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El Vez
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Its never quite Christmas without a run-in with El Vez, the self-billed Mexican Elvis. All wry gimmicks and sly puns, the bilingual troubadour has been ... Read more
Portable Grindhouse
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Measuring only about 7½ by 4 inches, videocassette boxes were notunlike their LP forbearslarge enough for collectable, frameable artwork. Yet thats a limitation that editor ... Read more
KEXP Yule Benefit
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009It’s only fitting that KEXP’s Yule Benefit exclusively comprises Northwest bands, all of which are very worthy of your attention. While Seattle eight-piece Grand Hallway’s ... Read more
Melt-Banana
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Rare is the band that can extend its reach over multiple genres with as much dexterity, originality and charm as Melt-Banana. Any attempt to describe ... Read more
Mew
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Denmarks Mew gives prog-rock a good name their 2005 release, And the Glass Handed Kite, a critical success, was atmospheric and moody in a ... Read more
Bob Schneider
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Bob Schneider is living disproof of the old aphorism you cant polish a turd. Not, of course, that Schneider himself is a turd; I am ... Read more
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009John Cameron Mitchells 2001 adaptation of his off-Broadway show is a rollicking, funny, near-classic movie musical. Teetering on high heels, Hedwig never outruns its origins, ... Read more
Evangelista
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009One of the most important, yet unsung women in rock n roll, Carla Bozulich, is back with her umpteenth project Evangelista, a masterful experiment in ... Read more
Zero 7
Published 8:00am Wednesday, December 9, 2009Losing longtime vocal collaborator Sia must have forced Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker of Zero 7 to reformulate their music. While they have spent their ... Read more
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Evangelista ~ Wednesday, December 9 One of the most important yet unsung women in rock ‘n’ roll, Carla Bozulich, is back with her umpteenth project, ... Read more
Blix Know(le)s Best
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Why an obscure label in Gig Harbor tied its future to a kid from the Isle of Man. Read more
With her Total Experience Gospel Choir, now in its fourth decade, Pastor
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009With her Total Experience Gospel Choir, now in its fourth decade, Pastor Pat Wright has traveled as far outside the choir room as Neumos to ... Read more
A rumor that Balkan Beat Box, a band that puts on one
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009A rumor that Balkan Beat Box, a band that puts on one of the most fun, energetic live shows I’ve ever had the privilege of ... Read more
OTBs The A.W.A.R.D. Show
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Handing grant-making power to the audience. Read more
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Holds His Own in a Very Enjoyable Backstage Tale
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Orson Welles lives on not only in posthumously restored director’s cuts of his movies but as a character in other people’s novels, plays, and films—notably ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009WEDNESDAY 12/9 Holiday Events: Ticket to the North Pole The kids are on holiday break and dying of boredom. Or you need a respite from ... Read more
Seattle Shakespeares Twelfth Night
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Like Valentines Day in December. Read more
Bloody Well Wright
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009The Black Nativity pastor samples Cornell, Sabzi, and Jesus (naturally). Read more
Imaginary Girls, Real Love
Published 8:00am Tuesday, December 8, 2009Eight years later, Three Imaginary Girls have multiplied and proselytized, but still keep it light. Read more
…at least when it comes to being able to go on tour
Published 8:00am Monday, December 7, 2009…at least when it comes to being able to go on tour with bands whose fanbase is largely made up of minors. As you may ... Read more