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After a dozen years apart, Ben Folds Five, one of the ’90s’
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2013After a dozen years apart, Ben Folds Five, one of the ’90s’ most surprising success stories, re-formed last year, inspired by their 2011 greatest-hits record, ... Read more
Feature-length animation has become a monopoly for Disney and Pixar, while basically
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2013Feature-length animation has become a monopoly for Disney and Pixar, while basically nothing is made for adults. At a typical cartoon matinee, you buy tickets ... Read more
Hot Bodies in Motion, Principle AOut now, self-releasedWebsite Befitting a band whose
Published 8:00am Monday, January 28, 2013Hot Bodies in Motion, Principle AOut now, self-releasedWebsite Befitting a band whose website bears the unfortunate tagline “Soulful Swagger,” Hot Bodies in Motion are a ... Read more
If evangelicals can hate the sin but not the sinner, is it
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013If evangelicals can hate the sin but not the sinner, is it cool to hate the play but love the players? There’s a slammin’ band ... Read more
Garrett Croxon started writing songs on his guitar back around 2006, but
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013Garrett Croxon started writing songs on his guitar back around 2006, but first played them onstage less than a month ago. In the interim, Croxon, ... Read more
When Kenny Gorelick was a teenager in the early ’70s, he took
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013When Kenny Gorelick was a teenager in the early ’70s, he took saxophone lessons from a man named Johnnie Jessen in a sparsely decorated room ... Read more
This doc is Wagner for Dummies, and I mean that in the
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013This doc is Wagner for Dummies, and I mean that in the best sense: I can’t imagine a more engaging basic introduction to the composer ... Read more
Israel Keyes killed people, but he didn’t have an exact count, he
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013Israel Keyes killed people, but he didn’t have an exact count, he said, sitting at a table in an Alaskan jailhouse, hands folded in the ... Read more
Hollywood generally treats aging as an ennobling process, a time of gauzy
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013Hollywood generally treats aging as an ennobling process, a time of gauzy reflection or an opportunity to transmit sage wisdom to towheaded grandkids. Beyond Cocoon ... Read more
The unheralded godfather of minimalism, Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee (1900–64) became so
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013The unheralded godfather of minimalism, Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee (1900–64) became so captivated by a recording of Balinese music that he moved there to study ... Read more
Eliot HazelFor Swedish duo Niki and The Dove, anything can serve as
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 22, 2013Eliot Hazel For Swedish duo Niki and The Dove, anything can serve as a source of inspiration. “We can hear a song from the synthesizer, ... Read more
Dave LakeTitle Fight’s Ned Russin. Heading into the Showbox at the Market
Published 8:00am Monday, January 21, 2013Dave LakeTitle Fight’s Ned Russin. Heading into the Showbox at the Market on Friday night for Quicksand’s first Seattle show in nearly 20 years was ... Read more
This year, California goth folkie Chelsea Wolfe released Unknown Rooms, an acoustic
Published 8:00am Saturday, January 19, 2013This year, California goth folkie Chelsea Wolfe released Unknown Rooms, an acoustic album that stripped away a touch (a touch) of the terror from her ... Read more
After spending 2008 through 2011 nearly constantly in the public spotlight, Lady
Published 8:00am Saturday, January 19, 2013After spending 2008 through 2011 nearly constantly in the public spotlight, Lady Gaga had something of a less exposed 2012. She kept busy touring on ... Read more
Sleeping Beauty and the Pea
Published 8:00am Friday, January 18, 2013If you ever wondered what the groundling experience was like in Shakespeare’s time—yelling back at the cast as though their characters were speaking to you, ... Read more
If Elvis Presley had lived long enough to celebrate his upcoming birthday,
Published 8:00am Thursday, January 17, 2013If Elvis Presley had lived long enough to celebrate his upcoming birthday, there’s no question he’d be the greatest living pop star on the planet. ... Read more
Lauren ColtonMary Lambert releases her book of poetry, 500 Tips for Fat
Published 8:00am Wednesday, January 16, 2013Lauren ColtonMary Lambert releases her book of poetry, 500 Tips for Fat Girls, Saturday at the Fremont Abbey.Singer-songwriter Mary Lambert jumped on our radar earlier ... Read more
WEDNESDAY 1/16Stage: Coin TossAmerican Buffalo was, two years after its 1975 Chicago debut,
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 15, 2013WEDNESDAY 1/16Stage: Coin TossAmerican Buffalo was, two years after its 1975 Chicago debut, David Mamet’s first play to reach Broadway. (He was then all of 30 ... Read more
Things this hit show’s creators—Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez—hate: received
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 15, 2013Things this hit show’s creators—Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez—hate: received wisdom, Disney plasticity, Johnnie Cochran, and condescension from anyone anywhere on the politico-religious ... Read more
Rossini’s 1817 Cenerentola is roughly the Cinderella tale we all know, with a few
Published 8:00am Tuesday, January 15, 2013Rossini’s 1817 Cenerentola is roughly the Cinderella tale we all know, with a few important twists: The wicked stepmother is instead a stepfather, Don Magnifico; and the ... Read more