Grammy winners Soul Asylum and Seattle band Sweet Water headline Lounge Acts 2010, a fourth annual Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation benefit concert Nov. 13 at…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Shakira’s new album, ‘Sale el Sol’: ‘I’m crazy but you like it’
By MIKEL TOOMBS If Shakira hasn’t yet appeared in Seattle, maybe it’s because she hadn’t found the ideal venue. Judging by her largely Spanish-language new…
Read Full ArticleSeattle rap duo Blue Scholars kick off inaugural City Arts Fest with big beats
Seattle’s Blue Scholars, reportedly the first local rap duo to headline the Paramount Theatre, kicked off the first City Arts Fest Wednesday night. The lineup…
Read Full ArticleChow down on first City Arts Fest kicking off Wednesday in Seattle
As its name suggests, City Arts Fest covers a lot of ground artistically. The inaugural Heineken-sponsored festival Oct. 20-23 includes music, theater, dance, readings and…
Read Full Article‘Grievous Angel: The Legend of Gram Parsons’ makes its Seattle debut
In 1973, musician and writer Michael Bate interviewed Gram Parsons, known as “the original cosmic cowboy.” Six months later, the pioneering country-rocker (and father of…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: World music star M.I.A. live at Showbox at the Market
Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson snapped these photos of avant-garde British singer-songwriter M.I.A., who performed a colorful blend of hip-hop, dance, electronica and world music Sunday…
Read Full ArticleExperience Music Project will open world’s biggest Nirvana exhibit
Next April, the Experience Music Project will launch what promises to be the most extensive exhibit on Nirvana, the Northwest punk/grunge band that exploded out…
Read Full ArticleImages from the Austin City Limits Festival at Austin’s Zilker Park
The 2010 Austin City Limits Festival, blessed by spectacular weather and a deluge of musical acts, wrapped up Sunday (Oct. 10) at Zilker Park in…
Read Full ArticleSeattle City of Music Awards draws a big crowd at Showbox at the Market
More than 500 people turned out for the 2010 Seattle City of Music Honors Wednesday night (Oct. 6) at Showbox at the Market. Though she…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Corin Tucker Band debuts music for ‘1,000 Years’
By MIKEL TOOMBS Punk rocker mom Corin Tucker is the first member of the Sleater-Kinney threesome, Northwest riotgrrrl icons and once the best band in…
Read Full ArticleSeattle’s Alice in Chains plans to shoot KeyArena show in 3D
Multi-platinum rock band Alice in Chains has announced that this Friday’s, Oct. 9, hometown show at Seattle’s Key Arena will be filmed in 3D for…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: X Japan makes its thunderous Seattle concert debut
Amid a blitzkrieg of sound, lights, fog and pyrotechnics, X Japan, the biggest rock band in the Land of the Rising Sun, made its Seattle…
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