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Life With the Conchords, Big Black, and Another Showbox in SoDo

Cruel Summer.

When you hail from the Motor CIty, it helps to have a bassist named “Buick.”

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The Go: One of Detroit’s Most Overlooked Treasures Returns to Seattle

Anticipation is building for onetime Jack White collaborator's gig at the Comet.

Arts & Culture

Juhu Beach + Birthday Suits + Madraso + Division of Planes

Friday, August 10

Beth Ditto gets young women over their body-image issues.

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Viva las Feministas: Beth Ditto and Laurie Lindeen Give Riotous Behavior a Good Name

Girls can tell.

Former Trucker Jason Isbell Navigates Rocky Roads in Search of His Own Voice

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Former Trucker Jason Isbell Navigates Rocky Roads in Search of His Own Voice

Four years in the making, solo debut pays homage to the past while tentatively pushing forward.

Justice: ready to preach to the converted.

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Justice, the Go, and the Local Label Ready to Take on Journey

New day rising.

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Adams Put on a Restrained, Tantrum-Free Show at the Moore

It could have put you to sleep.

Tiny Vipers In-Store

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Tiny Vipers In-Store

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Kleveland

Sunday, July 22

R.I.P. Kelly Johnson.

Music

Mile-High With Nick Lachey, Catching Up With Team Dresch in L.A., and Saying Goodbye to Girlschool’s Kelly Johnson

I’ve written this column in plenty of odd, unexpected contexts—on a godforsaken cruise ship off the coast of…

Is Ryan Adams Really at Peace, or Is It Just a Temporary P.R. Stunt?

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Is Ryan Adams Really at Peace, or Is It Just a Temporary P.R. Stunt?

These days, he seems more intent on delivering impressive performances than, say, arguing with an audience member who…

DJ Country Mike: Creepy jackalope guy?

Music

Old Friends and Country in Edison, and Another Cop

Honky-tonk Hiccups

Eat Drink Toke

Hazelwood Twins’ Unusually Harmonious Clientèle

Owners hope the bar will be Seattle's smallest.

Carly Nicklaus of the Catch and U.S.E., hairstylist at VAIN.

Music

Carly Nicklaus Cuts Hair to Keep Rockin’

Payin' the bills with Seattle's musicians.

History lesson: Chinas Comidas in 1979.

Music

Fallout From the Past Makes Its Way to Ballard, and Chinas Comidas Get Their Due

Notes from the underground.

Johnny Sangster: punk passion, pop massage.

Music

Johnny Sangster Serves the Artist and the Listener.

That may mean working with Mudhoney or Lars Ulrich's dad.

Music

I just bought a bike after not having ridden one since I

I just bought a bike after not having ridden one since I was probably 12 or so. I’m…

. . . according to Slim Cessna.

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There are certain hardworking bands that are destined to stay unjustly under

There are certain hardworking bands that are destined to stay unjustly under the radar, only to find their…

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It’s no grand revelation that Rolling Stone has dramatically devolved since its

It’s no grand revelation that Rolling Stone has dramatically devolved since its heyday. We don’t need any more…

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I’ve been watching with much dismay as Kelly Clarkson has gotten the

I’ve been watching with much dismay as Kelly Clarkson has gotten the serious shaft from her record company,…