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  • Music

    April 25, 2012

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Coldplay to Lambchop.

  • Calendar

    April 25, 2012

    Lambchop

    From Coldplay to Lambchop.

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2012

    The Fresh and Onlys

    From Coldplay to Lambchop.

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    Thompson Square

    From Coldplay to Lambchop.

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2011

    Jay Farrar & Bobby Bare Jr.

    From Coldplay to Lambchop.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    JEFF The Brotherhood's Jake Orrall on Choosing Just the Right Album Title

    ​The Nashville duo JEFF The Brotherhood are gearing up for the release of a new record; I recently spoke with older brother Jake Orrall about the title they chose for the album, We Are the Champions: There's not really any significance. We were trying to come up with a good album title. You c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Bobby Bare Jr. at the Top of His Game: Drunk and Funny at the Tractor Last Night

    Toby WoodruffBobby Bare Jr. having a serious moment.​Bobby Bare Jr. Tractor Tavern Thursday, March 24 For Bobby Bare Jr., the son of Nashville country singer Bobby Bare Sr., the shadow of his father is just that--a shadow. They're both from Nashville and play country music, but Bare Jr.'s row ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Seattleites Play Songs; They Just Play Their Instruments

    John Roderick is the singer and songwriter responsible for Seattle's The Long Winters. He is a regular columnist for Reverb and currently serving a tour as the blog's guest editor.​On a Sunday night off in Nashville a few years back, my bandmates and I took a field trip down to the Station Inn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Seattleites Play Songs; They Just Play Their Instruments

    John Roderick is the singer and songwriter responsible for Seattle's The Long Winters. He is a regular columnist for Reverb and currently serving a tour as the blog's guest editor.​On a Sunday night off in Nashville a few years back, my bandmates and I took a field trip down to the Station Inn ... More >>

  • Music

    November 3, 2010

    The Heavy: Kia Powered

    The neo-soul outfit has the provider of cheap leases and 100,000-mile warranties to thank for its ubiquity.

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Performance-Pay for Teachers Gets Maligned

    But the Seattle School District insists its new contract offers something different.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    New Study Pours Cold Water on Performance Pay for Teachers, Just After Seattle Schools Made It Part of the New Contract

    ​Vanderbilt University released a new study yesterday that deflates one of the trendiest ideas in education reform: performance pay. After a three-year experiment in the Nashville school district, in which teachers were eligible for up to $15,000 in extra pay if their students scored well on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Album Review: Blue Giant's Self-Titled Debut Is Rootsy, Rollicking, and a Little Too Repetitive

    Blue Giant will play a free, all ages in-store at Sonic Boom on Capitol Hill on July 15.​Artist: Blue Giant Album: Blue Giant Label: Vanguard Release date: July 13 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Stream Download: "Gone For Good" When Conor Oberst went from angsty indie to twangy country, he so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Suicide Squeeze to Release Limited Edition Vinyl From The Coathangers with Dan Deacon, JEFF the Brotherhood, Iron & Wine, and More

    ​The local label Suicide Squeeze started releasing 7-inch singles fourteen years ago, putting out records for such Northwest luminaries as Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Pedro the Lion, and the Melvins, as well as out-of-area acts like HEALTH, Of Montreal, and School of Seven Bells. Now they're ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Brooks & Dunn

    ​The local label Suicide Squeeze started releasing 7-inch singles fourteen years ago, putting out records for such Northwest luminaries as Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Pedro the Lion, and the Melvins, as well as out-of-area acts like HEALTH, Of Montreal, and School of Seven Bells. Now they're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Signs Mac Laptop

    It's 5 p.m. on a Friday. GO HOME. But before you do, check out Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signing the laptop of a Trevecca Nazarene University student in Nashville, Tennessee. (Hey, he's a good sport!) And for a close-up of the signature, click that little line thingy below. Have a great weekend ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Karaoke and Line Dancing

    It's 5 p.m. on a Friday. GO HOME. But before you do, check out Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signing the laptop of a Trevecca Nazarene University student in Nashville, Tennessee. (Hey, he's a good sport!) And for a close-up of the signature, click that little line thingy below. Have a great weekend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    A.M. Music News: Snoop Dogg, Bill Cosby, REO Speedwagon, and Other Heavies

    Digital Speedwagon​-- Sound on the Sound: Doh! Shane Tutmarc is moving to Nashville. -- LiveDaily: Your friend Bill Cosby is coming to Benaroya Hall on June 20. -- NME: Johnny Marr's writing the score for a film starring Antonio Banderas and Snoop Dogg. -- NME: Have you heard of Liam Galla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    A.M. Music News: Why Petty Gets No Respect, and Why Spoon's Probably Headed This Way

    ​-- Wall Street Journal: Petty gets no respect? "I don't know that anyone's out there waving the banner for us being the best rock and roll band there is," Petty says. "But we might be." -- Pitchfork: Spoon announces the first tour dates in preview of their new record, Transference, out in Ja ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    If I Write a Farewell Speech, Will William Shatner Read It Aloud?

    ​ As cool as that would be, he probably won't. Either way, here's his chance: After ten months of intensive blogging here at Seattle Weekly, I'm moving on to other pastures. Thanks to all who read and commented. It's been fun. My replacement will be one Caleb Hannan, recently arrived from ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009
  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    $13: Beer By the Bucket at Maximilien

    Where: Maximillen When: Happy Hour: 5 to 7 p.m., M-F; 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday What Does $13 Get You? Half a bucket of Kronenbourgs ($7.50), an order of Moules Marinière (mussels steamed with butter, $2.95) and Salmon Coulibiac (fish and friends in a pastry, $2.95) The first and only time I'd ever be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Reckless Kelly

    Sunday, April 12

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2009

    Sunday Show Suggestions

    Shelby Lynne, Raul Malo at Tractor Tavern, 8 p.m., $30 Country music is not known for great singing or ethnic diversity. But Raul Malo comes to us as a two-for-one package--a Miami-born Cuban with a crushed-velvet voice. Former frontman for Grammy-winning Nashville phenom The Mavericks, Malo makes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2009

    Raul Malo

    Sunday, March 8

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Top 10 Country Records of 2008

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Free Night at EMP Features Hatch Prints and The Maldives

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Hatch Show Print @ EMP

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    Wave That Flag, Hoss!

    Five albums that’ll have you feeling patriotic…but in a healthy, nonaggressive way.

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    Guiding Plight

    Disciples of a Silver Jew ponder: Where is our once-dreary hero leading us?

  • Music

    February 27, 2008
  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    The Daily Wire: Stand By Your Men

    You just won't admit it.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008
  • Music

    October 11, 2006

    Speakin' Out

    Bobby Bare Jr.'s anti-Nashville screed.

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

    Can't We All Just Get Along?

    Chris Willman's Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music.

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    Wild West Show

    How inclusive is Big & Rich's country utopia, anyway?

  • Music

    November 9, 2005

    Amy Rigby

    How inclusive is Big & Rich's country utopia, anyway?

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Have a Little Faith

    Keeping it real with the women of Nashville, however ersatz 'real' may be.

  • Arts

    October 19, 2005

    Sub Pop Snafu

    Keeping it real with the women of Nashville, however ersatz 'real' may be.

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Little Red Hen

    Keeping it real with the women of Nashville, however ersatz 'real' may be.

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    Little Red Hen

    Keeping it real with the women of Nashville, however ersatz 'real' may be.

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Little Red Hen

    Keeping it real with the women of Nashville, however ersatz 'real' may be.

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Taking Tiger Mountain

    Neko Case roams the country.

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Little Red Hen

    Neko Case roams the country.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    My Gospel Conversion

    A local rock writer, weaned on punk, wakes up to music fueled by a higher power.

  • Music

    July 14, 2004

    Ride a Cowboy (or Two)

    Big & Rich's summer singles.

  • Music

    February 6, 2002

    From Victoria to Nashville

    Big & Rich's summer singles.

  • Film

    January 2, 2002

    The ruling class

    Servants and masters cross boundaries in echt whodunit.

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    A bird's eye view

    Seattle Weekly's group publisher Albie Del Favero finds himself an eyewitness to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

  • Music

    August 22, 2001

    I Wasn't Country When Country Wasn't Cool

    Seattle Weekly's group publisher Albie Del Favero finds himself an eyewitness to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

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