The Fuzzy Ball - Shoegazey Pop in Seattle and Portland Dec 16-17

REVERB RECORDS is doing it again! THE FUZZY BALL SEATTLE will be held at Neumos on Thursday, December 16th and THE FUZZY BALL PORTLAND will be held at The Wonder Ballroom on Friday, December 18th.

Looks totally cool - a tribute to shoegaze-y psychedelic fuzzy guitars! Who DOESN'T like a loud fuzzy guitar? Reverb hasn't announced lineups yet, but writes that "this will be THE best set of Fuzzy Ball events ever."

From the blurbs:
"On each night 10 bands will go on stage and each play one original song and three cover versions of the Shoegazer or Psychedelic variety (i.e. Fuzzy guitars being the main ingredient).

If you’re unfamiliar, the "Shoegazer" genre emanated from the UK in the 80's with bands such as Cocteau Twins, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, Slowdive, Lush, Jesus & Mary Chain, etc. all staring heavily at their effects pedals (not their shoes as was reported by the press) to create this wonderful surreal and melodic wall of sound.

Also being celebrated is the ultra-hip resurgence in Psychedelic-Pop-Rock music made popular again today by artists like The Raveonettes, Ulrich Schnauss, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Flaming Lips, The Black Angels and Brian Jonestown Massacre, among many others."