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Seattle-based dance duo LawnChair Generals operate on a principle similar to many
Published 7:00am Friday, March 19, 2010Seattle-based dance duo LawnChair Generals operate on a principle similar to many jocks/producers on the Left Coast: keep it clean and keep it soulful. So, ... Read more
A Prairie Home Companion
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 18, 2010More Bill Maher than Norman Rockwell, Garrison Keillor can poke fun at liberal institutions (food co-ops, say, or our squeamishness about Christmas) as blithely as ... Read more
The site celebrates tonight at the Croc.It was hard to imagine a
Published 7:00am Thursday, March 18, 2010The site celebrates tonight at the Croc.It was hard to imagine a year ago that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could ditch nearly all its employees and ... Read more
The Davanos
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010The Davanos are local legendsif you live in Lake City, that is. Every Wednesday, the three-piece cover bandfeaturing Dusty 45 Jerry Battista on guitar, Fred ... Read more
Rachel Harrington
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010For some odd reason, Seattles own Rachel Harrington has found greater success in the U.K. and Europe than in her homeland. The singer is by ... Read more
Mac Lethal
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Hip-hop artists trip all over themselves to prove how real they are, but Kansas City’s Mac Lethal is walking warts-and-all reality. Making a name for ... Read more
Balkan Beat Box, with The Bad Things. Showbox at the Market, 1426
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Balkan Beat Box, with The Bad Things. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $20. Balkan Beat Box often sounds like a ... Read more
Fair
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010The local guitar-pop quartet Fair is one of those bands you know the kids are going to love. With sing-along, Top 40-worthy choruses, front man ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Balkan Beat Box / Wednesday, March 17 Balkan Beat Box often sounds like a cross between Matisyahu and a whacked-out DJ vibing in a black ... Read more
BOAT
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Headlining BirthDIYfest (billed as Vera Projects one-night-only do-it-yourself music festival), BOAT rides high on their bright, guitar-driven melodies and quirky lyrical inspirations. Known to shower ... Read more
LA Guns
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010While phrases like “mothers, lock up your daughters” might not have been coined with LA Guns in mind, they certainly capture the spirit of the ... Read more
Wild Orchid Children
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010There’s good reason why Wild Orchid Children’s sound is so hard to define – the amount of conflicting elements in the band can be overwhelming. ... Read more
Yep, you guessed it. Green jello shots.Kells Irish Bar and Restaurant boasts
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Yep, you guessed it. Green jello shots.Kells Irish Bar and Restaurant boasts that it throws the largest St. Patrick’s Day party in the Northwest, with ... Read more
Balkan Beat Box
Published 7:00am Wednesday, March 17, 2010Balkan Beat Box often sounds like a cross between Matisyahu and a whacked-out DJ vibing in a black site somewhere in the Middle East. This ... Read more
CD Reviews: Ted Leo and Drive-By Truckers
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010Ted Leo and the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks (Matador Records) On “The Mighty Sparrow,” the opening track from his Matador debut, Ted Leo sings “When ... Read more
Austin Tales: How to Survive SXSW
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010True crime and true stories from the industry's annual bbq. Read more
So Many Ways to Say Good Morning!
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010Dear Uptight Seattleite, I have a passionate relationship with my husband who’s also my first cousin. We love passionately and we fight passionately. Lately it’s ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010WEDNESDAY 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day: In Da Pub People who take jabs at Kells, Fado, and F.X. McRory’s for being St. Patrick’s Day amateur hours ... Read more
Q&A: Janie Hendrix
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010On Jimi's new album, his memorial, and his next decade of music. Read more
Atom’s Eve
Published 7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010While environmentalists squabble, nuclear power is on the rise. Read more