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The Beach Boys

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    December 16, 2011

    Have I Lived a Good Enough Life for the Reunited Beach Boys to Play Sasquatch!?

    Are they wearing Pendleton?​I promised myself I would refrain from Sasquatch! speculation this year, since I've proved so horrible at it in the past. But for a moment, let's allow ourselves to consider how great it would be to have the Beach Boys -- with Brian Wilson! -- to close out one night ... More >>

  • Music

    November 30, 2011

    Rock 'n' Wool: The Season's Finest Gifts

    From Pendleton to the Pendletones, we've got your holiday shopping taken care of.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    "Kumbaya," "American Pie," "Lola," Buddy Holly, Ben Harper, and a Few Other Favorite Campfire Singalongs

    ​I spent this weekend camping by a beautiful stream a bit north of Cle Elum--and although I was partially distracted by taking care of my dog James, who barfed about six times after eating a watermelon rind and riding over the bumpy dirt road that led to our campsite, it was a sunny and relaxi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Spending Some Time With the (Nearly) Commercial-Free Classic Rock of 104.5

    Graham Nash​When it comes to commercial, classic rock radio, there's plenty to love and lots to hate. The worst thing about the format is not the truncated playlists (do they know Skynyrd made more than one record?), or the length of the commercial breaks, it's the commercials themselves. They ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Would Someone Please Start an All-Male A Cappella Tribute to The Mamas and the Papas?

    For all the talk of '60s harmonies infiltrating the current class' records, very little ink is spilt giving propers to The Mamas and the Papas, whose contributions to that canon best CSNY's and rival the Beach Boys'. With the city's music scene percolating with non-ironic cover bands (the Rolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Rapture's Soundtrack: Final Requests From Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Michele Norris, and Others

    ​If, as Family Radio president Harold Camping says is true, and Saturday is the last day, what would your ideal soundtrack be? As part of our Reverb Questionnaire, we've asked our subjects just that. So without wasting any more precious time, here's how our respondents answered the following q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Pop Therapy: How Do You Treat Depression With Songs?

    Look, I'm not gonna lie: I'm in a bit of a depression right now. I lost a job that I loved and tried damn hard to figure out how to do well; I moved from a nice solo apartment on Capitol Hill to a shared quadplex in the Central District (it's all right); I've been hung up on an ex for way too lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: 4 Local Bands That Share a Name With a National Act

    French Press FilmsWallpaper. Not the Tacoma variety.​ We know, we know, it's 2011, and in this post-apocalyptic time, all band names have been taken, yadda yadda yadda. OF COURSE you're going to have the Beach Boys and Beach House and Beach Fossils. And Wolf everything, and especially Black ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Win a Pair of Tickets To See Jon Auer, John Van Deusen, Rachel Flotard More Perform Radiohead with The Seattle Rock Orchestra

    ​Seattle's hippest orchestra is appearing at the Moore this Saturday, taking on yet another band familiar to each and every one of us. Says SW's Bryden McGrath: Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows, volunteer commun ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    Seattle Rock Orchestra

    ​Seattle's hippest orchestra is appearing at the Moore this Saturday, taking on yet another band familiar to each and every one of us. Says SW's Bryden McGrath: Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows, volunteer commun ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    The Drums

    ​Seattle's hippest orchestra is appearing at the Moore this Saturday, taking on yet another band familiar to each and every one of us. Says SW's Bryden McGrath: Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows, volunteer commun ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    Clay Throwdown!

    ​Seattle's hippest orchestra is appearing at the Moore this Saturday, taking on yet another band familiar to each and every one of us. Says SW's Bryden McGrath: Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows, volunteer commun ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    Magic Kids

    ​Seattle's hippest orchestra is appearing at the Moore this Saturday, taking on yet another band familiar to each and every one of us. Says SW's Bryden McGrath: Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows, volunteer commun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, But Doesn't Do the Tunes Or Himself Justice

    ​Artist: Brian Wilson Album: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin Label: Walt Disney Records Release: Tuesday, Aug. 17. It's out. Rating (Skip, Stream, Buy): Skip On "Our Prayer/Gee" from his finally-released album, Smile, in 2004, Brian Wilson and company knock listeners back with a wall of meti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Lady Gaga Rains On Lilith's Parade, New Music From Seu Jorge, Jack White Does the Beatles, and More Beach Boys Reunion Talk

    Watch the full episode. See more In Performance at The White House. -- TwentyFourBit: Check out Jack White covering the Beatles' "Mother Natures' Son" in front of Barack Obama and Paul McCartney. -- NPR Music's got the full album stream of Seu Jorge and Almaz, the new one from Seu Jorge, bett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2010

    Tonight: Live Animals at El Corazon, The Beach Boys at Snoqualmie Casino

    ​Live Animals, with Spamtron, Leon Nite & DJ Fuke. El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E., 381-3094. 8:30 p.m. $10. All ages. Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer once said, "Lack of charisma can be fatal." If that's at all true, Seattle's Live Animals will be mixing it up in neon-splattered geriatric dia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2010

    The Beach Boys

    ​Live Animals, with Spamtron, Leon Nite & DJ Fuke. El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E., 381-3094. 8:30 p.m. $10. All ages. Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer once said, "Lack of charisma can be fatal." If that's at all true, Seattle's Live Animals will be mixing it up in neon-splattered geriatric dia ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    ​Live Animals, with Spamtron, Leon Nite & DJ Fuke. El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E., 381-3094. 8:30 p.m. $10. All ages. Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer once said, "Lack of charisma can be fatal." If that's at all true, Seattle's Live Animals will be mixing it up in neon-splattered geriatric dia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    BARE

    ​Live Animals, with Spamtron, Leon Nite & DJ Fuke. El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E., 381-3094. 8:30 p.m. $10. All ages. Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer once said, "Lack of charisma can be fatal." If that's at all true, Seattle's Live Animals will be mixing it up in neon-splattered geriatric dia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Free Stuff: Win Tickets to See Annuals at the Crocodile Tomorrow Night

    Sarah Wilmer​The North Carolina experimental six-piece Annuals has been winning over critics and fans since their 2003 debut, Be He Me, recorded when they were all about nineteen years old. Their 2010 release, The Sweet Sister EP, was recorded at the band's own Terpsikhore Recording Studio and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    Xmas Pops Sing-Along

    Sarah Wilmer​The North Carolina experimental six-piece Annuals has been winning over critics and fans since their 2003 debut, Be He Me, recorded when they were all about nineteen years old. Their 2010 release, The Sweet Sister EP, was recorded at the band's own Terpsikhore Recording Studio and ... More >>

  • Film

    November 11, 2009

    Pirate Radio: Philip Seymour Hoffman Brings Rock Music to Britain

    Sarah Wilmer​The North Carolina experimental six-piece Annuals has been winning over critics and fans since their 2003 debut, Be He Me, recorded when they were all about nineteen years old. Their 2010 release, The Sweet Sister EP, was recorded at the band's own Terpsikhore Recording Studio and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Rickshaw Karaoke Nights

    Sarah Wilmer​The North Carolina experimental six-piece Annuals has been winning over critics and fans since their 2003 debut, Be He Me, recorded when they were all about nineteen years old. Their 2010 release, The Sweet Sister EP, was recorded at the band's own Terpsikhore Recording Studio and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Tonight's Show Suggestions

    Magic BulletsOnry Ozzborn & The Gigantics, Chk Minus, Sonny Bonoho and Lookbook, Xntrik and Darwin at High Dive, 9 p.m., $8As if the presence of Onry Ozzborn and his five alter-egos--who form like Voltron to become The Gigantics--weren't enough to permit this word-poor writer to label tonight's ... More >>

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    January 21, 2009

    Tera Melos

    Thursday, January 22

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Slush Pile for the Holidays!

    How many shopping days are left? It'll take approximately the same amount of time to dig my office out from beneath the seasonal onslaught of gift books, many of them coffee table photo books for which I, humble journalist, have no coffee table. Thus, leaping from title to title, we start the emerge ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2008

    Seven Lost Albums That Should Never Be Found

    I didn’t think you wanted to hear Rivers Cuomo’s thoughts on intergalactic humping.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    What Do You Recommend: Matt Sullivan

    I didn’t think you wanted to hear Rivers Cuomo’s thoughts on intergalactic humping.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Clarification: Stephen John Kalinich

    I didn’t think you wanted to hear Rivers Cuomo’s thoughts on intergalactic humping.

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    Hipsters, Love Your Beach Boys

    You already love their copycats.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Wall Street Journal Embraces Fleet Foxes

    You already love their copycats.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008
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    February 20, 2008

    Grand Archives

    Wednesday, February 20

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    December 26, 2007

    The Pop Machine

    Saturday, December 29

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    August 1, 2007

    Throw Me the Statue

    Saturday, August 4

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    July 25, 2007
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    June 26, 2007
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    June 12, 2007
  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Sunshine Fix

    Dr. Dog bring good vibrations to Seattle.

  • Music

    May 10, 2006

    Rewriting the Past

    The Fleet Foxes make vintage, open-air pop.

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    One Piece at a Time

    Cuckoo in a little while.

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Wheels of Steal

    Seattle mash-up maestro DJ Lance Lockarm plays connect-the-dots with pop history.

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    Love Bites

    Seattle mash-up maestro DJ Lance Lockarm plays connect-the-dots with pop history.

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Seattle mash-up maestro DJ Lance Lockarm plays connect-the-dots with pop history.

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    The Good Humor Man

    The legendary Arthur Lee on life, Love, Hendrix, and Tom Hanks' forehead.

  • Music

    May 29, 2002

    Days of our nights

    The legendary Arthur Lee on life, Love, Hendrix, and Tom Hanks' forehead.

  • Music

    May 15, 2002

    Long-Distance Winner

    The legendary Arthur Lee on life, Love, Hendrix, and Tom Hanks' forehead.

  • Music

    October 18, 2000

    CD Reviews

    The legendary Arthur Lee on life, Love, Hendrix, and Tom Hanks' forehead.

  • Music

    September 13, 2000

    Music mania

    Adventures in Stereo's James Beattie talks about his many influences before the band lands stateside.

  • Music

    October 13, 1999

    Best sounds

    As time marches on, Brian Wilson's place in pop history looms larger and larger.

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