Local bands looking to break into Barboza and Neumos will now be routed through Belltown’s The Rendezvous, according to a…
V. Contreras, V. Contreras (out now, self-released, musicofv.com) Already known as the powerhouse vocalist behind the Seattle Rock Orchestra, V….
Every time new census numbers come out, Spokane buzzes like the Grand Coulee Dam. It’s not the raw population figures…
Come Memorial Day weekend, the skinny-jeaned mecca known as Capitol Hill thins out as everyone heads to the Gorge to…
What Mickey Avalon did to his “muse” (nemesis?) Jane Fonda in an eponymous song is indefensibly sexist but criminally funny….
Truly, one of the best things about music, any kind of music, is the story it tells. Whether it speaks…
Riff Raff is practically an urban legend—a bizarre white man with cornrows and an MTV-logo tattoo, a persona that purportedly…
Grynch, Street Lights (out now, self-released, getgrynch.com) With his fourth full-length album, Seattle rapper Grynch waxes nostalgic, keeping one foot…
Various artists, Seattle Noise Vol. 1 (May 20, Good to Die Records, goodtodierecords.com) A collaboration by Good to Die, AVR…
Seattle’s kings of the reissue, Light in the Attic, are kicking off a brand new partnership with the skateboarding, boozing,…
Above: O Paon will be playing this year’s Anacortes Unknown Music Series. That dead creature next to her will not…
Singer/songwriter Priscilla Ahn lets her voice do the work. Over stripped-down acoustic tracks, ukuleles included, Ahn commands each one with…
Everyone is looking at their phones as Childish Gambino, the hip-hop moniker of Donald Glover, belts a stirring falsetto at…
Wednesday, May 14 Riff Raff is practically an urban legend—a bizarre white man with cornrows and an MTV-logo tattoo, a…
Friday, May 9 Don’t Talk to the Cops invited some friends to help celebrate vocalist and producer djblesOne’s birthday with…
Each year I head out to the Bumbershoot lineup party wondering if it’ll be a crazy mess of a success…
Nickel Creek Saturday, May 17 Contrary to what some might have believed in the wake of Nickel Creek’s final (at…
Burn List CD Release Show Wednesday, May 14 When many people hear the word “jazz,” they grumble. As Spinal Tap’s…
If the recent spate of beautiful weather has you thinking “beach” but you can’t get away just yet, Ty Dolla…
