Email Author Michaelangelo Matos

2005 Stories by Michaelangelo Matos

• 2005 in the Mix

  published December 28, 2005

  From classical to metal, indie rock to international, free-folk to drum and bass, hip-hop to experimental, 13 of Seattle Weekly's... More >>

• Seattle Ultimate Hits

  published December 28, 2005

  From "The Ave." to "Invisible City," from "My Little Castle" to a "Berlin Bombshelter," Seattle Weekly compiles two CDs' worth of our... More >>

• Fun with Dick and Jane

  published December 21, 2005

  Opens Weds., Dec. 21, at Metro and others. More >>

• Catching Up

  published December 21, 2005

  Our music editor's latest mix-CD. More >>

• J.D. Ryznar

  published December 7, 2005

  Seattle Weekly: Yacht Rock, the Internet program on www.channel101.com that you... More >>

• And They All Wrote

  published November 30, 2005

  I would have a special fondness for Continuum Books' 33 1/3 series ($9.95 each) of monographs on classic rock albums, even if I hadn't... More >>

• See Me, Hear Me

  published November 30, 2005

  Erudite, genial, his witticisms honed to a fine point (his most famous joke was, "I went to a Chinese-German restaurant. The food is great, but... More >>

• Let's Do It Again

  published November 30, 2005

  There's nothing like a good overview to put things in perspective, something that applies in music more than anywhere else. For example, you've... More >>

• Proletariat Blues

  published November 30, 2005

  So far, Blue Scholars—the Seattle hip-hop duo of 23-year-old DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic, 25—have avoided that hoariest of pop-music... More >>

• Cave In

  published November 30, 2005

  Also: Daylight Basement, Silver Jews, Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926–1937, Stevie Wonder, and Lightning Bolt. More >>

• In Tribute

  published November 30, 2005

  Tape, "A Spire" (Häpna). John Prine, "Glory of True Love" (Oh Boy!). The Thin Man, "An Undertaker... More >>

• Dr. Israel

  published November 30, 2005

  Seattle Weekly: Your new album, Patterns of War (ROIR), mixes up older and more modern reggae, dub, dancehall, and drum... More >>

• Apple's New Tiny TV

  published November 23, 2005

  A little over a month ago, Jack Shafer of Slate wrote a piece titled "The Apple Polishers," in which he lambasted the press for its lack... More >>

• Smoked Out

  published November 23, 2005

  My first trip to a Seattle hookah lounge may well end up being one of my last. I'm sitting on a deep-seated chair at downtown's Diwan,... More >>

• Broadcast

  published November 16, 2005

  Also: Radio Pyongyang and John Peel: A Tribute. More >>

• Internet Time

  published November 16, 2005

  The Legendary K.O., "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" (MP3). DangerDoom ft. Talib Kweli, "Old School"... More >>

• A Day in the Life

  published November 9, 2005

  What goes on in Seattle's musical life over a 24-hour span? Seattle Weekly's music writers spent Friday, Oct. 21, roaming around the city... More >>

• Amy Rigby

  published November 9, 2005

  Seattle Weekly: You've recorded five albums, the most recent of which, Little Fugitive (Signature Sounds), begins with "Like... More >>

• Robert Glasper Trio at Tula's

  published November 2, 2005

  Because I was bidding Steve Wiecking, our already-missed former associate editor, goodbye with karaoke around the corner at Bada (turns out I... More >>

• Atmosphere

  published November 2, 2005

  Seattle Weekly: Your new album, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having [Rhymesayers], is being distributed by... More >>

• Leaping Lizards

  published October 26, 2005

  Anyone who's ever taken the plunge of subscribing to The New Yorker has been through the stacking crisis. This is when the... More >>

• Singles, MP3s, and Choice Cuts

  published October 26, 2005

  THE FIELD Things Keep Falling Down EP (Kompakt) The isolation and repetition of the ecstatic peak of a song... More >>

• Low Ebb

  published October 19, 2005

  Alex Under, "El Ordenador Personal" (Areal). Metope, "33" (Trapez). DJ Koze, "My Grandmotha" (Kompakt). The... More >>

• Soft at the Sunset Tavern

  published October 19, 2005

  Let me declare my interests up front: Chris Lorraine contributes to this section, and he and his wife, Shannon, aka the Withholders, are... More >>

• Lifesavas at Neumo's

  published October 12, 2005

  Last Thursday, Oct. 6, I arrived at the office to a computer whose hard drive had spontaneously combusted overnight, taking several important... More >>