Seattle is a hard place to live if you aren’t a sports fan. In Southern California, where I grew up,…
Damien Jurado’s Saint Barlett is just one 2010 Seattle album you could vote for.KEXP has started its annual “Top 90.3…
MTV can’t keep up with Seattle’s rapidly evolving music scene.
Earlier this week, MTV finally announced that “$5 Cover Seattle”–the Lynn Shelton-directed docudrama about one weekend and 13 bands in…
Darren Hanlon’s quiet, charming folk was drowned out by a talkative crowd at the Tractor on Saturday.As a huge fan…
Carrie Brownstein, the guitarist for permanently-on-hiatus girl rock pioneers Sleater-Kinney, isn’t one to watch her words in interviews. (She famously…
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock is using the power of his own record label to re-issue two of his band’s…
Laura MusselmanRobin Pecknold may have jumped the gun when he announced last month that Fleet Foxes finally finished recording their…
Here’s a duo of weird news items to start off your weekend. First, San Francisco’s Smuin Ballet is mounting a…
Artist: MoondoggiesAlbum: TidelandsLabel: Hardly ArtRelease Date: Oct. 12Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): BuyDownload: You can hear all of it now….
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The Corin Tucker Band has released a new video for “Riley,” the second single from the band’s debut 1,000 Years,…
All of these Pacific Northwest musicians dared to cover Led Zeppelin.I’m on the fence about this new release from Jealous…
Artist: Darren HanlonAlbum: I Will Love You At AllLabel: Yep RocRelease Date: Out nowRating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): BuyThe opener…
While there are myriad reasons to get excited over Mt. Fuji’s new Long Winters/Spiral Stairs split–Spiral Stairs is the intense…
If you’ve been trolling eBay and searching record stores for the past decade, lamenting that Carissa’s Wierd albums are out…
Paige RichmondWho: BOATWhen: 2 p.m.Where: EMP Sky ChurchI’ve called BOAT ridiculous in the past, and I’d argue that assessment was…
Laura MusselmanWho: FencesWhen: 6:45 p.m.Where: EMP Sky ChurchWhen Chris Mansfield performs live these days–or, at least, during his packed show…
Who: David BazanWhen: 4 p.m.Where: Broad Street StageThe man who once famously sang his feelings about going solo–“I still run…
Renee McMahonWho: Justin Townes EarleWhen: 4:45 p.m.Where: Starbucks StageJustin Townes Earle is an entertainer. As a singer-songwriter with a penchant…
Who: Parlour StepsWhere: EMP Sky ChurchWhen: 3:30 p.m.When the Parlour Steps hit the mark with a song, they really, truly…
Who: See Me RiverWhere: EMP Sky ChurchWhen: 6 p.m.There was a moment–just a few songs into See Me River’s set–when…
