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The Big Lebowski
The Coen brothers 1998 stoner-noir is Raymond Chandler filtered through dirty bong water, where almost every line of…
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Sleepy Eyes of Death
Sleepy Eyes of Death came together around their shared love for analogue synthesizers and cult classic films (their…
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Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers produced some great songs in his prime, but he is no longer a singer. He’s an…
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Nazca Lines
Its difficult to resist comparing Nazca Lines to At the Drive-In, simply because frontman Cory Alfanos strident, clipped…
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National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Theo Chocolate says National Ice Cream Sandwich Day is today. (Google disagrees, but so what? I’m hungry.) And…
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Mouthbreathers
Upon initial listen to Mouthbreathers’ debut 7-inch (on legendary trash punk label In The Red), it’s easy to…
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Jim Davidson
Before Aron Ralston cut his arm off in a Utah canyon, before Jon Krakauer survived the Death Zone…
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10 Things I Hate About You
Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew is reconfigured into the setting of “Padua High” (actually Tacomas Stadium High…
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Hip-Hop Kitchen: A Night Out Edition
When Dice opened for Aloe Blacc last November, it became extremely clear that her glaringly honest songwriting was…
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State of the Artist
The cornerstone artists of upstart record label/sultans of soiree Members Only, State of the Artist have grown noticeably…
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Atmosphere
It wasn’t long ago that Seattle heralded the first-ever local hip-hop takeover of the Paramount Theatre. Now a…
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Long Live Death
“The war is over. The traitors will be hunted down relentlessly. If necessary, we will kill half the…
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Fungal Abyss
Their name conjures visions of some kind of a psilocybic hellsay, that clammy, grope-y (and worst of all,…
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Obits
You don’t necessarily expect a band calling themselves Obits to be a party band. Given the recent turns…
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Kids Today! Bah! They think Jack and Meg White singlehandedly invented deconstructed, ballsy blues. When it comes to…
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Cut Chemist
Here you have three guys who approach hip hop from decidedly left-field perspectives. Theres Cut Chemist, the scratch-happy…
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Aliens
“Game over, man! Game over!” With panicky Bill Paxton and the rest of his military squad quaking in…
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Porgy and Bess
Once in a while, if singers can be found who can handle spoken dialogue, an opera company will…
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The Talent Show
This visiting show from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is a bit like channel surfing or mousing…
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Gallery (206)
Seattle’s smallest gallery is a temporary installation showcasing the creations of 18 local artists. Not only is it…