Music
Why Musicians Forget Songs… Right in the Middle of Them
After playing a song hundreds of times, what happens when performers simply go blank?
Dave Lake
Music
More Than a TAD Overdue
Sub Pop is reissuing the influential early releases of a Seattle grunge-rock original.
Music
Ten Acts Worth Seeing at This Year’s Bumbershoot
From hip-hop to country to improv Shakespeare, the Labor Day fest offers something for everyone.
Music
Paul Allen’s New-Music Summit and Festival Draws Skeptics and Reserved Praise
Will the Upstream Music Festival vitalize the local music industry and community, or simply piss it off?
Arts & Culture
The Democratizing LEGO Art of Nathan Sawaya
The Pacific Science Center’s Art of the Brick exhibit will appeal to anyone who has ever snapped a…
Music
Local Bands and Artists Team Up for Forty-Two Inches of Record Store Day Fun
Fainting Room Collective’s Triple-Six 7-Inch Box Set features records from Haunted Horses, Bali Girls, Stickers, He Whose Ox…
Music
After moving offices every few years, Scott Blum finally got the courage
After moving offices every few years, Scott Blum finally got the courage to dive into the box of…
Music
While Dan Koch was a student at Cal Poly in the early
While Dan Koch was a student at Cal Poly in the early 2000s, he was simultaneously playing guitar…
Music
Billy Idol survived New Wave, heroin, and a motorcycle wreck, and lived
Billy Idol survived New Wave, heroin, and a motorcycle wreck, and lived to tell about it all in…
Music
To my mind, the highest achievement in the music biz is not
To my mind, the highest achievement in the music biz is not being inducted into the Rock and…
News
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil is known for a lot of things—notably thick
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil is known for a lot of things—notably thick guitar riffs, a graying beard, and…
Music
Jordan Cook was one of a few hundred lucky souls who packed
Jordan Cook was one of a few hundred lucky souls who packed the Showbox in April 2010 for…
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On his final tour with Scream in 1990, just months before its
On his final tour with Scream in 1990, just months before its implosion, Dave Grohl made it to…
Music
At 25, Noah Gundersen has already logged more miles on the road
At 25, Noah Gundersen has already logged more miles on the road than many musicians 10 years his…
Music
J Mascis likes to play loud. Which is why it’s a bit
J Mascis likes to play loud. Which is why it’s a bit weird that his second solo record,…
Music
It’s never easy for a band to replace a longtime singer—even if
It’s never easy for a band to replace a longtime singer—even if your band dresses in elaborate latex…
Music
Until recently, it seemed that most music from the 1980s would be
Until recently, it seemed that most music from the 1980s would be forever relegated to the dustbin of…
Music
It is both a blessing and a curse that English rock band
It is both a blessing and a curse that English rock band the Psychedelic Furs are tethered to…
Music
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of anxiety every time Robert
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of anxiety every time Robert Zimmerman announces a new string of…
Music
It all started when Jen Wood finally bought a piano. With a
It all started when Jen Wood finally bought a piano. With a new marriage and a new home,…