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Hanoi Rocks: Where's The Hipster Re-Appreciation?

Fri Sep 5, 3:34 PM

This week in Dallas, my colleague Pete Freedman published an excellent think-piece on the cyclical nature of music these days (it's actually on the Beach Boys, but that's beside the point). You know how it goes in music today: X new band kinda... More >>

Weekend Show Suggestions For You And Me

Fri Sep 5, 2:49 PM

Alela Diane performs at the Tractor Tavern at 9 p.m. Sunday for $10 Oh, you don't get to go to Musicfest NW this weekend? Me either. But instead of being sad and moping because you have to work, or because you can't afford it, or because your... More >>

Last Night: Your 33 Black Angels, Bone Cave Ballet, Kwab and Kindlund at Funhouse

Fri Sep 5, 7:36 AM

I really enjoy shows at the Funhouse. Even though it usually takes a while to get a drink- no matter who's behind the bar- when it finally arrives, it's nice and stiff. Fortunately, I gave myself enough time to get a drink before watching our... More >>

Brightblack Morning Light: Three Local Shows, Free MP3

Thu Sep 4, 12:26 PM

Brightblack Morning Light at The Triple Door, Feb. 24, 2007. All photos by Michael Alan Goldberg. Brightblack Morning Light, w/Avocet 10/01/2008 Eagles Hall Ballroom, Olympia 10/02/2008 The Tractor Tavern, Seattle 10/03/2008 The Helm... More >>

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Features

  • Boy Bands Don’t Grow Up
    They just make babies. Sadly, not with me. Yet.
    By Erika Hobart
    Wednesday, September 03
    An employee at a Seattle Banana Republic told me he used to press his penis into his sister's New Kids on the Block bedsheets and pretend Donnie... More >>
  • Raiders of Lost Art
    A fresh wave of globally minded music Web sites will broaden your horizons.
    By Ross Simonini
    Wednesday, September 03
    Frank Conakry, aka DJ Soulpusher, recently spent three years living in West Africa for the sole purpose of crate-digging. He scoured 30-year-old... More >>
  • Monotonix: Too Hot for Bumbershoot
    That’s why we have the Comet.
    By Hannah Levin
    Wednesday, September 03
    "I dunno," muses a wide-eyed Ami Shalev, methodically twirling his long, tightly curled hair. "I think maybe it was good publicity?" The... More >>
  • Texas Fever
    A tasty slice of Austin on the outskirts of Georgetown.
    By Brian J Barr
    Wednesday, September 03
    When I'm at Slim's Last Chance Chili in Georgetown, I can't help but think of Austin, Texas. This has nothing to do with its location next to Pig... More >>
  • Daniel Lorca Welcomes You to Bumbershoot 2008
    Nada Surf’s bassist might make his Saturday-night gig at the Starbucks Stage, but only if there aren’t any monster waves to shred.
    By Daniel Lorca
    Wednesday, August 27
    The year was 1998, and the month was May. There I was on the coast of Mauritania with a 6-foot-2 Afro-Swede chick from a boarding house in the... More >>
  • Human Giant’s Bumbershoot Tips
    No help. But kinda funny.
    Wednesday, August 27
    If Lucinda Williams challenges you to see who can eat the most funnel cake in the shortest amount of time, DON'T DO IT! She is tricking you.... More >>
  • Water Music
    Byron AuYong’s collection of story/poems becomes a “semi-guerrilla” opera.
    By Gavin Borchert
    Wednesday, August 27
    Composer Byron AuYong curses—jocularly, but still—when the subject of the mainstream opera world comes up. "What about Beckett? What... More >>
  • Ivan Brunetti’s Penned-Up Energy
    The prospect of turning 40 makes most people crankier. But this comic isn’t most people.
    By Brian J Barr
    Wednesday, August 27
    In a 2004 interview with Comics Journal, Ivan Brunetti explained that during his childhood he was scrawny, terrible at sports, antisocial, and... More >>
  • Seattle Center: As Seen by Its Employees
    People-watching, snowcones, and why it really sucks when you plug up the toilets.
    By Joshua Lynch
    Wednesday, August 27
    Ever look at event staff and think they're lucky because they get paid to see all those great concerts and hang out backstage? Think again. SW... More >>
  • White Slash’s Guide to Eating (or Not) at Bumbershoot
    What? No peppermint-infused oyster-fennel reductions?
    By Daniel Lorca
    Wednesday, August 27
    Urban legend has it that while Nada Surf was recording its latest, sickest album, Lucky, in Seattle, I cooked complex grain-based feasts for a... More >>
  • Wreckless Eric Didn’t Die in the ’80s Underground
    The husband-wife duo’s found new fame in the MySpace era.
    By Erika Hobart
    Wednesday, August 27
    Wreckless Eric's brush with mainstream success came in 1978 with his punk-rock anthem "(I'd Go the) Whole Wide World." And that was pretty much... More >>
  • The Hair-Splitting Difference Between a Poet and an MC
    The line can be narrowly drawn between Saul Williams and Brother Ali.
    By Kevin Capp
    Wednesday, August 27
    It's almost a creation myth, the story of how a construction worker named Marc Smith started a poetry-reading series in a Chicago jazz club back... More >>
  • '90s Alt-Rock Dress-Up Page!
    By Pat Moriarty
    Wednesday, August 27
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  • An Open Letter to Del tha Funky Homosapien
    By Ice Cube
    Wednesday, August 27
    Following Ice Cube’s recent Seattle concert, a letter was found in his dressing room revealing deep insight into his relationship with his... More >>
  • Bumbershoot Recommendations: Saturday, Aug. 30
    Neko Case, Beck, M. Ward, and more.
    Wednesday, August 27
    Fuck Off And DieKnow someone who is a complete and utter a-hole? Chances are they were popular and loved in high school. The biggest tell, aside... More >>
  • Bumbershoot Recommendations: Sunday, Aug. 31
    Sons and Daughters, Jakob Dylan, Strange Fruit, and more.
    Wednesday, August 27
    Canary Sing, Saul WilliamsCanary Sing may be unsigned, and they may only have an EP to their name thus far, but if you've got a gig sharing the... More >>
  • Bumbershoot Recommendations: Monday, Sept. 1
    Mariee Sioux, PNB, Monotonix, and more.
    Wednesday, August 27
    Chester FrenchHot on the heels of the recent prep-school-rock avalanche of artists such as MGMT and Vampire Weekend, it'd be easy to write off... More >>
  • The Give and Take of Los Angeles
    Back to Black.
    By Hannah Levin
    Wednesday, August 27
    Even if you don't know him personally, if you're a Seattle-based music fan you probably know the work of local visual artist Rick Klu. The list... More >>
  • The Rum Also Rises
    By Brian J Barr
    Wednesday, August 27
    Ernest Hemingway loved booze. That's an inarguable fact on a par with "Hunter S. Thompson liked cocaine" or "William S. Burroughs shot heroin."... More >>
  • GZA’s Mid-’90s Classic Is More Relevant Than Ever
    The Wu-Tang great takes Liquid Swords back on the road.
    By Kevin Capp
    Wednesday, August 20
    I recently watched the video for GZA's "Liquid Swords," from the Wu-Tang Clan's poet laureate's classic 1995 album of the same name, for the... More >>
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