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Les Claypool

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    The Fishbone Documentary Is Now Streaming on Netflix

    "They should have been the band that went way beyond any of us that were influenced by them." - Les Claypool, Primus If you're old enough to remember Fishbone from their early '90s heyday, chances are you already worship them. Though they never broke through to the mainstream, their funk-punk-ska-s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Less Than Stellar: The Ten Worst Supergroups of All Time

    What's the deal with supergroups? They're rarely as great as the sum of their parts, or able to overcome the ghosts of bands past. Even the most commercially successful all-star bands usually fail on a musical level. Can they simply not live up to the hype? Or, as The Guardian proposed in this 2009 ... More >>

  • Film

    November 16, 2011

    Everyday Sunshine: Remember the '80s? Remember Fishbone?

    What's the deal with supergroups? They're rarely as great as the sum of their parts, or able to overcome the ghosts of bands past. Even the most commercially successful all-star bands usually fail on a musical level. Can they simply not live up to the hype? Or, as The Guardian proposed in this 2009 ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

    Bumbershoot Guide: Sunday

    From Das Racist to Leon Russell.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Adding 20 Free Songs to Your iTunes to Celebrate Lollapalooza

    Les Claypool of Primus. Moby never stood a chance.​Ninety-nine percent of the time, free things come with a "catch," but Spin magazine has bypassed all the asterisks to offer a legitimately no-cost mix of the best songs during Lollapalooza's last 20 years. The album can be downloaded for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    The Top 10 Oscar-Worthy Musical Experiences

    Lisssssst by Gwendolyn Elliott As Oscar season approaches, we thought it'd be prudent to offer a Oscar-worthy list of our own. Not our predictions or wish-lists for the Academy Awards--and definitely not limited to 2010--but a list of the top 10 scenes, snippets, movies, and videos of music-relat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    New Music From Ryan Adams, New Lawsuits From Adam Clayton, and Primus' Upcoming WaMu Theatre Show

    ​-- NY Times: On Tennessee's massive Bonnaroo music festival, which wrapped over the weekend: "Bonnaroo's setup, on 650 acres owned by the festival's promoters, pays tribute to hippie nostalgia, with a rainbow-shaped entrance gate and tall bobble-head statues of figures like Jerry Garcia. Exhi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Coachella Lineup Announced, Short on Seattle Bands

    Tickets for Coachella go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 22. ​The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released this morning, and maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to be pretty short on Seattle bands. True, there are some great and diverse acts on the three-day ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    Garage A Trois

    Tickets for Coachella go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 22. ​The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released this morning, and maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to be pretty short on Seattle bands. True, there are some great and diverse acts on the three-day ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows

    Tickets for Coachella go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 22. ​The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released this morning, and maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to be pretty short on Seattle bands. True, there are some great and diverse acts on the three-day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Tonight's Show Suggestions

    Disney Cover Night at Chop Suey, 8 p.m., $7 Kane Hodder lead singer Andrew Moore has been known to end a show with minor injuries. And really, what else would you expect from a hardcore group given to shrieking lyrics like "I hate the taste of your blood, black as pitch/But I'd hate it even more to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Les Claypool's Oddity Faire

    Wednesday, March 11

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    Wednesday, March 11

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Reverb Interview: Les Claypool Of Primus

    Les Claypool's Oddity Faire: A Mutated Mini-Fest With Saul Williams, Yard Dog Road Show plays Showbox SoDo. $32 adv./$35 DOS. All Ages. 7 p.m. Wed., Mar. 11. Les Claypool is weird for the sake of being weird. He's also weird because, for him, it's been lucrative. Save for Frank Zappa, no other po ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 29, 2006

    Reviving the Lost Art of Foppery & Elizabeth Kolbert Speaks about Climate Change

    Readings this week.

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    May 31-June 6, 2006

    The week's local music calendar.

  • Diversions

    May 24, 2006

    Concert Calendar

    Make your summer sing.

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    CD Reviews

    Make your summer sing.

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    All Sounds Incorporated

    Skerik helps Seattle jazzor whatever it ismake noise again.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Affirmative Action

    With the release of a new box set, a whole generation of indie and alt rockers comes out of the closet to profess their love for Yes.

  • Music

    April 17, 2002

    The evolution of Les Claypool

    From Primus to the Frog Brigade.

  • Music

    April 25, 2001

    Low end theory

    Olympia indie vets get back to bass-ics in Enemymine.

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