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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, November 1, 2011FRIDAY 11/4 Film: Woman in Green Eric Rohmer‘s 1986 masterpiece Le Rayon Vert (aka The Green Ray) delivers an absorbing, empathic portrait of a complex ... Read more
John Roderick’s Answers & Advice: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Published 7:00am Tuesday, November 1, 2011Passing on Auto Shop was almost as bad a move as that earring, Dad. Read more
Spank Rock
Published 7:00am Tuesday, November 1, 2011DJ/promoter Franki Chan cut his teeth in Seattle, booking fun, scrappy shows at the Graceland (now El Corazon) and debauched afterparties at the infamous Egg ... Read more
Band: The Jesus RehabSingle: “No More Tears”Label: Self-releasedRelease Date: Out NowNo More
Published 7:00am Monday, October 31, 2011Band: The Jesus RehabSingle: “No More Tears”Label: Self-releasedRelease Date: Out NowNo More Tears (For Me) by The Jesus RehabThis single is genuine, 1999 End Music, ... Read more
The Gnu Deal
Published 7:00am Monday, October 31, 2011The Gnu Deal is the breezy, steezy hip-hop of Eric Graham and Ashton Hemmons, two irrepressible White Center homeboys who rap about Annies Mac and ... Read more
SBTRKT
Published 7:00am Monday, October 31, 2011Recently, Seattle hip hop seers Shabazz Palaces appeared on a remix of rising London producer SBTRKTs platinum-gleaming Wildfire, a track whose nexus of collaborators also ... Read more
The War on Drugs
Published 7:00am Monday, October 31, 2011When Richard Nixon coined the phrase The War on Drugs in 1971, he could not possibly have predicted that it would become the name of ... Read more
Mariachi El Bronx
Published 7:00am Saturday, October 29, 2011While the notion of a Los Angeles punk band developing a side project steeped in the traditions of mariachi music might seem odd upon initial ... Read more
Seattle and Reykjavik–the capital of Iceland–happen to be sister cities, and KEXP
Published 7:00am Friday, October 28, 2011Seattle and Reykjavik–the capital of Iceland–happen to be sister cities, and KEXP will commemorate this fact at a showcase that combines musicians from both cities ... Read more
Even though Greece and the United States are in the midst of
Published 7:00am Friday, October 28, 2011Even though Greece and the United States are in the midst of economic woes, Costas Opa Greek Restaurant does not seem to be experiencing either ... Read more
Wandering Worx Entertainment”Liberation of the Monster is a sonic assault on all
Published 7:00am Thursday, October 27, 2011Wandering Worx Entertainment”Liberation of the Monster is a sonic assault on all the preconceived notions that chain a person to mediocrity.” –KhingzReleased today on Vancouver, ... Read more
Jim BennettPickwick’s in-studio performance at KEXP is featured in the new PBS
Published 7:00am Thursday, October 27, 2011Jim BennettPickwick’s in-studio performance at KEXP is featured in the new PBS documentary “Something in the Water.””Something in the Water” is a new mini-documentary from ... Read more
The Hold Steady
Published 7:00am Thursday, October 27, 2011The Hold Steadys most recent record, 2010s Heaven Is Whenever, was pretty much universally derided as the worst of the bands career. But the criticism ... Read more
Brad Mehldau
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 26, 2011Pianist Brad Melhdaus versions of Radiohead songs are by no means his crowning achievement, but for non-jazz experts, theyre the easiest entry point into his ... Read more
All Star Tribute to the Replacements
Published 7:00am Wednesday, October 26, 2011When Paul Westerberg sang “You be me for a while and I’ll be you,” I will dare to say that he probably wasn’t referring to ... Read more
Judas Priest’s Patient Parishioners
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011Distasteful detours forgiven, the band's congregation remains faithful. Read more
Ear Supply: Dance Dance Revolution
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011A Cornish legend reborn. Read more
Bottomfeeder: World Pizza II
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011A much-missed grunge-era pizzeria is reborn in Chinatown. Read more
Pete Dexter Lets It Bleed
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011Hard at work on his eighth novel, the Deadwood author still packs a punch. Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, October 25, 2011FRIDAY 10/28 Books: Reconnaissance, War, Tragedy The tallest peak in the world has inspired a mountain of books, and Wade Davis now adds a suitably massive ... Read more