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The Big Lebowski

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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…

Josiah Wolf

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Josiah Wolf

Best known as drummer of indie rock meets hip-hop act WHY?, multi-instrumentalist Josiah Wolf used his wide array…

Caribou

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Caribou

Caribou’s going to be hitting the dance tents at Sasquatch on Sunday, but a dark and sweaty club…

Sasquatch!

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Sasquatch!

If you’re a music fan in the Northwest, Memorial Day weekend doesn’t mean veterans and barbecues – it…

Northwest Folklife

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Northwest Folklife

The cool kids cringe, but every year hundreds of people still manage to have an awesome time at…

Gates of Slumber

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Gates of Slumber

Gates of Slumber is a prime example of the glorious ridiculousness inherent in most metal genres. Just one…

Bobby Bare Jr.

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Bobby Bare Jr.

If you’re looking for a shining example of bridging the gap between the old guard and blazing new…

Victor Shade

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Victor Shade

No knock on Ra Scion’s prowess, but the best cut on the local MC’s new project with producer…

Junger's subjects in War (and Restrepo) in a lull between combat.

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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

WEDNESDAY 5/26 Futbol: Sophomore Slump The Sounders season-ticket holder behind me wondered if Boca Juniors were a teen…

Glenn Rockowitz

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Glenn Rockowitz

Glenn Rockowitz was a 28-year-old stand-up comic in New York, with a wife just two weeks away from…

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins hasn’t met a media project he could turn down. Or, maybe he just can’t turn down…

The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle

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The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle

There are many things about The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle that make it great—the mix of animation…

Stars on Ice

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Stars on Ice

Put down the TV remotes. Hang up the phones. No longer will call-in votes be the only way…

Box With the Sound of Its Own Making

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Box With the Sound of Its Own Making

A group show, “Box With the Sound of Its Own Making” gets you thinking about process and materials.…

Sounders vs. Boca Juniors

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Sounders vs. Boca Juniors

The Sounders season-ticket holder behind me wondered if the Boca Juniors were a teen team, maybe the youth-outreach…

BARE

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BARE

The 1997 reissue of Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds included a disc of 11 songs with all instrumentation stripped…

Trainwreck

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Trainwreck

Backstage at last year’s Lollapalooza, amidst the likes of LiLo, Joe Perry and Lou Reed, the celebrity sighting…

Skerik’s Syncopated Taint

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Skerik’s Syncopated Taint

Skerik’s many projects range from the shamelessly retro (McTuff) to the strenuously strange (Critters Buggin’), but the Taint’s…

Broken Bells

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Broken Bells

One would think that the collaboration between Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), the producer who brought us Gnarls Barkley,…

Frog Eyes

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Frog Eyes

The Canadian experimental rock outfit Frog Eyes makes foggy, distorted music, replete with crashing percussions and the occasional…