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Hockey got mildly indie-famous in 2009 when its hooky electro-pop anthem “Too
Published 4:22pm Thursday, August 1, 2013Hockey got mildly indie-famous in 2009 when its hooky electro-pop anthem “Too Fake” was featured in a JCPenney commercial. Sophomore record Wyeth Is came out ... Read more
Welcome to the readers’ poll portion of Seattle Weekly’s Best of Seattle
Published 4:02pm Thursday, August 1, 2013Welcome to the readers’ poll portion of Seattle Weekly’s Best of Seattle 2013, where we hand the great power of naming the city’s best people ... Read more
This summer in Seattle has been one of the best I can
Published 3:48pm Thursday, August 1, 2013This summer in Seattle has been one of the best I can remember. The weather has been stellar, and the outdoor music festivals we are ... Read more
Deception Past, If You Know What I Mean . . . (out now, self-released, deceptionpast.com):
Published 11:29pm Wednesday, July 31, 2013Deception Past, If You Know What I Mean . . . (out now, self-released, deceptionpast.com): This band’s 12 members prove that you can take musicians out of their ... Read more
It’s been a tough decade for live theater, in Seattle and beyond.
Published 6:58pm Wednesday, July 31, 2013It’s been a tough decade for live theater, in Seattle and beyond. The great recession, Netflix, and more never-leave-the-house entertainment options, among other factors, have ... Read more
Wednesday 8/7 Photography: Costume Histories Two regions of Africa are addressed
Published 6:39pm Wednesday, July 31, 2013Wednesday 8/7 Photography: Costume Histories Two regions of Africa are addressed by two different photographers in Signares & Hereros. The Herero are a tribe in ... Read more
The Ghost Inside If, while listening to The Ghost Inside’s third album,
Published 6:16pm Wednesday, July 31, 2013The Ghost Inside If, while listening to The Ghost Inside’s third album, Get What You Give, you think “Hmm, this sounds a touch like A ... Read more
Openings & Events Joan Backes She shows new paintings in The Natural
Published 10:35pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Openings & Events Joan Backes She shows new paintings in The Natural and the Artificial. Also on view, work by Margaret Watson. Artist reception, 2 ... Read more
Stage Openings & EvEnts Beauty of the Father In Nilo Cruz’s play,
Published 9:44pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Stage Openings & EvEnts Beauty of the Father In Nilo Cruz’s play, the ghost of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca converses with the living. Presented ... Read more
Dance Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation Public performances in this weeklong festival
Published 9:33pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Dance Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation Public performances in this weeklong festival include “Dance Innovators in Performance,” with John Jasperse, Sara Shelton Mann, and several ... Read more
Illyria Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., 781-9707, taproottheatre.org. $25–$40. Runs Wed.–Sun.
Published 8:01pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Illyria Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., 781-9707, taproottheatre.org. $25–$40. Runs Wed.–Sun. Ends Aug. 17. What’s best about Illyria (by some distance) is Pete Mills’ ... Read more
Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics Love turns into lust for
Published 7:06pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics Love turns into lust for revenge in the classic 1937 screwball comedy The Awful Truth. Almost-exes Irene Dunne ... Read more
The Uncluded, the duo of Aesop Rock’s Ian Bavitz and Kimya Dawson,
Published 4:54pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013The Uncluded, the duo of Aesop Rock’s Ian Bavitz and Kimya Dawson, took its name from a book by artist/writer Michael Bernard Loggins. As written ... Read more
Only a few months ago, Alexandra Niedzialkowski and her Cumulus bandmates launched
Published 4:11pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013Only a few months ago, Alexandra Niedzialkowski and her Cumulus bandmates launched a Kickstarter with a charming video, in which they all cook omelettes and ... Read more
Shakespeare famously quipped that “brevity is the soul of wit.” Little known
Published 11:03pm Monday, July 29, 2013Shakespeare famously quipped that “brevity is the soul of wit.” Little known history tidbit: being a mega-metalhead/closeted gay man, Shakespeare was actually a huge Gaytheist ... Read more
The thing that most impresses, and frightens, opera newbies about Wagner’s The
Published 8:24pm Monday, July 29, 2013The thing that most impresses, and frightens, opera newbies about Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung cycle—the thing they all ask about first—is the length: ... Read more
It’s tempting to employ a bit of hyperbole and call the Timber!
Published 7:59pm Monday, July 29, 2013It’s tempting to employ a bit of hyperbole and call the Timber! Outdoor Music Fest a tremendous success. But that would be misleading. Timber! was ... Read more
In case you didn’t notice the traffic road blocks and flocks of
Published 5:05pm Monday, July 29, 2013In case you didn’t notice the traffic road blocks and flocks of neon-clad teenagers, the Capitol Hill Block Party took over its titular hood this ... Read more
Illyria Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., 781-9707, taproottheatre.org. $25–$40. Runs Wed.–Sun.
Published 4:59pm Monday, July 29, 2013Illyria Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., 781-9707, taproottheatre.org. $25–$40. Runs Wed.–Sun. Ends Aug. 10. What’s best about Illyria (by some distance) is Pete Mills’ ... Read more
When Museum of History and Industry staff were drawing up projections for
Published 1:13am Saturday, July 27, 2013When Museum of History and Industry staff were drawing up projections for how many people would visit the facility in its new, glorious setting on ... Read more