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Man or Astro Man?

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Man or Astro Man?

Touring bands come from miles away to play in our fair city of Seattle. But how many bands…

Black Milk

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Black Milk

Best known as a beatmaker for the likes of Slum Village, the Detroit-based Dilla-disciple Black Milk is respected…

Gun Outfit

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Gun Outfit

Gun Outfit are from just down the road in Olympia, but the trio keeps low enough of a…

Abe Vigoda

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Abe Vigoda

Tonight’s show was originally booked at the tiny Capitol Hill vintage store Cairo, but pre-sale tickets sold at…

Wooden Wand

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Wooden Wand

James Jackson Toth—the man who goes by the name Wooden Wand—has recently proven to be a singer-songwriter worth…

Air Supply

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Air Supply

“It’s Thanksgiving time, I love your new blazer, your sleeves are pushed up, it looks pretty awesome. Why,…

The Threepenny Opera

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The Threepenny Opera

Thank goodness Seattle Shakespeare Company artistic director Stephanie Shine took takes a straightforward and non-overthought approach to this…

The Indian Queen

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The Indian Queen

Everyone’s hot for genealogy now, so why not check out the ancestors of ballet? Baroque dance is the…

Marc Maron

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Marc Maron

“A year and a half ago I was fucking suicidal, says comedian Marc Maron. “I had nothing, and…

T. C. Boyle

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T. C. Boyle

Up here in the Northwest, we take it as a matter of green faith that salmon habitat should…

SONY DSC

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Shadows of a Fleeting World

Popular photography was new in the 1920s, and the medium was only gradually feeling its way to a…

Three Dollar Bill Oscar Party

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Three Dollar Bill Oscar Party

Who says Seattle can’t get fancy? For the sixth year running, Three Dollar Bill Cinema and the Gay…

Dr. Strangelove

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Dr. Strangelove

The 1964 Dr. Strangelove is now closer to the onset of the Cold War (the 1948 Berlin blockade)…

Murs

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Murs

Responsible for more than 30 albums and EPs in the past 15 years—and that’s just his solo work—the…

Cave Singers

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Cave Singers

On paper, Cave Singers like what we’ve come to expect from Seattle’s boots and buckle set: precious, pretty,…

Smith Westerns

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Smith Westerns

Sophistication isn’t a word you’d normally associate with a group of 20-year-old boys, but the second record from…

Yo La Tengo

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Yo La Tengo

If you’re a fan of Yo La Tengo, you’ve probably already seen Yo La Tengo—they’ve been around for…

Gang Of Four

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Gang Of Four

While England’s love of infusing punk with reggae influences is most often associated with the Clash and to…

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed! You Black Emperor make music for eschatonists and movie lovers, and not just because their song “East…

The Decemberists

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The Decemberists

Yes, Portland folk-rockers The Decemberists are coming through town … again. But for the first time in a…