What’s new in history.
A night on the town with dance-scene veteran Groovin’ Kim.
Often, power-pop fans are hilarious. Only a confirmed Pollyanna or an extremely sloppy thinker would have imagined Teenage Fanclub taking…
VARIOUS ARTISTS Offshore Presents Troubled Water Mixed by Clever (Offshore/ Single Cell) The last genre where any nondiehard looks for…
Battling spring breakers and getting housed in Miami.
Idem, $19.95 THE ’40S SAXOPHONIST, bandleader, and songwriter Louis Jordan spent 106 weeks at the top of Billboard‘s R&B chart—more…
Rediscover the sounds of Africa.
Last Thursday, Oct. 6, I arrived at the office to a computer whose hard drive had spontaneously combusted overnight, taking…
Ossman-Dudley Trio, “St. Louis Tickle” (Columbia/Legacy; 1906). Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright, “Ticklish Reuben” (Old Hat; 1927). Alfred Lewis, “Mississippi…
Giving the gift of the musical past.
Les Rhythmes Digitales is gonna make you sweat.
Meanwhile, independent record retailers are ascending.
Light briefly shines on a dark continent.
America’s most dedicated drum-and-bass DJ converts one dancer at a time.
The oldies circuit is seldom fun for the people on it. You hit the casinos or dinner theaters, and run…
Spotted outside: Eye and Ear Control, 4822 Rainier SW, 722-0300 Name: David Wight Where do you live? Issaquah What do…
Among those feeling oppressed by the cultural hegemony of the ’60s (and considering that horribly mummified “500 Greatest Albums” list…
Seattle’s best rock band floats like butterflies and stings like Sick Bees.
A century ago, absinthe was banned in the U.S. and France. Now it’s the hippest drink in Seattle—if you can find it.
A triple round of Slug.
