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Seattle Punk Group MOIST May Have Dried Up, But Don’t Miss the Killer Record They Left Behind
Hailing from Hawaii, the band moved to Seattle and took it by storm before decamping once again.
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On ‘Mirror,’ Rapper Romaro Franceswa Reassesses His Reflection
The local hip-hop artist’s new record is a confident stride towards an ascendant selfhood.
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In the Wake of Hurricane Matthew, Seattle Hip-Hop Artist Sol Lends Haiti a Hand
Proceeds from Sol’s upcoming show will go toward rebuilding 10 Haitian schools lost in the storm.
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Big BLDG Is Making the Jump From Music Festival to Nonprofit Record Label
The SoDo-based organization will provide physical releases for up-and-coming artists, for free.
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Broken Spear’s ‘True’ Stretches Pop Into Pointillism
Redmond-native Seb Choe’s latest is a musical salad worth picking apart.
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Research and Action Potential Celebrate a Year of Spoiling Seattle’s Electronic Music Scene
“Come Through, It’s Lit.”
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More Than a TAD Overdue
Sub Pop is reissuing the influential early releases of a Seattle grunge-rock original.
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With ‘Don’t Settle,’ Seattle Rapper Raz Simone Expands Hip-Hop’s Language for Intimacy
In his newest, Simone makes a sincere, reasoned case for polyamory and the pitfalls of monogamy.
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Bruce Leroy’s (North)West Coast Hip-Hop
The Tacoma rapper’s latest makes a case for the PNW’s inclusion in the West Coast rap canon.
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For QTPOC, When You’re at Reverend Dollars’ ‘Darqness’ Party, ‘You’re Around Family’
This weekend marks the latest edition of the Seattle DJ’s vital party series.
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Diogenes and Remember Face Reflect the Exciting Spectrum of Contemporary NW Hip-Hop
At their joint album-release party, sample a distinctive but broadening regional sound.
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The Best Local Records We Heard This October
Don’t drink the Seattle haterade—listen to Remember Face, Nail Polish, Trans FX, and Benoît Pioulard.
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The Star-Studded, Experimental Indigenous Funk of Khu.éex’
Tlingit meets funk with Preston Singletary and the late Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell.
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Nail Polish Writes the Punk Music 2016’s Identity-Consuming, Social-Media World Deserves
Seattle’s most #Authentic band.
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Like the Comic That Inspired Them, Merso Keeps Its Riffs Murky
The band takes cues from Alan Moore’s ‘Swamp Thing’ on its new record, ‘Red World.’
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Seattle Virtuoso Quinton Morris Is Set to Open Violin Studio for Low-Income Students of Color
With Key to Change—serving South King County—Morris pays forward generosity he received as a youth.
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On ‘Hiding Places,’ Local Rapper/Producer Brakebill Puts His Past on the Table
The downcast ambient hip-hop record finds the artist wrestling with the sins of the father.
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The Washington State History Museum Lets You Experience the Origins of DIY IRL
‘A Revolution You Can Dance To’ Revisits Olympia’s ’90s Underground Music Explosion
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At ‘Home’ With the Exquisites
Punk partners for 20 years, Jason Clackley and Gavin Tiemeyer’s new record looks back on hard times.
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When His Daughters Asked Hard Questions About Tamir Rice, Local Rapper Yirim Seck Made a Song
“We Call it Murder,” speaks to the psychological damage images of brutality are having on children.