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Sleater-Kinney: (from left) Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein, and Corin Tucker.

Music

A Riot Of Their Own

Motherhood, politics, and personal upheaval yield Sleater-Kinney's best album yet. But are they ready to become "the only…

The King will thrill his subjects, Sept. 22.

Arts & Culture

Fall Arts— Music

The king is dead; long live the king! Lost in all the hype surrounding the silver anniversary of…

Love story: Chuck Prophet.

Music

Dark Prophet

Spinning tales of broken hearts and broken bones.

Slobberbone; Best, foreground: "As far as I'm concerned, we've always been a rock band."

Music

Party Line

Nine years after their kegger christening, Slobberbone are still kicking.

Scott McCaughey: When it comes to his feeling for music, passion is no ordinary word.

Music

The Man Who Loved Music

Seattle's busiest rock eclectic, Scott McCaughey, gets Down with Wilco and comes up with an instant classic.

Slip 'n Slide: JFA's Brian Brannon at Arizona's famed 7-to-Life pool, circa '88.

Music

Armed Forces

After 20 years, skate-punk pioneers JFA are still on a roll.

El Vez: Sí, Sí Rider.

Music

The Great Pretender

The multitalented, multifaceted Robert Lopez really is the man who would be king.

Working in a soul mine: Lil' Danny Lanois puzzles with his SXSW keynote.

Music

Austintatious

Does South by Southwest serve a higher purpose, or is it merely an excuse to go on a…

Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch: "It was a hell of a long shot," says Prophet of the couple mingling rock and romance, "but it's the long shots that pay off best."

Music

It Takes Two

Stephanie Finch and Chuck Prophet beat the odds, making marriage and music work with the stunning Hotel San…

Music

Suite Inspiration

Among the members of Seattle’s power pop mafia, the Model Rockets have long been regarded as a band…

Wilco, showing at a theater near you.

Music

Being There

Wilco's rock 'n' roll melodrama.

Visqueen: from left, Rachel Flotard, Kim Warnick, and Ben Hooker.

Music

Grand Royal

The Seattle vets of Visqueen create their own classic rock with King Me.

At School With Randy Newman

Arts & Culture

At School With Randy Newman

He finally got that Oscar, and now one of America's finest songwriters is giving us an Education.

Nobody's Angel

Music

Nobody’s Angel

With a new CD that draws on her troubled Northwest past, country revivalist Neko Case seems poised for…

Jimmy Eat World: Adkins in foreground.

Music

World Party

Jim Adkins on Glenn Danzig, Big Poppa, and who's really responsible for the 'pussification' of rock.

Prophet: mouthing off.

Music

Chuck Amok

Probably best known—”if at all,” as he jokes—as the white-hot guitar slinger for ’80s Paisley Underground turned alt-country…

Palace guard: Jay Bennett (left) and Edward Burch.

Music

Jammin’ with Edward

Ex-Wilco axman emerges with new partner and a familiar sound.

Peter Case: "My thing is telling stories."

Music

Case in Point

Peter Case's long road from power-pop to Beeline.

Shadows dancing: Detroit's Waxwings.

Music

Flying High

Nothing, it seems, can keep the Waxwings grounded.