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Sports & Adventure •—————————————————•Best Mariner Felix HernandezBest Seahawk Richard ShermanBest Sounder Clint DempseyBest Storm Player Sue BirdBest
Published 9:58pm Sunday, August 3, 2014Sports & Adventure•—————————————————• Best MarinerFelix Hernandez Best SeahawkRichard Sherman Best SounderClint Dempsey Best Storm PlayerSue Bird Best Reign Player (tie)Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe Best ParkDiscovery ... Read more
This is a highly subjective category. Your best LBS (local bike shop)
Published 4:54am Sunday, August 3, 2014This is a highly subjective category. Your best LBS (local bike shop) ought to be your closest bike shop. In Pioneer Square, that means Back ... Read more
I last caught Kithkin at the Crocodile for its CD release show
Published 4:30am Sunday, August 3, 2014I last caught Kithkin at the Crocodile for its CD release show with Master Musicians of Bukkake. That band’s psychedelic brand of goth doom metal ... Read more
I once heard someone describe Blood Brothers vocalist Johnny Whitney’s voice as
Published 4:30am Sunday, August 3, 2014I once heard someone describe Blood Brothers vocalist Johnny Whitney’s voice as “Lisa Simpson getting strangled.” Coincidentally, that’s also the sound the band’s grieving army ... Read more
The end of The Lonely Forest is notable not for what the
Published 4:29am Sunday, August 3, 2014The end of The Lonely Forest is notable not for what the music world lost with the departure of the anthemically inclined and emotionally forthright ... Read more
Ballard’s Light in the Attic had a banner year. Rather than filling
Published 4:25am Sunday, August 3, 2014Ballard’s Light in the Attic had a banner year. Rather than filling a niche or focusing on a genre, the 12-year-old label has continued to ... Read more
In a town that’s seen some of its most beloved watering holes
Published 4:25am Sunday, August 3, 2014In a town that’s seen some of its most beloved watering holes and venues shutter to make way for urban development, local director Ryan Worsley’s ... Read more
If you want to get to know a band, don’t ask “What’s
Published 4:25am Sunday, August 3, 2014If you want to get to know a band, don’t ask “What’s your preshow ritual?” Instead, take them out on a lake in a goddamn ... Read more
Named after a Star Wars assassin droid, local ambient artist IG88 detected
Published 4:24am Sunday, August 3, 2014Named after a Star Wars assassin droid, local ambient artist IG88 detected the high midi-chlorian count in R&B jedi Shaprece, and the two have proceeded ... Read more
Technically he’s no longer a Seattleite. If you really want to be
Published 4:24am Sunday, August 3, 2014Technically he’s no longer a Seattleite. If you really want to be specific, composer and Bainbridge Island native Jherek Bischoff’s not much of a permanent ... Read more
Does the world really need more Radiohead? Probably not. But one thing
Published 4:23am Sunday, August 3, 2014Does the world really need more Radiohead? Probably not. But one thing we could all use a little more of is the music of the ... Read more
Categorizing herself as alternative soul, Whitney Monge has poured everything, including her
Published 4:23am Sunday, August 3, 2014Categorizing herself as alternative soul, Whitney Monge has poured everything, including her soul, into music. Spending most of her days, year-round, busking outside the choice ... Read more
Otieno Terry was the winner at this year’s EMP underage band competition,
Published 4:22am Sunday, August 3, 2014Otieno Terry was the winner at this year’s EMP underage band competition, SoundOFF!, pulling the audience in from his first note to his very last. ... Read more
Raz Simone’s 2014 started with a bang, with the announcement that he
Published 4:22am Sunday, August 3, 2014Raz Simone’s 2014 started with a bang, with the announcement that he was the first rapper to sign to Lyor Cohen’s new venture, 300 Entertainment. ... Read more
Over the past year, there has been almost-unanimous praise for Industrial Revelation
Published 4:20am Sunday, August 3, 2014Over the past year, there has been almost-unanimous praise for Industrial Revelation from the Seattle music press. After the release of the curt and courteous ... Read more
While at Cornish, 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist Lena Simon dabbled in a little bit
Published 4:20am Sunday, August 3, 2014While at Cornish, 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist Lena Simon dabbled in a little bit of a lot, studying everything from classical clarinet (her most proficient instrument) and ... Read more
Tendai “Baba” Maraire’s father Dumi single-handedly brought the beautiful sounds of the
Published 4:20am Sunday, August 3, 2014Tendai “Baba” Maraire’s father Dumi single-handedly brought the beautiful sounds of the mbira to U.S. shores in the ’70s during his time as an ethnomusicologist ... Read more
Wishbeard have a self-proclaimed “boy band” following among queer teenage girls. Beyond
Published 4:19am Sunday, August 3, 2014Wishbeard have a self-proclaimed “boy band” following among queer teenage girls. Beyond lead singer Bryn Santillan’s cameo in Mary Lambert’s “She Keeps Me Warm” video, ... Read more
Tigerlily, Annabella Bird, and Emiko are Bleachbear, arguably the coolest teen girls
Published 4:19am Sunday, August 3, 2014Tigerlily, Annabella Bird, and Emiko are Bleachbear, arguably the coolest teen girls in Seattle right now. Thoughtful, intelligent, and talented, it’s hard to believe they’re ... Read more
Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in for at Book-It’s epic
Published 4:12am Sunday, August 3, 2014Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in for at Book-It’s epic June adaptation of Michael Chabon’s epic Pulitzer-winner The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ... Read more