Our guide to the small things that make Seattle’s arts festival great.
Hip-hoppers Blue Scholars.
A weekly distillation of musical goings-on, local and otherwise. I have a fondness for dimly lit bars that feel like…
Hard work does pay off.
Best Rocker/Bartender
Any time Earth rolls through town is ample cause for celebrating the fuzzy power of drone metal. Especially these days,…
It’s rare that a record store could be considered the cultural nexus of a neighborhood. But on a sun-bleached Friday…
Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.
First off, James Keblas is an absolute genius. As co-founder and former executive director of the Vera Project, he not…
Four artists share their guilty, and not-so-guilty, pleasures.
Mayor Greg Nickels’ nightlife proposal is chock-full of fascinatingly vague bullet points. The plan, which has Seattle’s club owners and…
Ballard’s nightlife scene has long been marked by a sense of community. And as with any community, the vibe is…
Digging toward the power source of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, Ethan Miller comes up Howlin Rain.
Thee Emergency do it loud.
Piss Drunk
Think About Life fire up indie-electronic thrash.
Seattle’s nightlife community has to wonder: Does Greg Nickels want to be seen as the No. 1 anti-nightlife mayor? His…
Thoughts on this year’s festival.
Brace yourself: The cherished old Comet Tavern is cleaning house. Brian J. Barr
At one point during the Cops‘ politically charged set at this year’s Seattle Weekly Music Awards Showcase, singer-guitarist Mike Jaworski…
