Glasgow

Perfect Sense: Ewan McGregor Seeks Love as the World Is Ending

Duff McKagan: The Real 9-9-9

I'd like to see Herman Cain try this.

Herman Cain Sucks. Here's the Real 9-9-9: 9 Nights, 9 Shows, 9 Chances to Melt Faces in the UK

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​Since last week's rather spasmodic entry that entailed me trying to be funny and cute with the written word whilst bouncing around the Irish Sea locked in a tour bus with no power, my b ... More >>

Thanks, Guys. See You on the Road (and on Dr. Phil!)

Well, guys, your trusted scribe is heading out for his first-ever book tour (see all my the dates here)--not only here in the U.S., but also in the UK and Ireland. You are left in the trusty hands of, well, my book. Seattle Weekly will be running selected excerpts from It's So Easy (And Other Lies) ... More >>

The Sound(s) of My Summer: From Glasvegas and the Saints to Prince and Band of Skulls

Band of SkullsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His sports column on ESPN.com runs every Wednesday.​It has come to my attention that whilst I have been away, Seattle Weekly has been having "guest writers" chime in with what is on their iPod's "Top 10" list. Thought this was ... More >>

A SIFF Sit-Down With Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

Glasvegas

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

Craig Ferguson

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

Sounders vs. Celtic FC

​Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer-director Mike Mills and his star, Ewan McGregor, tried to assess how the institution of marriage has changed from the World War II generation to today. Once upon a time, as it was for Mil ... More >>

Listen to Japandroids' New B-Side "Racer-X": It's Explosively Awesome

​Vancouver garage-rock duo Japandroids are following up last year's critically acclaimed Post-Nothing with five 7" singles to be released throughout the year. The first of these releases is called "Art Czars," which you can order on the band's website, but "Art Czars"' B-side, "Racer-X," is ac ... More >>

Wolf Parade Announce New Album, Expo 86 European/North American Summer Tour

​Montreal's Wolf Parade's first album, 2005's Apologies to the Queen Mary, was a gem of quirky indie-pop. The band then avoided and moved way beyond the dreaded sophomore slump with 2008's expansive and exhilarating At Mount Zoomer. So I've got high hopes for the just-announced third record, E ... More >>

Even More Band Of Horses News: They're Opening For Pearl Jam

​I guess they haven't completely forgotten their Seattle background - Band Of Horses will be opening for Pearl Jam for a number of tour dates in May, including a stop at Madison Square Garden in New York. These shows will be just one leg of a Band Of Horses tour that will take them around the ... More >>

Tonight: We Were Promised Jetpacks with The Lonely Forest at Neumo's

Neil Thomas Douglas​We Were Promised Jetpacks, with The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. All ages. 8 p.m. $15. Nearly a year after England's legendary Fatcat Records released their debut album, These Four Walls, the Glasgow quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks is still r ... More >>

We Were Promised Jetpacks

Neil Thomas Douglas​We Were Promised Jetpacks, with The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. All ages. 8 p.m. $15. Nearly a year after England's legendary Fatcat Records released their debut album, These Four Walls, the Glasgow quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks is still r ... More >>

A Sunny Day In Glasgow

Neil Thomas Douglas​We Were Promised Jetpacks, with The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. All ages. 8 p.m. $15. Nearly a year after England's legendary Fatcat Records released their debut album, These Four Walls, the Glasgow quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks is still r ... More >>

Shallow Grave

Neil Thomas Douglas​We Were Promised Jetpacks, with The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. All ages. 8 p.m. $15. Nearly a year after England's legendary Fatcat Records released their debut album, These Four Walls, the Glasgow quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks is still r ... More >>

Free MP3: Camera Obscura -- "My Maudlin Career"

So far the prettiest song of the week award goes to Glasgow's Camera Obscura for their latest single, "My Maudlin Career." It's the title track off of their newest album and it's got a perfect indie-pop texture that feels just right on a groggy Monday morning. Lead singer Tracyanne Campbell's voi ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand Concert April 13 Moves to The Moore

I just got word that the Franz Ferdinand concert scheduled for The Paramount on April 13th has now been moved to The Moore. It's unclear what the reason for the switch is, but the folks at Monqui.com are promoting it so they'd know best. The important details are this: Tickets purchased for the sh ... More >>

Tonight's Show Suggestions

The Dwarves, "Fuck Them All"Michael Alan Goldberg's write-up on the Dwarves is probably the funniest thing I've put into Short List since I started working here.  The Dwarves, ZEKE, the Hollowpoints, the Insurgence, Marginal Way at El Corazon, 8 p.m., $15Dear God: Blag Dahlia here from scum-pu ... More >>

Glasvegas

Saturday, January 10

Bumbershoot: Three-Sentence Review Of Sons And Daughters

Saturday, January 10

The Vaselines at SP20

Saturday, July 12

Emma Pollock

Thursday, November 8

Also Tonight!

Thursday, November 8

Red Road: Scottish Voyeur Indicts Herself, Compellingly

Thursday, November 8

The Flying Scotsman

Disease of the week: manic depression.

What Does Twee Look Like?

Disease of the week: manic depression.

Lassie

Opens at Metro and others, Fri., Sept. 1. Rated PG. 100 minutes.

On a Clear Day

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., April 14. Rated PG-13. 99 minutes.

Rockrgrl Picks

Your best bets for Rockrgrl Music Conference 2005.

Academy Award–Nominated Shorts

Also: Dear Frankie, Downfall, Nobody Knows, and Up and Down.

DVD Reviews

Also: Dear Frankie, Downfall, Nobody Knows, and Up and Down.

Queens of Scots

Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton deliver an art-film masterpiece.

Hot Dish

Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton deliver an art-film masterpiece.

CD Reviews

Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton deliver an art-film masterpiece.

The day the music didn't die

The independent music world came to Olympia 10 years ago for a pivotal event.

The Pearlfishers Before Swine

The independent music world came to Olympia 10 years ago for a pivotal event.

Die job

Fashion makeover only goes so deep.

"Public power in Washington state once had a purpose and was something to be proud of."

Fashion makeover only goes so deep.

Kids

Living with guilt and garbage.

CD Reviews

Living with guilt and garbage.

The gentler festival

International alternatives to Charlie's Angels and Girlfight.

The Column That, Unlike High Fidelity, Is Actually Set in England

International alternatives to Charlie's Angels and Girlfight.

Two guys, television, and lotsa free time.

International alternatives to Charlie's Angels and Girlfight.

The Big Tease

A plucky hair-dresser in the big city.

At Large

Mutt putt - Breaking golf's final barrier.