Not that Sir Mix-A-Lot’s cultural currency was ever really fading, but the Seattle rapper has had something of a renaissance…
Tinder has the tendency to get creepy fast. Screencap after screencap of skeezy would-be-gentlemen’s overly forward messages have flooded the…
Planetary Resources? Is that the name of a company from a sci-fi movie, you ask? NOPE IT’S A REAL LIFE…
I once heard someone describe Blood Brothers vocalist Johnny Whitney’s voice as “Lisa Simpson getting strangled.” Coincidentally, that’s also the…
“I won’t even step on my own rug with my shoes/But if you want to/Walk those pretty Jeffrey Campbell heels…
Okay, okay, so technically Ishmael Butler has only signed one act to Sub Pop since becoming an A&R man for…
If you want to get to know a band, don’t ask “What’s your preshow ritual?” Instead, take them out on…
Named after a Star Wars assassin droid, local ambient artist IG88 detected the high midi-chlorian count in R&B jedi Shaprece,…
At a glance, electronic music can seem at odds with the natural—which is why Manatee Commune, aka 20-year-old Grant Eadie,…
Toke up, Seattle! You legalized pot. In this dusky-green era in the Emerald City, we are blessed not only with…
Tendai “Baba” Maraire’s father Dumi single-handedly brought the beautiful sounds of the mbira to U.S. shores in the ’70s during…
Black Flag’s masculine shirtless shouting be damned—with all the screaming and bodily fluids involved, nothing’s more punk rock than squeezing…
Wishbeard have a self-proclaimed “boy band” following among queer teenage girls. Beyond lead singer Bryn Santillan’s cameo in Mary Lambert’s…
Every day, Lindy West wakes up, trudges through hordes of horrifying baby-men who threaten her on the Internet, and proceeds…
When I walked into Short Run last year, I had no idea it was going to change my life. By…
Led by its mustachioed editor Marc Palm, The Intruder quarterly comics compendium has become the clarion call of Seattle’s new…
As The Comet Tavern’s longtime former owner Sam Wright described its storied, filthy bathroom, “You could hock a loogie on…
This year I started to notice I was able to bike to work without fear of dying, one of the…
Microsoft used to be an undeniable giant. But with fierce competition from Apple, the company has struggled, and following the…
Seattle Police are nationally known both for handing out Doritos at Hempfest and for brutally kicking suspects in the head…
