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The Intelligence

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The Intelligence

Punk may be dead, but there are mediums who can channel its deranged ghost, and the Intelligence vocalist…

Rumspringa

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Rumspringa

“Rumspringa” is a term of Dutch origin, typically used in reference to the theoretically hedonistic sabbatical Amish adolescents…

Bad Religion

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Bad Religion

It’s been 31 years since Greg Graffin founded Bad Religion, one of the most literate and intelligent punk…

Over the Rhine

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Over the Rhine

Even after playing music together for seven years, Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiller still liked each other enough…

Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos

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Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos

Not long ago, Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos had even more band members than words in…

Built to Spill

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Built to Spill

If it feels like Boise rockers Built to Spill have been touring non-stop for the past handful of…

Diminished Men

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Diminished Men

Inescapable references to David Lynch, Ennio Morricone, and all things sonically surreal notwithstanding, Diminished Men’s willfully obtuse approach…

High Places

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High Places

The L.A. by-way-of Brooklyn duo High Places – arranger and multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and singer Mary Pearson –…

Hobosexual

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Hobosexual

It’s Matt Brown’s birthday! Who’s Matt Brown? Who cares?! Whoever he is (local music mega-super-fan, if you must…

Wild Orchid Children

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Wild Orchid Children

When you put on animated shows the way Wild Orchid Children do, it’s pretty difficult to make an…

Night Catches Us

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Night Catches Us

In 1976 Philadelphia, a former Black Panther returns home from prison to find a new generation of youth…

Say Anything

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Say Anything

John Cusack as romantic lead? It didn’t seem likely, but that’s exactly what happened with the alchemy of…

Muth won't fictionalize her mom.

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Stage Preview: Mother Knows Best

We talk to four artists who'll be telling you about their mommy issues.

Rawstock

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Rawstock

Booze is an important component of this short-film omnibus, which ranges from inept Seattle killers (in the ongoing…

Nutcracker

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Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky was not enthusiastic about his commission to write music for Nutcracker, which Pacific Northwest Ballet is staging…

The Real Inspector Hound & The Boundary

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The Real Inspector Hound & The Boundary

Two theater critics indulge their own fantasies and insecurities in the satirical whodunit unfurling before them onstage in…

Corin Hewitt

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Corin Hewitt

True, it includes broken shards of sheetrock and metal studs. But Corin Hewitt’s Wall isn’t really a wall…

Huskies vs. UCLA

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Huskies vs. UCLA

Before the current UW football season, scheduling a game during Thursday night rush hour seemed like a pretty…

How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?

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How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?

The title of New York choreographer Ralph Lemon’s new How Can You Stay in the House All Day…

Seattle Symphony

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Seattle Symphony

Ravel’s Bolero hypnotizes not only because of its sultry (but unyielding) tempo or languid tune, but because that…