Email Author Hannah Levin

2009 Stories by Hannah Levin

• Rocket Queen: The Cut That Wouldn’t Heal

  published December 30, 2009

  Vic Chesnutt's 14th album, At the Cut, released on Montreal's Constellation Records just two months ago, was one of... More >>

• The Queen’s Jewels

  published December 23, 2009

  THIS Past Sunday night, a mixture of music-community members and culinary tastemakers gathered at the Canoe Social Club and... More >>

• Rocket Queen: The Four B’s

  published December 16, 2009

  The Redwood Plan leader Lesli Wood is tucked into a booth at the Ballard Smoke Shop in... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Heady Metal

  published December 9, 2009

  I never would have suspected that a cello was going to create one of the more metal moments of my week, but I was completely... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Losing the War

  published December 2, 2009

  "I'm rebranding the space; this whole thing was just a publicity stunt," joked War Room owner Marcus Lalario,... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Queens of the Home Stage

  published November 25, 2009

  In the midst of a potent heat wave in August 2002, Queens of the Stone Age played Graceland, the Seattle club... More >>

• mr. Gnome: His, Hers

  published November 18, 2009

  Sam Meister was into Portishead and Björk when he started writing music with Nicole Barille, a fan of heavier acts like... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Tough & Shy Guys

  published November 18, 2009

  Accompanied by his 19-year-old daughter, Sky, Android Hero frontman Jeff McNulty sits in a booth at the Mecca... More >>

• I Like Metal, Not KISS

  published November 11, 2009

  When you've spent the better part of a decade writing about hard rock and heavy-metal music, people start to make certain... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Speak No Evil

  published November 11, 2009

  When it comes to metal, vocal presence is a particularly tricky piece of the puzzle. Metal is dramatic by nature, so it... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Not a Complete Tool

  published November 4, 2009

  Maynard James Keenan wants to make it perfectly clear that his latest project isn't a grab for any sort of brass ring. "People... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Bleach Bond

  published October 28, 2009

  Halfway through Fu Manchu's set at Neumos last Saturday night, the band pulled out "Superbird," an ode to the... More >>

• Rocket Queen: He's Heavy, He's My Brother

  published October 21, 2009

  I don't know where or how it originated, but the whole "Rocktober" phenomenon is probably the only thing that keeps me from... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Harmony and the Mayor’s Office

  published October 14, 2009

  Local music did not get off to a good start in 2009. In the first two weeks of the year, there was a fatal shooting at... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Talk About Pop Music

  published October 7, 2009

  It's a mild but breezy early-fall evening in West Seattle, and I'm on the patio of the Latin restaurant Mission waiting for... More >>

• REVERB: Telepathic Liberation Army: Rock Clairvoyance

  published September 30, 2009

  Lisa Orth's studio loft on Capitol Hill is filled with the sound of barking dogs and the whir of power tools. The Telepathic... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Lemmy Tells You

  published September 30, 2009

  While the touring club-and-country-fair circuit is riddled with sad facsimiles of former arena rockers still trying to scratch... More >>

• Rocket Queen: The Last Rose of Summer

  published September 23, 2009

  Good things and bad things always happen to me in tandem when I visit Portland, usually as a result of legally sanctioned... More >>

• Monotonix Set It Off

  published September 16, 2009

  When it comes to packing bodies into rock clubs, it doesn't hurt to have a reputation for putting on kinetic live shows. Tel... More >>

• Rocket Queen: This Photo Should Be Your Life

  published September 16, 2009

  In the mid-'90s, while much of the media focus was on our so-called "grunge scene" and high-profile acts like Soundgarden,... More >>

• Team Dresch

  published September 16, 2009

  There are certain records one can throw on for virgin listeners and know with unequivocal certainty that the music will change their lives for the... More >>

• Titus Andronicus

  published September 16, 2009

  Titus Andronicus is the title of one of Shakespeare’s most gratuitously gruesome works, based almost entirely around a bloody cycle of... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Penelope Houston Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

  published September 9, 2009

  When you spend three or four nights a week hitting multiple rock shows, you need a reliable cab driver. Someone who knows the... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Top-Flight Sound

  published September 2, 2009

  I've said it many times before in this column, but it bears repeating: This is an insanely fruitful time for local metal.... More >>

• Rocket Queen: Still Truckin’

  published August 26, 2009

  As in many music venues, the booking office for the Tractor Tavern is located upstairs, in a small space just... More >>