Netherlands

Lauren Weedman

Counting Crows' Openers Mean Creek And The Power of Pop

As opposed to our favorite songs, or songs we'd like to think define our listening habits, taking a look at what a person actually listens to can be far more revealing. With that in mind, every Wednesday we ask an artist to take a look at the most-played songs in their iTunes libraries and share wit ... More >>

Starbucks Attempting to Class Things Up in Europe

Sure, Starbucks has taken over the world. The 17 Starbucks I pass by during my 10-minute walk to work validates this. But, believe it or not, there are places on god's green earth where Starbucks has yet to turn a profit ... like France, for instance.

A Dragon Tale: Cosmic Dragon Puts The 'Super' In Lemon Haze

​This week I visited the Cosmic Dragon Collective, the first shop in the past month without "Green" in its name. It's located in the Greenwood neighborhood, though, so I guess they still get to be part of my month-long lead-up to St. Patrick's Day, albeit on a technicality.

Miss Minoes: An Adorable Dutch Cat Movie

​This week I visited the Cosmic Dragon Collective, the first shop in the past month without "Green" in its name. It's located in the Greenwood neighborhood, though, so I guess they still get to be part of my month-long lead-up to St. Patrick's Day, albeit on a technicality.

Seattle Alternative Medicine Collective: Toke It Again, SAM

Seattle Alternative Medicine Collective on Aurora Avenue doesn't have a huge storefront or a fancy waiting room. What it does have, however, is a friendly, down-home atmosphere, knowledgeable employees, and, crucially, excellent cannabis.

Don Quixote

Seattle Alternative Medicine Collective on Aurora Avenue doesn't have a huge storefront or a fancy waiting room. What it does have, however, is a friendly, down-home atmosphere, knowledgeable employees, and, crucially, excellent cannabis.

Home Made Will Transport You Across the Pond

Home Made by Yvette Van Boven is the kind of book that makes you long for languid afternoons under the Provençal sun, brisk mornings shopping the markets of a cobblestoned street or strong coffee and pastries at a sidewalk café. The Dutch artist and café owner transports readers through pictures, ... More >>

Three Words You'll Never See on the Menu at the Dutch Bike Co.: Vegan Walnut Cookies

Photo courtesy of Dutch Bike Co.​Julie Kloss opened the Dutch Bike Company in Ballard with her husband six years ago after inspiration struck during a trip to Amsterdam where people relied on cute little bikes for functionality--and relied on their morning cafes for coffee in the morning and w ... More >>

Tonight at the Crocodile: Zola Jesus' Otherworldly Gothic Vocal Stylings

Twenty-two-year-old Wisconsinite Nika Roza Danilova is an operatically trained singer who, these days, goes by the purposefully peculiar stage name Zola Jesus. Danilova--who also performed with the synth-punk outfit Former Ghosts-- has one of the most muscular, interesting voices in pop music righ ... More >>

Nisqually Earthquake, 10 Years and Counting: Where Were You When the Earth Shook?

​On a Feb. 28, 2001 I was not in Seattle. I was in Phoenix where if you see the earth shake it's usually just a mirage on the horizon. I was 18-years-old, not a year out of high school and avoiding college for the time being by working at America West Airlines (since absorbed by US Airways) an ... More >>

With Four Dead, America Asks: How Do We Stop Somali Pirates?

Image via Flickr​In the wake of yesterday's tragic news that four Americans had been executed after being kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman, many are asking: Is there any way to end the hijackings in the seas east of Africa? History suggests swift and harsh punishment for the p ... More >>

Seth Krimsky: Excuse Me While I Plug In My Electric Bassoon

Image via Flickr​In the wake of yesterday's tragic news that four Americans had been executed after being kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman, many are asking: Is there any way to end the hijackings in the seas east of Africa? History suggests swift and harsh punishment for the p ... More >>

The Kills Are Bringing Blood Pressures to Showbox at the Market in May. Squee!

​Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have spent much of the past few years being Jack White's sidekick and Kate Moss' boyfriend, respectively, but the duo is finally getting back to business and releasing a new Kills album. Blood Pressures, their first since 2008's excellent Midnight Boom, is comp ... More >>

Listen to Mogwai's New "Rano Pano," Off Next Year's Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

Red Light Winter

​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

Seattle Symphony Picks Schwarz's Successor

Announced yesterday, the Seattle Symphony's choice of Ludovic Morlot as its next music director--to take over for Gerard Schwarz after the 2010-11 season, his 26th--might at first look like a bandwagon jump; he's only 35, and young is the new black in classical circles after the ascension of Gustavo ... More >>

World Cup Soccer: Brazil vs. Netherlands

Announced yesterday, the Seattle Symphony's choice of Ludovic Morlot as its next music director--to take over for Gerard Schwarz after the 2010-11 season, his 26th--might at first look like a bandwagon jump; he's only 35, and young is the new black in classical circles after the ascension of Gustavo ... More >>

Sounders vs. FC Dallas

Announced yesterday, the Seattle Symphony's choice of Ludovic Morlot as its next music director--to take over for Gerard Schwarz after the 2010-11 season, his 26th--might at first look like a bandwagon jump; he's only 35, and young is the new black in classical circles after the ascension of Gustavo ... More >>

Tonight: Marcy Playground at Studio Seven, John Vanderslice & Karl Blau at the Tractor, Jazz Bands at Garfield High School

​Marcy Playground, with Theory Of Flight, Van Eps, Amsterdam, The Taphandles. Studio Seven, 110 S. Horton St., 286-1312. 7 p.m. $14. All ages. Before Marcy Playground released "Sex and Candy" 1997, I didn't know you could say "sex" on the radio, let along smell it or compare it to candy. The l ... More >>

It's Shocking That Shocking Blue Have Been Left Out of the Classic Rock Canon

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​Why do great bands like the Shocking Blue get overlooked or even forgotten? The band had a #1 single in 1970 with the tune "Venus," and I'm sure t ... More >>

Tonight: Mark Knopfler, Seattle Soundbite and The Maldives, Police Teeth

​Mark Knopfler. Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., 877-STG-4TIX. 8 p.m. $63.50-$103.50. In my opinion, Mark Knopfler is like JJ Cale--he doesn't get enough credit for how good and innovative he is. Furthermore, it seems he doesn't get enough credit because, like Cale he does not play in-your-fa ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

​Mark Knopfler. Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., 877-STG-4TIX. 8 p.m. $63.50-$103.50. In my opinion, Mark Knopfler is like JJ Cale--he doesn't get enough credit for how good and innovative he is. Furthermore, it seems he doesn't get enough credit because, like Cale he does not play in-your-fa ... 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 >>

Neko Case Is Also Skipping Seattle On Her Next Tour

Neko Case at Bumbershoot 2008. Photo by Renee McMahonI have to admit, this is something like poetic justic for me: After being flippant about Death Cab for Cutie not playing a show in Seattle as part of their next tour the other day, I just found out that Neko Case's tour in support of her upcoming ... More >>

Tonight's Show Suggestions

Zach Harjo playing "January Moon" at the Tractor last June. Don't worry, all the assholes yakking at the beginning will shut up about 20 seconds into the song.  Dir En Grey, The Human Abstract at Showbox at the Market, 7 p.m., $30Dir En Grey strode onto the Japanese rock scene balancing flashy ... More >>

The Ass-Kickin’, Award-Winnin’ West Seattle Mama

Tamela Thomas takes top honors at the Super Bowl of Tang Soo Do.

And the Golden Space Needle Goes to...

Tamela Thomas takes top honors at the Super Bowl of Tang Soo Do.

In Honor of Thanksgiving: The Top Music Turkeys of 2007

Tamela Thomas takes top honors at the Super Bowl of Tang Soo Do.

Where to Catch a Great Show, Even When You're Miles From the Croc

Tamela Thomas takes top honors at the Super Bowl of Tang Soo Do.

Music Against Death

Two 'concentration camp' operas have Seattle debuts.

Bumberhits and Misses

Festival lineup looks good—and not so. Plus: Film Fest and Black Box Opera news.

Takin' It From the Streets

Konono No. 1's Afro-futurist groove machine.

Leagues of Gentlemen

For fans of U.K. football and ale, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

Aug. 24-30, 2005

For fans of U.K. football and ale, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

Aug. 17-23, 2005

For fans of U.K. football and ale, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

Aug. 10-16, 2005

For fans of U.K. football and ale, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

Crash

Also: Don't Move, Head-On, and Twin Sisters.

Visual Arts Calendar

Also: Don't Move, Head-On, and Twin Sisters.

Grandaddy, Kid Koala, and Edward Ka-Spel

Also: Don't Move, Head-On, and Twin Sisters.

Food & Beverage News

Also: Don't Move, Head-On, and Twin Sisters.

Small World

Do-re-mi!

Merry Everything!

What people are celebrating everywhere else.

Home away from home

Kitsch and a promising kitchen hit all the right notes on Roosevelt.

Errol Morris' 'Hip-Hop'

And other PBS music documentaries we'd like to see.

Y2K: From hype to hurt

Looking back on the year of the crash.

Budget pothole

The business lobby starts a street fight.

Down to Earth

The old and new ways to appreciate maps.