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The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

From Janet Jackson to Kenny Rogers. Seriously.

10 Ways The National's Grateful Dead Tribute Can Finally Bridge the Hipster/Hippie Divide

​The intersection of hipster and hippie is an interesting case study in musical missed connections. The two genres and cultures flirt with one another, but have yet to fully embrace. In 2009, the Dead and the Allman Brothers played the Gorge ... a week before Sasquatch! This year, Derek Trucks ... More >>

The 75 Greatest Things You Missed at Coachella This Year

All photos: Curtis Cartier/Seattle WeeklyThe hunt for drugs at the Sahara Tent for many was hardly a secret.​There was a massive music festival in Southern California this past weekend. Maybe you heard about it? Coach-something? Anyway, lots of stuff happened. I should know--I was there, man. ... More >>

Koko and the Sweetmeats

All photos: Curtis Cartier/Seattle WeeklyThe hunt for drugs at the Sahara Tent for many was hardly a secret.​There was a massive music festival in Southern California this past weekend. Maybe you heard about it? Coach-something? Anyway, lots of stuff happened. I should know--I was there, man. ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

All photos: Curtis Cartier/Seattle WeeklyThe hunt for drugs at the Sahara Tent for many was hardly a secret.​There was a massive music festival in Southern California this past weekend. Maybe you heard about it? Coach-something? Anyway, lots of stuff happened. I should know--I was there, man. ... More >>

Borrow $8 From Your Mom and Download This Album: Koko and the Sweetmeats' Foreign Island

Koko and the Sweetmeats play the High Dive on New Year's Day.​South Africa, the country that gifted the music world with Dave Matthews, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Die Antwoord, is also the birthplace of Garett van der Speck, the young songwriter who now lives in Seattle and fronts the bluesy ... More >>

Q&A: Sasquatch! Founder Adam Zacks On Jack Johnson, Seattle Center, and Selling Out

Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002. Now in its ninth year, the three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend sold out months in advance.​Could we be witnessing the end of budget-busting headliners at the Northwest's most popular music festivals? After years of griping about the rise in ticke ... More >>

Comments of the Week: The Mars Volta at Sasquatch!

Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002. Now in its ninth year, the three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend sold out months in advance.​Could we be witnessing the end of budget-busting headliners at the Northwest's most popular music festivals? After years of griping about the rise in ticke ... More >>

Why You Should Always Pack a Bottle of Urine When Going to See The Mars Volta

Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002. Now in its ninth year, the three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend sold out months in advance.​Could we be witnessing the end of budget-busting headliners at the Northwest's most popular music festivals? After years of griping about the rise in ticke ... More >>

Leisure Lads

Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002. Now in its ninth year, the three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend sold out months in advance.​Could we be witnessing the end of budget-busting headliners at the Northwest's most popular music festivals? After years of griping about the rise in ticke ... More >>

I Know Why the Red Swan Sings

Sparta examine their scars in public.

Jaw Boxing

On life, incoherence, and the second coming of Braid.

The Gift and the Curse

The Mars Volta leave the drive-in behind.

Critical Mass 2002, Part 1

Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

CD Reviews

Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.

Mudhoney at the Off Ramp, OutKast, Quasi, ATDI/MCD antics, whew!

Seattle Weekly's music writers sift through a year's worth of highs and lows to come up their annual top-10 lists.