VARIOUS ARTISTS Mistletoe and Merriment (Hear Music) This year’s holiday compilation from Starbucks has got some gems, some oddballs, and…
Dylan’s recently released Rolling Thunder Revue set is a necessary, if incomplete, tour document.
Burger and Ink’s solo projects extend Cologne’s musical reach.
Thunder rumbles in the distance, growing closer at an alarming rate. From my window, I watch as clouds of hot…
Wednesday, March 2West Indian Girl + Brazilian GirlsBe weary all ye of those who name themselves after hallucinogens (West Indian…
This movie has warped my fragile, little mind.
Well, you didn’t read about it in those Seattle propaganda rags (the Times and the P-I), but the Gnome used…
Dutch cellist takes on the supreme test.
The mayor has formulated a plan to hand them over to the Sonics—and maybe later build them a new home.
Also: Saint Etienne.
Insectoid vocals, interminable solos, capital-R Rock: Ladies and gentlemen, Led Zeppelin.
Also: Beauty Shop, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Lost Embrace, and Steamboy.
Appropriating the past with designer Art Chantry.
BLUE SUSHI When the kids are tired, grumpy, and hungry, you need food fast, but fast food is awful. The…
The first sound on Fireball‘s Blessed Be 12-inch EP (High Roller Society) is the sound of recording gear being irreparably…
Also: Portable and Infusion.
Sam Brown was a gospel singer, drug dealer, and police informant. That last job apparently got him killed.
Shy and quiet offstage, wild and brutally loud onstage—riding along with the split personalities of Seattle’s Catheters as the fast-rising quartet take on the Big Apple.
Rock criticism’s power couple get their talk on at EMP’s Pop Conference.
This past weekend, two groups of people who care very much about radio assembled in Seattle, separated only by about…
