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Furthur
Used to be, the notion of a member of a cover band that covers one particular band being…
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Kele
Put your opinions about Bloc Party aside, because Kele Okereke’s album, The Boxer, has next to nothing to…
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Cloud Cult
Craig Minowa of Cloud Cult has been writing heartbreakingly mournful songs about the untimely death of his two-year-old…
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Airborne Toxic Event
Dear Airborne Toxic Event: You are my badge of shame to wear, and I have come to accept…
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Willie Nelson
As the alt-country hipsterati has embraced Willie Nelson over the last decade, his coolness cache has gone through…
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Karl Blau
It’s hard to name a Seattle or Olympia-based artist who hasn’t worked with K Records stalwart Karl Blau…
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The Head Cat
While hes primarily known as leader of one of the loudest, punk-informed metal bands of all time, Motorhead…
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Jason Falkner
In 1988, then-20-year-old singer-guitarist Jason Falkner joined the final incarnation of The Three OClock the jangly stalwarts…
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Rockaraoke
Rockaraoke has always made regular karaoke seem like tiddlywinks, but the concept was flawed. For years, theyve tried…
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Night Beats
While Seattle three-piece the Night Beats’ soulful sludge rock invokes the heady psychedelia of Cream, the 13th Floor…
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The Cult
It would be easy to dismiss the Cults Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy as the Gene Simmons and…
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Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme
If theres doubt that funk is anything but alive, well and ass-kicking, critics need look no further than…
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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
WEDNESDAY 9/15 Stage: Bare Essentials Get a bunch of men to pull down their pants, and you’re in…
Music
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Rockaraoke / Wednesday, September 15 Rockaraoke has always made regular karaoke seem like tiddlywinks, but the concept was…
News
Rob McKenna Says After Obamacare, Feds Will Next Mandate We Buy Chevys
Also, the attorney general warns against water fluoridation.
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
John Hughes often-quoted 1986 teen comedy makes excellent use of Matthew Brodericks slightly corrupt charm (and a certain…
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Sausagefest
It is, depending on your perspective, either best-named or worst-named local festival of the fall: Sausagefest. And it…
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Rowan Jacobsen
Acclaimed food writer Rowan Jacobsen has previously penned books about honeybees and oysters. In his latest work, he…
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Nightmare Alley
Forgotten today, novelist William Lindsay Gresham actually worked among the carnival freaks before writing Nightmare Alley, which begins…
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Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer, the intellectual crush of many a nerd-set hipster, is best known for his fictionchiefly Extremely…