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Ska

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    July 27, 2011

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Willie Nelson to The Divorce.

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    June 1, 2011

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae to Architecture in Helsinki.

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    June 23, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    From Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae to Architecture in Helsinki.

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    June 16, 2010

    The English Beat

    From Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae to Architecture in Helsinki.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Tonight: Blue Scholars Kick Off Three-Night Stint at the Showbox, The Slackers at El Corazon

    ​Blue Scholars, with Common Market, Gordon Voidwell, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, DV One. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $16. All ages. Feeling like a scaled-down version of "The Program" - the five-night hip-hop showcase orchestrated by the Blue Scholars in 2007 - the brillia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    The Slackers

    ​Blue Scholars, with Common Market, Gordon Voidwell, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, DV One. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $16. All ages. Feeling like a scaled-down version of "The Program" - the five-night hip-hop showcase orchestrated by the Blue Scholars in 2007 - the brillia ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2010

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    ​Blue Scholars, with Common Market, Gordon Voidwell, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, DV One. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $16. All ages. Feeling like a scaled-down version of "The Program" - the five-night hip-hop showcase orchestrated by the Blue Scholars in 2007 - the brillia ... More >>

  • Music

    July 29, 2009

    Toots Hibbert: Man of Mystery

    A legendary reggae frontman likes to keep some secrets.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Tuesday, July 21

    Bedouin Soundclash, Root Beer (aka Pigeon John) at Chop Suey, 8 p.m., $15, all ages Bedouin Soundclash "Have ska will travel" could be a working motto for a lot of bands these days, but not Bedouin Soundclash. Sure, the Canadian dub-ska trio has managed to land slots on tours with Warped, Ben Harpe ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows

    Bedouin Soundclash, Root Beer (aka Pigeon John) at Chop Suey, 8 p.m., $15, all ages Bedouin Soundclash "Have ska will travel" could be a working motto for a lot of bands these days, but not Bedouin Soundclash. Sure, the Canadian dub-ska trio has managed to land slots on tours with Warped, Ben Harpe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Bedouin Soundclash

    Tuesday, July 21

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    July 8, 2009

    The Slackers

    Saturday, July 11

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    July 8, 2009

    The Short List

    Saturday, July 11

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    June 24, 2009
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    June 10, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Mad Love

    Noise for the Needy turns up the volume on mental-health issues.

  • Music

    May 6, 2009

    Darjeeling Three Takes the Road Most Traveled

    This Seattle trio doesn’t want to reinvent the indie-pop wheel; it just wants to make it less squeaky.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Guilty Pleasures: I *Heart* Ska!

    Don't be a ska hater.It's repetitive, it all sounds the same, there's that weird "skank" dance they do. I don't care. Every time I hear ska, the horn-heavy, semi-punk thing made famous by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (with help from their Clueless appearance), I get this goofy smile and immediately f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    New Buju Banton MP3: "A Little Bit of Sorry"

    Here's a bit of reggae joy for Monday morning that's got me feeling irie in all sorts of ways. It's the first single off of Buju Banton's new disc, Rasta Got Soul, due out April 21 on his own Gargamel music imprint. I've been listening to it for awhile now and between the upbeat ska horns and the l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008
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    May 27, 2007
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    May 23, 2007

    SIFF Week One: Picks and Pans

    Friday, September 12

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    March 27, 2007
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    November 22, 2006
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    August 16, 2006

    Notable Shows

    Highlights-and otherwise-of this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Seven Nights

    Highlights-and otherwise-of this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Notable Shows

    Highlights-and otherwise-of this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    Mr. Spot's Chai House

    5463 Leary Ave. N.W., 206-297-2424

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Seven Nights

    The week's club listings.

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

    The Week's Club Listings

    The week's club listings.

  • Music

    October 27, 2004

    Building a Mystery

    The Fever: a detective story.

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2004

    The Fever: a detective story.

  • Arts

    September 1, 2004

    Bumbershoot in a Box

    Wish you could take Seattle's biggest arts and music festival home with you? Start with these four CDs' worth of music from this year's lineup — or use it as a guide to Bumbershoot's best.

  • Music

    August 25, 2004

    Brian Eno

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    August 25, 2004

    Aug. 25-31, 2004

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    8/4-10, 2004

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    July 28, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    March 12, 2003

    3/12-3/19

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    Eight Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    Eight Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    July 10, 2002

    Days Of Our Nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    November 7, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Also: the Gris Gris, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and Beenie Man.

  • Music

    June 20, 2001

    Emotional rescue

    Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner buzzes about electronic music's possibilities.

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    Revisionist reggae?

    EMP's latest exhibit downplays Bob Marley's role as it celebrates Jamaica's music.

  • Music

    March 14, 2001

    Whadchagit?

    EMP's latest exhibit downplays Bob Marley's role as it celebrates Jamaica's music.

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    A Beat Apart

    From yodeling to cartoon sound effects, these CDs can't be duplicated

  • Music

    December 8, 1999

    This town was nothin' but a ghost town.

    From yodeling to cartoon sound effects, these CDs can't be duplicated

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    About last night . . .

    Three writers, three music conferences, and very little self-restraint.

  • Music

    June 24, 1998

    A slob like one of us

    Is Christian rock music the new alternative or just another marketing ploy?

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