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Blogs
February 13, 2012
The 50 Greatest Things You Missed at the 54th Grammy Awards
It's something of a culture shock to be sitting in a basement apartment on a cold and rainy Seattle evening after having spent the previous night in Los Angeles in the same room (well, arena) as Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen. Part of me wants to curl up in bed and wallow in my post-vacation d ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Lennon's Tooth and ScarJo's Tissue: The 10 Weirdest Music Celebrity Auctions of All Time
RIP to the King of PopThis week we learned that the bed upon which Michael Jackson drew his last breath will not be auctioned in a sale of furniture and other personal effects belonging to the King of Pop, as was reported last week. Gee, why the restraint, Julien's Auctions? That morbid memen ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Is Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" Good Enough to Make Billboard History?
Nice Hits! is a Reverb column that unironically dissects, reviews, and appreciates the best songs of the current Top 40. It is unsnobbishly premised on the logic that just because a lot of the music on the radio is crap doesn't mean all the music on the radio is crap. The hit: "The One That Got A ... More >>
Music
October 19, 2011
This Week's Recommended Shows
From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.
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October 19, 2011
Robyn
From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.
Blogs
September 12, 2011
What Song Bested "Rolling in the Deep," "Edge of Glory," and "Pumped Up Kicks" as Rolling Stone's Best Song of the Summer?
Take a back seat, Gaga!Waking up to a cloudy sky and chilly air this morning reminded me, all too sadly, that summer is winding down to an end--so did Rolling Stone's recent poll asking its readers to choose the Best Song of Summer 2011. You may not have been able to escape Adele's "Rolling i ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Ke$ha
Take a back seat, Gaga!Waking up to a cloudy sky and chilly air this morning reminded me, all too sadly, that summer is winding down to an end--so did Rolling Stone's recent poll asking its readers to choose the Best Song of Summer 2011. You may not have been able to escape Adele's "Rolling i ... More >>
Music
August 31, 2011
Duff McKagan: ? and the Mysterians
Headliners create lines. The rest of the lineup make it a festival.
Music
August 24, 2011
Dreya Weber: Aerial Pink
Why the biggest names in pop want to get high with Teatro ZinZanni's "Hail Caesar!" star.
Blogs
August 8, 2011
Why the Violence of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" Leaves Me Feeling Deceived and Confused
Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" is the runaway hit of the summer. Tickets to the band's October 9 date at the Showbox SoDo are gone. A few weeks ago when I was at the KeyArena to see Katy Perry, the DJ on stage in between sets put the song on and the sold-out arena full of thousands of ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Katy Perry Straddles the Line Between Naughty and Nice, Last Night at KeyArena
Stephen GiangKaty Perry Wednesday, July 20 KeyArena Once upon a time, a girl named Katy worked for a mean, scary butcher and spent her evenings eating cupcakes with her cat, Kitty Purry. Or so goes the storyline of Katy Perry's California Dreams tour, played out in a video sequence on screen ... More >>
Music
July 20, 2011
The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows
From Katy Perry to Kenny Chesney.
Blogs
June 17, 2011
No Brown M&M's: The Ten Most Over-the-Top Tour Rider Requests
Earlier this week, The Smoking Gun released the latest backstage rider from "alternative rock" titans the Foo Fighters. With its mix of absurdist humor and pragmatic advice, the Foo's rider has long been considered a pinnacle of the genre. The most recent edition includes a "Field Guide To Fo ... More >>
Arts
May 25, 2011
The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events
Earlier this week, The Smoking Gun released the latest backstage rider from "alternative rock" titans the Foo Fighters. With its mix of absurdist humor and pragmatic advice, the Foo's rider has long been considered a pinnacle of the genre. The most recent edition includes a "Field Guide To Fo ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
MTV Total Request Live Night
Earlier this week, The Smoking Gun released the latest backstage rider from "alternative rock" titans the Foo Fighters. With its mix of absurdist humor and pragmatic advice, the Foo's rider has long been considered a pinnacle of the genre. The most recent edition includes a "Field Guide To Fo ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Reverb Questionnaire: Dennis Kucinich On Kanye, Katy Perry, and The Sound of Music
Reverb Questionnaire is a (mostly) static list of questions we pose via e-mail to folks outside the music industry (Sarah Silverman, Michael Chabon, and Michele Norris, etc). This week, we reached out to Ohio congressman and one-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, who will appear at ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Katy Perry's "E.T.," Happily Reminiscent of t.A.t.U.'s "All The Things She Said" Kanye West's Worst Rap Ever?
The other night I was at my good friend Beth's house eating grilled pineapple and talking about pop music when she turned me on to the following amazing discovery: Katy Perry's newest single, "E.T.," sounds STARTLINGLY, AWESOMELY like THIS SONG (said friend Beth's favorite song of all time): RI ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Katy Perry Is Coming to KeyArena in July, and May Bring Robyn
Katy Perry has announced her North American summer tour dates, and KeyArena's on the itinerary--Perry will hit Seattle July 20. If, for inexplicable reasons, you are a Katy Perry fan, we suggest purchasing your tickets as soon as possible (they go on sale on Saturday, January 29 at 10 a.m.), ... More >>
Film
January 5, 2011
Country Strong: Gwyneth Paltrow Channels Margo Channing
Katy Perry has announced her North American summer tour dates, and KeyArena's on the itinerary--Perry will hit Seattle July 20. If, for inexplicable reasons, you are a Katy Perry fan, we suggest purchasing your tickets as soon as possible (they go on sale on Saturday, January 29 at 10 a.m.), ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Band of Horses' Dancing Cowboys "Dilly" Is One Of VEVO's Best Videos of 2010
VEVO's created a playlist of their Best Videos of 2010, and Band of Horses' bizarre "Dilly" is among their picks. The clip was shot by Philip Andelman (whose work includes Beyonce's "Halo," John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change," and more videos by the Jonas Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, Jay-Z, ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
Amazon Gives Big Boost to Seattle Hip Hop Heroes State of the Artist
Rabid ChildAmazon's newly released list of The Best Songs of 2010 shows some refreshingly good taste -- although it agrees with the general consensus that the best song of the year was Cee-Lo's joyously insulting "Fuck You," it also includes a few tracks that have been overlooked as other med ... More >>
Music
October 13, 2010
An Incomplete History of Swedish Pop Geniuses
Rabid ChildAmazon's newly released list of The Best Songs of 2010 shows some refreshingly good taste -- although it agrees with the general consensus that the best song of the year was Cee-Lo's joyously insulting "Fuck You," it also includes a few tracks that have been overlooked as other med ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Joaquin Phoenix Could Really Use Some Black Bean Bisque
Is Mr. Combs in on Phoenix's joke?The Dinner: Black bean bisque, white bean and pancetta soup, Ceasar salad and salami sandwich at the Broadway Grill (314 Broadway East). The Movie: I'm Still Here at the Harvard Exit. The Screenplate: I'm Still Here chronicles two-time Oscar nominee Joaquin ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Happy News, Sad News, Happy News: Sufjan Stevens Delights the People, Swell Season Stage Dive is Suicide, The Thermals Make A Video
Bandcamp: Sufjan Stevens is unexpectedly streaming his brand new EP, All Delighted People, today. Both Pitchfork and Stereogum are super effing excited about it. You can listen to it right here or download it for $5. NYTimes: Best quote from this New York Times profile of Katy Perry: "I want ... More >>
Music
August 11, 2010
Warped Tour: The Festival for First-Timers
For kids in the boonies, the traveling fest can be Indie 101.
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Today in Sex: Morrissey Turns Marital Advisor
Well, for one thing, he apparently wouldn't marry Katy Perry. Nor does he want his pal Russell Brand walking down the aisle with her either. According to the chirpy American singer, "He was giving us a hard time about getting married. He swooned and sighed, 'Oh, left hand third finger, don't ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Beach House: If Katy Perry's Gonna Have a Teenage Dream, We're Gonna "Kiss a Girl"
Pop tart Katy Perry announced today that her third record will be entitled Teenage Dream... and judging by their latest Tweet, Teen Dream-ers Beach House aren't very thrilled about it. Beach House just twittered: Can't believe this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Dream, and not in a go ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2009
A.M. Music News: The Post-Thanksgiving Twitter Edition Featuring ?uestlove, Fred Durst, and Weird Al
Katy Perry-- Yoko Ono: "Notice your beauty & the beauty of people & things around you. You are young enough and old enough to appreciate beauty." -- ?uestlove: "this state dinner crashing thing smells of balloonboyisms. security was too air tight for this to be a fluke. this feels "inside". ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2009
Fergie, Rivers Cuomo, Steve Martin, Garth Brooks, and the Day Of Exceptionally Bizarre Music Headlines
Seriously, the last 24 hours have been completely ridiculous. Pitchfork: Rivers Cuomo to Work With Katy Perry MTV: Fergie To Become Part-Owner Of Miami Dolphins Wall Street Journal: (Garth) Brooks to Un-Retire The Other Channel Four: Steve Martin Casting Dogs In Music Video
Blogs
September 10, 2009
SW Exclusive: Perez Hilton on Starting a Record Label, His Upcoming Tour, and Katy Perry
Self-proclaimed "Queen of All Media" Perez Hilton recently added concert promoter to his job resume, thanks to an upcoming national tour, Perez Hilton Presents... Tour 2009, for which he handpicked talent from around the world. As a religious follower of his gossip site, I jumped at the chanc ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2009
Six Reasons Why Bumbershoot's Iffy Music Line-up Shouldn't Keep You Away
aylinGang Gang Dance, whose set will definitely be one of Bumbershoot's bestBy now, most of you have probably had the conversation with your friends bemoaning the unfortunate abundance of crap plaguing this year's Bumbershoot music line-up and trying to figure out which day is worth attending ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2009
In Defense of Katy Perry Bashers
There are a lot of people out there who hate Katy Perry's guts. I'm not talking about folks like Jill Sobule who have legitimate reason to scorn Perry. I'm talking about everyday music lovers who just think Perry is a sexually charged, song stealing twit who is simply faking it to make it and ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Old 97's, Cold War Kids Round Out Bumbershoot 2009 Lineup
Renee McMahonRhett Miller, with the Old 97s at Bumbershoot 2008.In case you haven't heard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who you saw at Sasquatch!), Old 97's (who you saw at B-Shoot last year), and Cold War Kids (who you saw at The Showbox in April) top the list of the final Bumbershoot lineup announced this wee ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2009
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19
Firstly, Tiny Vipers' CD release happens at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center tonight. Then, there's all this: tUnE-YaRdS, Alaskas, Dash at the Vera Project, 7:30 p.m., $8, all ages When Merrill Garbus -- the whole of one-woman, DIY art-folk-pop outfit tUnE-YaRdS -- takes to a stage, what transpires i ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Can You Hear Me Now?
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.My column from last week ("Summer Vacation, the Black Bag, and a Mini-Tirade (Or Two)") received more response than any other column in the near-year I've been doing this thing for Seattle Weekly. In my "mini-tirade," I quickly took a swipe at thos ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
No Doubt
Sunday, July 19
Blogs
May 28, 2009
More Bands Added to Bumbershoot Line-up
Here are some of the recent additions (complete list of announced bands after the jump): Akron/Family Vivian Girls The Devil Makes Three Elvis Perkins in Dearland Maximo Park Mirah Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 3 Inches of Blood Otep U.S.E. (pictured) Despite the whole bubblegum pop theme that ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2009
Os Mutantes, Franz Ferdinand Added to Bumbershoot Lineup
Here's the latest incarnation of the partial line-up, with the addition of Franz Ferdinand and Os Mutantes. Oh, and one subtraction, because the Ting Tings canceled. Anyway, I sort of slept on the initial Bumbershoot line-up announcement, but now that I've finally gotten around to checking out the ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2009
Last Night: Travis Cover Katy Perry at Showbox
My first exposure to Travis didn't come until 2001. It was then that I heard the enchanting song "Sing" off their third album The Invisible Band. Ever since, I've had a major soft spot for the four-piece band's unapologetically sentimental and melodramatic melodies. It's always struck me as strange ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2009
Bumbershoot 2009: Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry, Modest Mouse, The Long Winters ...
People get ready. Katy Perry makes here Bumbershoot debut in 2009.And the early lineup for Bumbershoot 2009, Sept. 5 to 7 is: Sheryl Crow / Modest Mouse / Katy Perry / Michael Franti & Spearhead / De La Soul / Raphael Saadiq / Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan / The Long Winters / Sly & Robbie & the T ... More >>
Music
March 11, 2009
Manilow Buries Christopher Cross, Rick Astley, and the 1980s
There’s nothing ironic about the crooner’s latest covers collection.
Blogs
February 19, 2009
Duff McKagan: How to Rock Off the Recession
Duff McKagan, at 15, performing with the Fastbacks. McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.So the stimulus package has been pushed through, and the summarizations of its results are now being listed publicly. President Obama has inherited a real "lulu" as far as our economy is concerned, and ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2009
Katy Perry Fans Attack!
Fuck. I should've known this was coming. I went on TBTL with Luke Burbank last night where we chatted a bit about the weekend in music, which included Katy Perry's Showbox performance. I may have said it sucked ass. Apparently, my choice words for Perry's mediocre performance are a result ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2009
Tune in to 97.3 FM Tonight at 8pm
The folks over at 97.3 FM can't get enough of our in-house music writer, Erika Hobart. She's an ace pop-music critic who has a knack for covering "cheesy" music really well. Artists like Lady Gaga (who she's pictured with above) or Katy Perry get her excited in all sorts of ways. That makes my job m ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2009
Katy Perry Meets Her Fans
This photo just came in via Max Genereaux. Katy Perry, featured in the middle, greets a few young fans after her performance this past weekend at the Showbox.
Blogs
January 23, 2009
Dear Katy Perry, You're A Hack
And I don't just think that because your single "I Kissed A Girl," ripped off a much-cooler predecessor of yours, Jill Sobule, whose identically-named song could kick your song's ass blindfolded with its hands tied behind its back. Sure, whoever produced your album did a good job. But that doesn't m ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2009
February 12 Murder City Devils Show Sold Out
It's comforting when a band you actually like can sell out the Showbox at lightning speed, in addition to, say, Ms. Retro America, Katy Perry (more on that wench later). But take heart-- there are still tickets available for the February 11 show. I wouldn't sit on this one if I were you, folks.
Blogs
August 13, 2008
Pucker Up: Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men
It's comforting when a band you actually like can sell out the Showbox at lightning speed, in addition to, say, Ms. Retro America, Katy Perry (more on that wench later). But take heart-- there are still tickets available for the February 11 show. I wouldn't sit on this one if I were you, folks.
Blogs
January 30, 2008
Warped Tour 2008
It's comforting when a band you actually like can sell out the Showbox at lightning speed, in addition to, say, Ms. Retro America, Katy Perry (more on that wench later). But take heart-- there are still tickets available for the February 11 show. I wouldn't sit on this one if I were you, folks.
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March 1, 2006
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