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of Montreal: Critics Vs. the Destroyer
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 20, 2012Kevin Barnes, the band's enigmatic frontman, confronts his adversaries. Read more
This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 20, 2012From Kelly Clarkson to Sharon Van Etten. Read more
Voracious Dining Guide
Published 7:00am Monday, March 19, 2012Our 2012 neighborhood snackdown! Read more
You were a little flat at the end of your performance of
Published 7:00am Monday, March 19, 2012You were a little flat at the end of your performance of “Happy Birthday” there, Wolf ViolinistThe last few days, Village Voice Media’s indefatigable music ... Read more
Danny ClinchEvery week I sit down with 97.3 KIRO FM’s Josh Kerns
Published 7:00am Friday, March 16, 2012Danny ClinchEvery week I sit down with 97.3 KIRO FM’s Josh Kerns and we put together a one-hour music show called Seattle Sounds that airs ... Read more
Pygmalion
Published 7:00am Friday, March 16, 2012In this Seattle Shakespeare Company production, director Jeff Steitzer readily accepts that Pygmalion has its own Hollywood baggage: The stage lights rise to the strains ... Read more
Judas Queen
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012Freddy Mercury and Rob Halford totally fucking rock. They also are (were, in Mercury’s case) totally fucking gay. In fact, no two motherfuckers have done ... Read more
Islands
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012After spending most of last year playing with the stomping, “doom-wop,” Sub Pop-signed indie supergroup Mister Heavenly, the chameleonic Nick Thorburn quieted things down with ... Read more
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012Ladysmith Black Mambazo is probably the most popular a cappella group on the planet. Their inclusion on Paul Simon’s massively successful 1986 Graceland—recently reissued for ... Read more
Nick RalloSharon Van Etten, at the NPR showcase, was a stunner. Plus,
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012Nick RalloSharon Van Etten, at the NPR showcase, was a stunner. Plus, there was a box accordion?If you’re familiar with chaos theory, which in its ... Read more
HERE/NOW
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012As a motto, HERE/NOW sounds like an admonition from Ram Dass, but as the title of this ongoing improvisation project run by Paige Barnes and ... Read more
Woody Guthrie Project
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012The unfinished lyrical canon of American folk singer Woody Guthrie is so vast—it contains over 3000 handwritten lyrics—and universally revered it seems every few years ... Read more
Blake Shelton & Dia Frampton
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 14, 2012Blake Shelton is one of the biggest names in mainstream country right now, but I know little about his music career other than he has ... Read more
Indie rock has long had a place on Comedy Central’s satirical right
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 14, 2012Indie rock has long had a place on Comedy Central’s satirical right wing broadcast the Colbert Report–from Stephen Colbert’s challenging the Decemberists to a green-screen ... Read more
Casa de Mi Padre: Will Ferrell Mugs in Spanish
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012Rogue comic Will Ferrell recently turned up in an Old Milwaukee commercial exclusively for the Davenport, Iowa, local market; the obvious next career move, then, ... Read more
Tell Me About That Album: The Magnetic Fields
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012Stephin Merritt explains why he's got 69 Love Songs, but not a single cupcake. Read more
After taking a three-album break from using synths, Stephin Merritt and his
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012After taking a three-album break from using synths, Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields return to their 1990’s sound — and label — with Love ... Read more
Opening Nights: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012The lead is exceptional, the script isn't. Read more
Say No to (Manhattan) Drugs
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012How tough is it to bake a potato properly? Read more
Family Stepping Stone
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012Two of the city's hippest funk institutions would rather hit an off note than play the same thing twice. Read more