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The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010Wilco ~ Wednesday, February 10 In less than 10 years (1995 to 2002), Wilco evolved from a scrappy bar band at the cutting edge of ... Read more
Dave Rawlings Machine
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010Over the years, Gillian Welchs longtime guitarist and collaborator Dave Rawlings has played for and collaborated with some of Americanas most heralded performers Welch, ... Read more
Grandmaster Flash
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010Grandmaster Flash is hip-hop. The double-back, back-door, back-spin, phasing, cuttin, scratching – back in the early 70s, Flash literally penned the hip hop DJs dictionary, ... Read more
The Sound Off! Class of 2010
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010The annual competition pits 12 underage bands against each other in what has become a local rite of passage for up-and-coming bands. Here are the ... Read more
Rocket Queen: Love Is Laughter
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010Two local benefit shows take aim at leukemia. Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010WEDNESDAY 2/10 Film/Dance: Step Lively The sixth pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Swing Time (1936) begins the Wednesday night “Metro Classics” series (through ... Read more
Q&A: Aham Oluo on Kind of Blue, Generic Jazz, and the State of the Seattle Jazz Scene
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010The local chameleon apes Miles Davis, digs Radiohead, and has a history with that guy from Grizzly Bear. Read more
Leave it to Jona Bechtolt to turn the YACHT combines the power
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010Leave it to Jona Bechtolt to turn the YACHT combines the power of Weezer and Madonna into one song. Photo by Sarah Meadows.rhapsody of Weezer’s ... Read more
The Round 57
Published 8:00am Tuesday, February 9, 2010In the fall of 2007, Benjamin Verdoes of Mt St Helens Vietnam Band conceived and composed a five minute classical waltz. A Waltz for Furnace, ... Read more
The xxDuff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about
Published 8:00am Monday, February 8, 2010The xxDuff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about his current listening habits every Monday.I was glad to find out that Steve ... Read more
Barca (1510 11th Ave.) is gorgeous in a creepy sort of way,
Published 8:00am Monday, February 8, 2010Barca (1510 11th Ave.) is gorgeous in a creepy sort of way, with giant wooden doors, blood-red walls, and glass-blown light fixtures that provide more ... Read more
Seattle’s Hard Rock Cafe–at 116 Pike Street–opens to the public on Wednesday.
Published 8:00am Monday, February 8, 2010Seattle’s Hard Rock Cafe–at 116 Pike Street–opens to the public on Wednesday. Live music starts in March.I had a chance to wander around the glossy ... Read more
Pavement, the only band confirmed to play Sasquatch! 2010 so far.In an
Published 8:00am Monday, February 8, 2010Pavement, the only band confirmed to play Sasquatch! 2010 so far.In an unorthodox turn of events, Adam Zacks and the Live Nation folks will be ... Read more
Jack’s Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon rocks from his piano bench.Proving every bit
Published 8:00am Saturday, February 6, 2010Jack’s Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon rocks from his piano bench.Proving every bit as spirited and forceful as I’d anticipated, Andrew McMahon and the rest of ... Read more
Spoon– Daily News: Frances Bean’s finally heading into the studio.– Pitchfork: The
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010Spoon– Daily News: Frances Bean’s finally heading into the studio.– Pitchfork: The video for Spoon’s “Written In Reverse” isn’t as good as the song, but ... Read more
Our contributor thinks there’s nothing wrong with this picture. Please set him
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010Our contributor thinks there’s nothing wrong with this picture. Please set him straight.Disclaimer: The following post comes from Mike Mahoney, SW’s proofreader/occasional music writer who ... Read more
SOL performs at his sold-out Haiti benefit brainchild, Thursday, Feb. 4, at
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010SOL performs at his sold-out Haiti benefit brainchild, Thursday, Feb. 4, at Neumos.There have been some big nights for Seattle hip-hop lately. The Croc’s Go ... Read more
Van Dyke Parks and Clare and the Reasons
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010Van Dyke Parks digs the young ladies. After providing arrangements for Joanna Newsoms 2006 epic Ys, the avant-pop genius has gone on to collaborate with ... Read more
The Princess and the Frog is a smart, jazz-fueled fairy tale set
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010The Princess and the Frog is a smart, jazz-fueled fairy tale set in New Orleans. The Dinner: Cheeseburgers, fries, and chocolate milkshakes at Burgermaster (9820 ... Read more
Annie Clark of St. VincentDo Make Say Think, the Happiness Project, Years
Published 8:00am Friday, February 5, 2010Annie Clark of St. VincentDo Make Say Think, the Happiness Project, Years at Chop Suey, 9 p.m. $14If you’re planning on heading out to see ... Read more