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Last Night: The Roots at Neumo’s

Pitchfork Day One

Chuck D Visits the University of Puget Sound

According to Ernest Jasmin over on the Bring the Noise blog, it's recently been confirmed that hip-hop legend and scholar Chuck D is scheduled to appear on February 4th at the University of Puget Sound. To be clear, this is a speaking engagement only, and not a performance as the university is br ... More >>

Yep, N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit Of Apollo Is Excellent

Last week, I got a package from Anti- in the mail. When I saw it, I forgot myself in front of my co-workers and jumped up and down in an unadulterated display of excitement, because I assumed it was Neko Case's new record, Middle Cyclone (and ya'll know how I've been chomping at the bit to hear some ... More >>

An Interview With Chuck D

Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemy There are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now ... More >>

Tonight's Show Suggestions

Swallow the Sun plays El Corazon tonight N.A.S.A., Staxx Brothers at Nectar Lounge, 9 p.m., $10 Not to be confused with our illustrious space program, N.A.S.A., aka North America/South America, represents the continent-crossing collaboration between L.A.'s Squeak E. Clean and Brazil's DJ Zegon. This ... More >>

K’naan: The Dusty Foot Troubadour

Serving hip-hop on a global platter.

N.A.S.A.

Tuesday, March 3

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

Tuesday, March 3

Seven Lost Albums That Should Never Be Found

I didn’t think you wanted to hear Rivers Cuomo’s thoughts on intergalactic humping.

And They All Wrote

A roundup of music books for the holidays.

Original Gangsters

Thug life, Calabrian-style.

White Hype

The triumphant return of Virginia rap duo Clipse yields an insurgence of Caucasian fans.

Categorize This

Where does a left-wing feminist fit in a world of guns, drugs, and thugs?

The Short List

Highlights-and lowlights-from this week's music calendar.

Bright Man's Burden

What will it take for Seattle's black political community to get behind a candidate like Darryl Smith?

Edutainment

Kanye West gets an honorary degree in Afro-American studies.

Beats, Rhymes, and Life

Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

Left Side of the Dial

Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

CD Reviews

Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

Whose Media?

The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

Lip Service

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

Days of our nights

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

CD Reviews

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

Grading the dean

A veteran rock critic surveys the '90s.

Deadwronged

Fallen icons Bob Marley and Notorious B.I.G. get worked over.

Turn on, Plug.In, tune out

Contradictions and conflict at the music industry's buzzing tech event.

Letters

Defaced

All Shook Up

How Elvis left the building.

Live Music Roundup: Tuesday, June 9

Patricia De GorostarzuMark PickerelTonight in non-music events, Davy Rothbart and the FOUND Magazine folks will be gracing the Crocodile to read their latest finds aloud to us, as well as excerpts from the new book, which features celebrity contributions from folks like Chuck D. and Devendra Banhart ... More >>

Barsuk Records Co-Founder Josh Rosenfeld Speaks "As the Ex-President of the Major Labels Suck Organization"

Chuck D, not Josh.​I recently sat down to chat with Josh Rosenfeld, one of the guys behind Barsuk--the label that's brought the world the music of Death Cab for Cutie, The Long Winters, and Jesse Sykes--about a matter only tangentially related to what we're going to get to here. But I thought ... More >>

Seducing Kris Kristofferson

With its 50th release, Seattle's Light in the Attic Records celebrates the pleasure and pain of reissues.

Sonic Youth: Artists, Friends, Uncompromising Punks

​Listen to Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" to hear some messed up rock music. It's mayhem that makes sense, or at least paints a compelling picture of something bad and wrong. I'm a sucker for a big, repetitive riff, and you hear that, but this is Sonic Youth - a group that takes electric gu ... More >>