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Measuring the Homogenization of the Music Festival
Are music festivals truly all the same now? We crunched the data for 21 NW fests to find…
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The Best Local Records We Heard This May
Despite the onslaught of sad news this month, the local scene kept pumping out gold nuggets.
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RAMZi on the Spirits, Cartoon SFX, and Healing Bird Noises Behind Her Alien Jungle Music
Phoebé Guillemot’s unclassifiable sonic universe is like a safari through a mutant forest.
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Carlos Lopez Wins Grand Jury Prize for Sync 2016
The Seattle filmmaker’s 3-D turn distinguishes him in an excellent field.
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Karl Blau Takes a Nashville Turn With Producer Tucker Martine as His Guide
The indie mainstay finds new life in songs from another place and another time.
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In Its Ninth Iteration, Debacle Fest Expands ‘Experimental’
Given the silo-centric culture here in Seattle, the notion of uniting the city’s disparate scenes might also be…
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SassyBlack’s Sci-Fi Seduction
“I remember going to Disneyland with my homegirl,” she says, giggling on a U District patio. “We went…
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Local Producer Justin Hartinger Logs Into ‘Darknet’
Within the next five weeks, Hartinger is unleashing not one, but two new EPs of original tracks unto…
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Electric Eye: Beach Party at Golden Gardens
Seattle’s dance music scene goes to Golden Gardens for a day party.
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The Leaked Bumbershoot Lineup Was the Real Deal
A Redditor named “CoogiMonster” beat AEG to the punch, but did it really even matter?
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Electric Eye: Paradise Blooms with Sunshine Jones
In anticipation of the third summer of their weekly Wednesday evening dance party, Paradise Sunset Sessions hosted a…
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The Best Local Records We Heard This April
Activist hip-hop, occult rap, and weirdo punk made our month.
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After the Death of Prince, KEXP Gives Fans a Place to Come Together
The Seattle nonprofit radio station has long celebrated the musicians who defined a particular kind of pop music.…
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Spekulation Continues Local Hip-Hop’s Uncle Ike’s Resistance
“I don’t think Uncle Ike’s is the cause of the problem,” Watson notes, “but I’ll be damned if…
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Hip-Hop Activist Draze on Uncle Ike’s, Community Justice, Political Rap, and Being a Dad
The clearest and most incisive recent critique of the capital forces changing the Central District came last week…
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Local Bands and Artists Team Up for Forty-Two Inches of Record Store Day Fun
Fainting Room Collective’s Triple-Six 7-Inch Box Set features records from Haunted Horses, Bali Girls, Stickers, He Whose Ox…
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Get Down on the Dance Floor (Literally) at This Unusual Local Club Night
People drift in and out, chat, or meditate, and you might see someone popping a melatonin or asking…
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Electric Eye: Joule Is a Nightlife Jewel
Saturday night saw another resounding success from the collaborative efforts of burgeoning production team Upper Left and events-focused…
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ILLFIGHTYOU’s Mosh-Pit Trap Hits the Crocodile
You can find the Tacoma-based trio ILLFIGHTYOU at the corner where glass-rattling bass intersects with murder-mayhem lyricism.