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Muddy Waters

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    The Black Keys Are a Glorified Bar Band. Try These Instead

    I get the reason people are interested in the Black Keys. Really, I do. In terms of what's being played on major alt-radio airwaves at the moment, their fuzzy, blues-y licks and alpha male moaning stick out like a sore thumb (in a good way) from the sea of processed sixteenth-note loving dance-rock ... More >>

  • Music

    May 2, 2012

    Reviews: It's May 2012, and Seattle Sounds Like...

    Our take on every local release.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Attention Seattle Bands & Seattle Labels: Send Us Your May Releases!

    It seems like we just put out April's issue of Reverb Monthly, but we're already putting May together, which means it's time for us to compile our monthly list of local record releases for review. If your band or local label is releasing a record or a single or an EP or anything musical in the month ... More >>

  • Music

    April 11, 2012

    Dream Weaver: Ayron Jones

    He believes he can reach the stars tonight.

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Dream Weaver: Ayron Jones Knows His Way

    The situation It's Blues Jam night at Pioneer Square's 88 Keys, a band called Hot Damn Scandal is onstage, their standup bassist is wearing a pirate outfit, and I'm sitting down with 25-year-old guitarist Ayron Jones, who leads local rock-and-blues trio The Way. Five or six people stop by our table ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Vote to Send Ayron Jones & The Way to London to Open for Bruce Springsteen!

    Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the supremely talented local guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ayron Jones. Last month, Jones' blues-rock band, The Way, outshone the competition to win the Seattle leg of the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the the Bands. Today, an even bigger challenge opens up for J ... More >>

  • Music

    March 30, 2011

    Seattle's March to Fuzz

    Amid a sea of pop and folk, some scuzzier sounds in town are having a moment.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    A Few "All Night Long" Songs--and the Covers They Inspired

    I can't get over how much he looks like Eriq La Salle.​Arguably as omnipresent as "I love you," the three words "all night long" form an expression that's been permanently lodged in the minds of some of the world's best songwriters. Whether it's lyrical prose, part of a rhyming stanza, or just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    2 Albums Released by Grandparents This Week That You Need to Hear Right Now

    ​The sweatered kids from Portland may own the top of the Billboard charts this week, but veterans with as many grandchildren as Colin Meloy has Pendletons have the distinction of putting out a couple of the most impressive records of the week. Ladies first: Album: The Party Ain't Over Artist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    The 50 Best Rock Singers of All Time, According to the P-I

    Overlooked​ The P-I now has a slide show up of "The 50 best rock singers of all time." Even though this kind of list is always stupid, and this one in particular was obviously haphazardly thrown together because they needed to fill some space and get their page views up, what the hell, let's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    The Globes Sign to Barsuk Records, Will Release Debut LP in Spring 2011

    ​It took a few months of rumor and speculation, but today my favorite local band The Globes finally announced that they've signed with Barsuk Records. Barsuk will release the band's first full-length LP in the spring of 2011. Says the label: Barsuk Records is honored to welcome Spokane, Washin ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Bumbershoot Sunday: Picks and Notes Featuring Weezer, Horse Feathers, Laff Hole!, and More

    ​It took a few months of rumor and speculation, but today my favorite local band The Globes finally announced that they've signed with Barsuk Records. Barsuk will release the band's first full-length LP in the spring of 2011. Says the label: Barsuk Records is honored to welcome Spokane, Washin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Tonight: Nonagenarian Blues Pianist Pinetop Perkins at Jazz Alley

    ​Pinetop Perkins, with Willie Big Eyes Smith. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., 441-9729. 7:30 p.m. $26.50. At 96 years old, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins is one of the last original Delta bluesmen still living, and he still gigs regularly around the country. Perkins has performed and recorded with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    Pinetop Perkins

    ​Pinetop Perkins, with Willie Big Eyes Smith. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., 441-9729. 7:30 p.m. $26.50. At 96 years old, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins is one of the last original Delta bluesmen still living, and he still gigs regularly around the country. Perkins has performed and recorded with ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2010

    Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    ​Pinetop Perkins, with Willie Big Eyes Smith. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., 441-9729. 7:30 p.m. $26.50. At 96 years old, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins is one of the last original Delta bluesmen still living, and he still gigs regularly around the country. Perkins has performed and recorded with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Maps & Atlases Reveal Album Artwork, Headlining Summer Tour Dates

    ​Barsuk's Maps & Atlases will release their debut full-length, Perch Patchwork, on June 29. (Click here to listen to the record's intricately proggy first single, "Solid Ground"). Today the band revealed Perch Patchwork's album cover and announced a headlining summer tour. They're currently on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    CD Review: Bob Dylan's Together Through Life

    Bob Dylan Together Through Life (Columbia) In 2000, Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for "Things Have Changed", a pop-blues number he wrote for the Wonder Boys soundtrack. Ever since then, the little golden Oscar statue has joined him onstage, perched atop his amplifier. When I first noticed the O ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Bob Dylan Together Through Life (Columbia) In 2000, Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for "Things Have Changed", a pop-blues number he wrote for the Wonder Boys soundtrack. Ever since then, the little golden Oscar statue has joined him onstage, perched atop his amplifier. When I first noticed the O ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Pinetop Perkins

    Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29

  • Film

    December 3, 2008

    Cadillac Records: Old Album, Bad Needle

    Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    A 2005 Quarterly Report

    Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    M83

    Also: Scritti Politti, Jason Moran, Petra Haden, Mogwai, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Bug, and Richard Pryor.

  • Diversions

    December 8, 2004

    A Chorus Line

    Music books whose strength is in their variety.

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    You're Almost Looking at Country

    Loretta Lynn, Carolyn Mark, and the pros and cons of collaboration.

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    Living the Blues

    EMP's new exhibit examines the Delta-Chicago connection.

  • Arts

    September 24, 2003

    Robbie Conal, Umo Ensemble, and More

    EMP's new exhibit examines the Delta-Chicago connection.

  • Music

    August 6, 2003

    Seattle Weekly

    Music Awards Showcase 2003

  • Music

    June 4, 2003

    Animal Antics

    Fruit Bats

  • Film

    May 14, 2003

    Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

    Fruit Bats

  • Music

    January 22, 2003

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Fruit Bats

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    The Slide Priest

    Seattle's obscure jazz giant steps into the spotlight.

  • Arts

    May 29, 2002

    Into the black

    New Neil Young bio takes a dark journey through the past.

  • Music

    September 26, 2001

    Behind the music

    Important, though flawed, histories of punk and blues.

  • Music

    October 11, 2000

    CD Reviews

    Important, though flawed, histories of punk and blues.

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