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Brooke Fraser
Kiwi singer/songwriter Brooke Fraser hit it big in her native New Zealand at the age of 20, where…
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Hushd Puppies
Just a week after releasing the debut record from his EMP Sound Off!-winning jazz-rap fusion outfit Dyno Jamz,…
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Timea Tihanyi
For The Bornholm Project, Timea Tihanyi spent a week in September pedaling around that scenic Danish island. But…
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The Torch-Bearers
The Woman Seeking . . . theater company amiably renders George Kellys 1922 ensemble farce about a clutch…
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Neon Trees
The Strokes influence sings in bands like Kings of Leon and Phoenix, but the most homogenized take on…
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The Expendables
Last time I caught The Expendables in town, they were supporting Slightly Stoopid on a Cauzin Vapors tour…
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Tame Impala
Amidst a slew of competition, Australias Tame Impala might just be the best band doing the insurgent psychedelic…
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The Bad Plus
An all-originals album isnt exactly a big step for most bands. But part of the attention this Minneapolis-bred…
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Badly Drawn Boy
The British songwriter Damon Gough, alias Badly Drawn Boy, debuted 10 years ago with the Mercury Prize-winning album…
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Dick Dale & Jimmy Dale
Dick Dale, the undisputed King of the Surf Guitar, recently turned 73, and for the past few years…
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hold . . . hold on anyway . . . go anyway . . . let go anyway
In Freya Wormus new dance, getting off the ground takes a great deal of effort. Instead of leaping…
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Seattle Folk Festival
Its clear that, like its long-running peer the Northwest Folklife Festival, the inaugural Seattle Folk Festival defines the…
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Brendan Benson
Detroit/Nashville popsmith Brendan Benson has made a career doing what scientists haven’t ever been able to do: create…
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The Naked Gun
The late and much lamented Leslie Nielsen built a comedy franchise on the failure of the short-lived Police…
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Wynne Greenwood
Theres nothing good on TV. So lets paint it hot pink and dress it up
with bondage gear!…
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Ken Armstrong
Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry’s new book, Scoreboard, Baby, is a riveting, exhaustive probe into the cesspool that…
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Joe Kurmaskie
Dude, remember that time you got your bike wheel stuck in the Westlake SLUT tracks and totally crashed?…
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Low
Before its next Sub Pop album is released in the new year, Low is basing a holiday mini-tour…
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Penn & Teller
Penn & Teller are billing their three-day stand as being suitable for mature and informed children aged 8…
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Edmund Morris
In their post-presidential retirements, George W. Bush has written a memoir and Bill Clinton redeemed himself as a…