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Cave of Forgotten Dreams: Werner Herzog’s 3-D Adventure!
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 3, 2011One of the few justifiable recent excursions into 3-D, Werner Herzog’s new documentary charts a secret wonder of the world, the Chauvet cave—a subterranean gallery ... Read more
Breath: A South Korean Prison Romance
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 3, 2011Another twisted, obsessive love story from South Korea’s Kim Ki-duk, the 2007 Breath is a tale of two households riven by jealousy, revenge, and sexual ... Read more
Smashing Pumpkins at Showbox SoDo.Our sister paper, LA Weekly, has the exclusive
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 3, 2011Smashing Pumpkins at Showbox SoDo.Our sister paper, LA Weekly, has the exclusive on “Owata,” a new track from Smashing Pumpkins from their latest, Teargarden By ... Read more
Ear Supply: Haydn Makes SSO Jump Through Hoops
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 3, 2011The first three movements of Haydn‘s Symphony no. 60 offer no more than the usual number of surprises and feints, though the second does seem ... Read more
(image courtesy of lapetitecoquin.blogspot.com)Saturday, May 7th is the 137th “Run for the
Published 7:00am Monday, May 2, 2011(image courtesy of lapetitecoquin.blogspot.com)Saturday, May 7th is the 137th “Run for the Roses” – the Kentucky Derby. But enough about sports, let’s talk about booze. ... Read more
It’s been said about many a band, but I’ll say it again
Published 7:00am Monday, May 2, 2011It’s been said about many a band, but I’ll say it again about this one: the Long Beach quartet The Fling–brothers Dustin and Graham Lovelis ... Read more
The Magic Flute
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011Mozart’s last two operas, written concurrently in 1791, couldn’t be more different. La clemenza di Tito is a throwback to the rigid conventions of baroque ... Read more
Peter Bjorn and John
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011In a conversation about Swedish indie-pop trio Peter Bjorn and John,the helplessly catchy whistle of their 2006 smash hit Young Folks might serve as both ... Read more
Mogwai
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011Mogwai has been creating atmospheric, largely instrumental rock since its formation in 1995, but the Scottish band is harder to pin down both musically and ... Read more
Joan of Arc
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011For sixteen years and across as many albums, Joan of Arc has been a relentlessly shapeshifting act, adding and sloughing off members around prolific and ... Read more
Henry Open House
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011Everyone’s famous, or should be. Everyone’s got talent. And everyone’s pushing it in your face via YouTube, Twitter, blogs, and every form of social media. ... Read more
Beach Fossils
Published 7:00am Friday, April 29, 2011Anyone trying to recover from a stressful, frenzied, negative day should be advised to sit back and spin Beach Fossils 2010 self-titled full-length, or its ... Read more
(Editor’s Note: The photo originally embedded in this post has been removed.)As
Published 7:00am Thursday, April 28, 2011(Editor’s Note: The photo originally embedded in this post has been removed.)As we reported yesterday, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold pointed out via Twitter: “Both ... Read more
Ask a Mexican!
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 27, 2011Dear Mexican, Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics “No paramos,” “Nunca paramos,” or some other logically equivalent statement (e.g. “Siempre avanzaremos,” ... Read more
Last night, KEXP DJ Assistant Jon B. Hamilton sent me the following
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 27, 2011Last night, KEXP DJ Assistant Jon B. Hamilton sent me the following tweet, retweeted by Capitol Hill Block Party, speculating that Seattle grunge icons Soundgarden ... Read more
Ear Supply: Jack and Ethel
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2011Two visiting string quartets bring the genre into this century. Read more
Renee McMahonThe Gorge during Sasquatch! 2010.The numbers on Sasquatch! 2010’s carbon footprint,
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2011Renee McMahonThe Gorge during Sasquatch! 2010.The numbers on Sasquatch! 2010’s carbon footprint, according to a report provided to Reverb by Carbon Harmony, the company responsible ... Read more
The Pipettes
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2011Were he not serving a life sentence in prison, Wall of Sound creator and former producer Phil Spector would clamor to work with the Pipettes, ... Read more
Land of Pines
Published 7:00am Tuesday, April 26, 2011Land of Pines has the kind of idiosyncratic back story that makes music critics salivate. The local band is the project of childhood friends Evan ... Read more