Stereo Systems

Cairo PA Benefit

Mark Haim: X2

Red Women's Dance Party

And a Few Words About Cold Cave's Sort of Anemic Opening Set for the Kills Last Night...

First of all, holy shit the Kills are hot live! Damn. Read Erin Thompson's review here. (I haven't kept up with the band's releases as well as I should, and I'm not sure how much of that ridiculous heat translates from the stage to the stereo, but I intend to make up for some lost time with them a ... More >>

How Seattle's Getting to Austin

And other thoughts from the city's SXSW class of 2011.

Unnatural Helpers' Dean Whitmore: "Fuck You and Your Drummer Jokes"

Laura Musselman​Every March, the entire music industry descends on Austin, Texas, for the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival March 15 to 20, and Seattle's scene is no exception. Dozens of bands are making the trip, and they'll be playing more shows and downing more free Red Strip ... More >>

Brent Amaker: "I ONLY Listen to Records on My Turntable. MP3 Culture Is a Drag"

​Every March, the entire music industry descends on Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival March 15 to 20, and Seattle's scene is no exception. Dozens of bands are making the trip, and they'll be playing more shows and downing more free Red Stripes than can be ... More >>

DJ Tony B

​Every March, the entire music industry descends on Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival March 15 to 20, and Seattle's scene is no exception. Dozens of bands are making the trip, and they'll be playing more shows and downing more free Red Stripes than can be ... More >>

Calculating the Speed of Light With Kraft Singles and Your Microwave

If you've been playing along at home, you know that I'm a teeny-tiny bit obsessed with the soon-to-be-released, 2400-page Modernist Cuisine book.  Well, my excitement skyrocketed last week when I had the rare privilege to peek at a few hundred [digital] pages of the book, guided by author, CEO ... More >>

Because Dad Needs a Home Karaoke System for Christmas ...

You know that dad wants nothing better than to sing karaoke in the privacy of his living room.​Yesterday I was thinking of what to get my dad for Christmas. The game plan for buying gifts for my family has always been to find something I'd enjoy as well, like my favorite CDs or DVDs. I spend a ... More >>

Deadmau5

You know that dad wants nothing better than to sing karaoke in the privacy of his living room.​Yesterday I was thinking of what to get my dad for Christmas. The game plan for buying gifts for my family has always been to find something I'd enjoy as well, like my favorite CDs or DVDs. I spend a ... More >>

Reverb Questionnaire: Video Artist Kalup Linzy on Erykah Badu, En Vogue and Brandy--Yes, Brandy

​ What does a "queer video artist" who created a multimedia performance inspired by soap operas listen to? You've probably never wondered that, but Kalup Linzy will tell you in this week's Reverb Questionnaire. And you've probably never wondered what a queer video artist who created a multime ... More >>

Jeremy Burk

​ What does a "queer video artist" who created a multimedia performance inspired by soap operas listen to? You've probably never wondered that, but Kalup Linzy will tell you in this week's Reverb Questionnaire. And you've probably never wondered what a queer video artist who created a multime ... More >>

And The Wiremen

​ What does a "queer video artist" who created a multimedia performance inspired by soap operas listen to? You've probably never wondered that, but Kalup Linzy will tell you in this week's Reverb Questionnaire. And you've probably never wondered what a queer video artist who created a multime ... More >>

Novoselic Is On The Air

​DJ K-NOw with DJ Mic. are streaming live on Coast Community Radio tonight from 8 to 12pm PDT. That's 0300 to 0700 GMT. Jack Endino (DJ Mic.) is helping man the board. We'll be playing a wide array of music including M.I.A., Kultur Shock, Stereolab, Led Zeppelin, spoken word record snippets a ... More >>

I've Been Listening To The Decemberists' The Hazards of Love. It's Better On Vinyl!

 I've been listening to the new Decemberists album, The Hazards of Love lately. Yes, ALBUM, on 180-gram vinyl. I like the strong melodies that Colin Meloy conjures. The vocal phrasing carry a lot of hooks. I've been a fan of the band since Picaresque. And it's with this work that endeared me t ... More >>

Bassnectar

Saturday, May 9

Friday Night: Black Mountain At Neumos

After seeing Black Mountain (photo credit: Jessica Miller) for the first time on Friday, I've decided that their music is of the sort that is best heard outdoors, played through mammoth speakers, in a field where you can smoke as many joints as you want and there's ample space for dancing. Alas, the ... More >>

Boy Eats Drum Machine

Friday, January 2

Open Turntables @ Skylark Tonight

Friday, January 2

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist

Saturday, July 26

King Cobra Is For Sale

Saturday, July 26

Roll Away the Zoo

Inside, it's 1978 again.

Thee Emergency

Saturday, May 17

Men

Wednesday, February 20

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, the Hard Sell, Kid Koala

Don’t sweat the Technics--There’s only eight of them to be manhandled

John Healy of the Hands: Salesman, Web Manager of Hawthorne Stereo

A new series about paying the bills.

Rage Against the Reunion

A new series about paying the bills.

Deluxe Violence

A new series about paying the bills.

Bashment

At Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Fri., Feb. 17.

Jazz Alley

At Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Fri., Feb. 17.

High Dive

At Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Fri., Feb. 17.

Liquid Lounge

At Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Fri., Feb. 17.

Mass Appeal

Exploring Cuban hip-hop.

Custom-Made for the Rest of Us

Local artisans, artists, and businesses are ready to indulge you.

The Night the Music Died

Honest, Prince, this isn't how oysters are s'posed to taste.

House Beautiful

Bad Boy Bill, still making people dance to his sweaty, skanky beats.

Raving in Klickitat

Black lights and naked yoga.

Days of our nights

Black lights and naked yoga.

Revisionist reggae?

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

Spin doctors

Seattle DJ crew the Spinnovators treat turntablism as serious business.

20 Clubs that came and went

Seattle DJ crew the Spinnovators treat turntablism as serious business.

Music to your mouth

Groovin' to EMP's gustatory offerings.

Turning the turntables

A young Canadian DJ zooms from the underground with a playful perspective.

A time for cheer

Smith & Mighty rebound from label problems to celebrate music's malleable globalism.

Disc Man

Smith & Mighty rebound from label problems to celebrate music's malleable globalism.

Old master

Rakim's second solo disc aims to keep him in hip-hop's vanguard.

Columnist's Corner

The Metro Gnome

Stereo types

Audiophiles will do just about anything that sounds good.

The Roots are on Fire

Philadelphia's finest embrace history, but they don't repeat it.