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Dirty Projectors
Is there any band more polarizing in the current indie rock canon than Dirty Projectors? Is it even…
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Das Racist
It takes a special breed to turn the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell into a hip-hop anthem.…
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Futureheads
While the early 00’s found a fair share of bands mining post-punk records by the likes of Wire…
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Shaun of the Dead
Co-screenwriters Edgar Wright and Simon Peggs 2004 rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead shows laudable imagination and irreverence. Shaun…
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Little Penguins
The Little Penguins is a band born out of inactive Seattle institution the Turn-Ons. Turn-Ons drummer Will Hallauer…
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Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside be easily labeled as a jazz band. Ford has the voice of…
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The Sword
Austin five-piece The Sword resides at the intersection where stoner rock and metal converge: people who shy away…
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Arcade Fire
Indie went mainstream big time this year when Merge recording artists Arcade Fires third album, the…
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The Drums
There arent many good spots to catch a wave in New York City, but the Brooklyn trio The…
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Klaxons
Though they first burst onto the scene as the latest Brits making drug music youd actually want to…
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#HelloFuture
While the name for this eventa not-to-be-missed night for local hip-hop headsmight have been gleaned from a Twitter…
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James McMurtry
Every Wednesday, when hes in his hometown of Austin instead of touring, James McMurtry dutifully takes the stage…
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Smooth Sailing
Smooth Sailing guitarist and vocalist Chris Elizaga once told me, With metal, people take things very seriously. But…
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La Sera
Next spring, the Vivian Girls will release their third album, Share the Joy, but until then, its all…
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T.R. Reid
Seattle Arts and Lectures presents the noted health-care expert and author. Want to rebut the Republican threats to…
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Mona Simpson
Though author Mona Simpson now lives in L.A., it was in New York at Columbia University’s MFA program…
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God of Carnage
The bloody battle between two kids in a playground brawl is nothing compared to whats waged when their…
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Silent Movie Mondays
This falls Silent Movie Mondays series offers a new organist, Jim Riggs, wholl perform a live score to…
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Northwest Sinfonietta
The Eroica, number three, has always been my ninth favorite Beethoven symphonyit can be a real watch-checker of…
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Guillermo del Toro
After his acclaimed Pans Labyrinth, Oscar-nominated and one of the most praised movies of 2006, you could excuse…