Some Velvet Sidewalk
Formed: 1988
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Disbanded: 1997
Styles: Indie Rock, American Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock
Group Members: Al Larsen, Martin Bernier, Don Blair, Robert Christie
Biography: Alongside fellow natives Beat Happening, Some Velvet Sidewalk helped establish Olympia, WA, as an epicenter of the American indie rock community throughout the 1980s and 1990s, their minimalist sound and wide-eyed world view giving rise to the emergence of the love-rock ethic. Originally a duo comprised ...Read full biography
Whirlpool
Released: 1994
Label: K
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Like kindred spirits Beat Happening, Some Velvet Sidewalk has become so adept with the primitive tools at their disposal that their music now sounds fleshed-out and fully realized; much of the excellence ...Read full review
Shipwreck
Released: 1995
Label: K Records
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More Some Velvet Sidewalk albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (1), Singles & EPs (7)
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