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ZZ Ward plays the Neptune tonight.

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A Prairie Home Companion storyteller/host Garrison Keillor is the main attraction tonight,

A Prairie Home Companion storyteller/host Garrison Keillor is the main attraction tonight, but it’s difficult to imagine his…

Fatoumata Diawara plays Jazz Alley on Tuesday.

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Wednesday, April 9 There’s something incredibly authentic about Temples’ brand of ’60s

Galen Disston of Pickwick.

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Galen Disston of Pickwick, Tim Wilson of Ivan & Alyosha, Mychal Cohen

Galen Disston of Pickwick, Tim Wilson of Ivan & Alyosha, Mychal Cohen of Campfire OK, and Ben Doerr…

Things don’t always go as planned during Aaron Roden’s Air-Raid podcast.For the

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Things don’t always go as planned during Aaron Roden’s Air-Raid podcast.For the

Things don’t always go as planned during Aaron Roden’s Air-Raid podcast. For the most part, Roden’s conversations with…

Late last month, hundreds of music fans of all stripes gathered at

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Late last month, hundreds of music fans of all stripes gathered at

Late last month, hundreds of music fans of all stripes gathered at SIFF Cinema’s Uptown Theatre for the…

Lydia Loveless Friday, April 4 If June Carter played in a rock

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Lydia Loveless Friday, April 4 If June Carter played in a rock

Lydia Loveless Friday, April 4 If June Carter played in a rock band, there’s a good chance she’d…

Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its

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Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its

Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its way into Seattle’s hearts by sighing…

Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its

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Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its

Last time local punks Childbirth made a video, the band pelvic-thrusted its way into Seattle’s hearts by sighing…

Virgin of the Birds, Winter Seeds (4/8, Abandoned Love Records, virginofthebirds.com) A

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Gifted Gab, Girl Rap (out now, self-released, 1giftofgab.bandcamp.com/album/girl-rap) For all of Seattle

Gifted Gab, Girl Rap (out now, self-released, 1giftofgab.bandcamp.com/album/girl-rap) For all of Seattle hip-hop’s perceived positivity, the one thing…

Kings of Leon play the Key Arena tonight.

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Friday, March 28 After 12 years in the local scene, Spanish for

Friday, March 28 After 12 years in the local scene, Spanish for 100 are calling it quits. The…

Neutral Milk Hotel Friday, April 4 Four years before indie darlings Neutral

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Neutral Milk Hotel Friday, April 4 Four years before indie darlings Neutral

Neutral Milk Hotel Friday, April 4 Four years before indie darlings Neutral Milk Hotel gained cult status with…

Susy Sun plays the Triple Door Tuesday, April 8.

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Wednesday, April 2 A Happy Death I’m going to be honest: I

Wednesday, April 2 A Happy Death I’m going to be honest: I asked to write about this band…

The tykes of the Strypes back the Croc tonight.

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Shoegaze and new wave often run parallel to each other, admiring each

Shoegaze and new wave often run parallel to each other, admiring each one another from afar. Weekend is…

Kurt Cobain once said “teenage angst has paid off well, but now

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Kurt Cobain once said “teenage angst has paid off well, but now

Kurt Cobain once said “teenage angst has paid off well, but now I’m bored and old.” Years later,…

Mutiny Mutiny, Don’t Quit Your Day Job (out now, self-released, mutinymutiny.com) When

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Mutiny Mutiny, Don’t Quit Your Day Job (out now, self-released, mutinymutiny.com) When

Mutiny Mutiny, Don’t Quit Your Day Job (out now, self-released, mutinymutiny.com) When it seems that the world around…

Whitney Ballen, Falls (out now, self-released, whitneyballen.bandcamp.com) Whitney Ballen’s voice isn’t for

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Whitney Ballen, Falls (out now, self-released, whitneyballen.bandcamp.com) Whitney Ballen’s voice isn’t for

Whitney Ballen, Falls (out now, self-released, whitneyballen.bandcamp.com) Whitney Ballen’s voice isn’t for everybody, but for those who love…

Above: KEXP's most played song of 2013A programmer named Jewel Loree, who

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Above: KEXP’s most played song of 2013A programmer named Jewel Loree, who

Above: KEXP’s most played song of 2013 A programmer named Jewel Loree, who specializes in “computer data visualization,”…

Giraffes shimmer in Chimurenga Renaissance's "Visual Album" for riZe vadZimu riZe

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Chimurenga Renaissance’s Visual Album is a Tripped Out Tour of ZimbabweTendai “Baba”

Chimurenga Renaissance’s Visual Album is a Tripped Out Tour of Zimbabwe Tendai “Baba” Maraire, better known to many…

Animals as Leaders play El Corazon tonight.

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Animals as Leaders serve instrumental progressive-metal shredding, aided by leader Tosin Abasi’s

Animals as Leaders serve instrumental progressive-metal shredding, aided by leader Tosin Abasi’s fondness for eight-string guitars (let’s see…

When Tendai “Baba” Maraire was 25, his mother took the family to

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When Tendai “Baba” Maraire was 25, his mother took the family to

When Tendai “Baba” Maraire was 25, his mother took the family to Masvingo, the Zimbabwean village where his…