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Space Cadets

Molding the next Lester Bangs at 826 Seattle.

Soft Sounds

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Soft Sounds

Vashti Bunyan's soft-folk tendencies.

Small Band, Huge Target

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Small Band, Huge Target

The Thermals take aim at our fascist regime.

The Incredible Shrinking Bumbershoot

Arts & Culture

The Incredible Shrinking Bumbershoot

Our guide to the small things that make Seattle's arts festival great.

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Running With the Big Dogs

Hip-hoppers Blue Scholars.

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King of the Road

A weekly distillation of musical goings-on, local and otherwise. I have a fondness for dimly lit bars that…

Bats of Belfry

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Bats of Belfry

Hard work does pay off.

Val Kiossovski

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Val Kiossovski

Best Rocker/Bartender

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Getting Droned

Any time Earth rolls through town is ample cause for celebrating the fuzzy power of drone metal. Especially…

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West Seattle Rocks

It’s rare that a record store could be considered the cultural nexus of a neighborhood. But on a…

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In Oregon

Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.

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For Kids’ Sake

First off, James Keblas is an absolute genius. As co-founder and former executive director of the Vera Project,…

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Billy Joel and Goldfish Sandwiches

Four artists share their guilty, and not-so-guilty, pleasures.

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Club Hugo House

Mayor Greg Nickels’ nightlife proposal is chock-full of fascinatingly vague bullet points. The plan, which has Seattle’s club…

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King’s in Ballard

Ballard’s nightlife scene has long been marked by a sense of community. And as with any community, the…

Howlin Rain: Not a bunch of crusty hippies.

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The New Freedom

Digging toward the power source of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, Ethan Miller comes up Howlin…

Flossing: Dita Vox–style.

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Dig This

Thee Emergency do it loud.

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Barstool Blues

Piss Drunk

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White Heat

Think About Life fire up indie-electronic thrash.

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Mayor Club Hater

Seattle’s nightlife community has to wonder: Does Greg Nickels want to be seen as the No. 1 anti-nightlife…