The 2010 Pop Conference, a gathering of music fans, critics, performers and academics, is April 15-18 at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum…
Read Full ArticleJob alert: Smashing Pumpkins looking for new bassist and keyboardist
Maybe the Seattle music scene’s huge talent pool could yield a new bassist or keyboardist for Smashing Pumpkins. Is somebody up for this? The group…
Read Full ArticleSammamish band wins 2010 Sound Off! finals at EMP/SFM
A Sammamish band made some waves at the Sound Off! finals Saturday (March 6) at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. The annual…
Read Full ArticleFour Northwest bands compete at Sound Off! finals Saturday at EMP/SFM
One of four young Northwest bands — Candysound (Bellingham and Burlington), Great Waves (Sammamish), Hooves and Beak (Seattle) and SEACATS (Kelso) — will become the…
Read Full ArticleCleared in Britain, rapper Snoop Dogg is ready to play Seattle
Just days before he arrives in Seattle for shows Friday and Saturday (March 5-6) at Showbox SoDo, rapper Snoop Dogg has been cleared by a…
Read Full ArticleQuirky, communal Doe Bay Fest announces its 2010 band lineup
What began in 2008 as a communal neo-hippie party has grown into an impressive annual music event on Orcas Island. The Doe Bay Fest Aug.…
Read Full Article‘A Hootenanny for Haiti’ is a happening
An all-star cast of Seattle-based musicians are teaming up for “A Hootenanny for Haiti” Sunday at the Showbox at the Market. The stellar group includes…
Read Full ArticleThe sounds of the southern Sahara drift through The Triple Door
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Is Tinariwen the greatest band on earth?” The online magazine Slate posed that question a couple years back, and the latest release…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Bon Jovi’s explosive tour kickoff at KeyArena in Seattle
Some bands merely grow old, others grow up. Today’s Bon Jovi, among the premier pop-metal bands of the 1980s, has a depth that wasn’t apparent…
Read Full ArticleBon Jovi brings “The Circle” to Seattle
The circle is still unbroken for Bon Jovi, the pop-metal band that made its debut in 1984 with the hit single “Runaway.” Twenty-six years later,…
Read Full ArticleBOOK REVIEW: ‘And Party Every Day: Inside Story of Casablanca Records’
In the 1970s, Casablanca Records became the symbol of music-industry excess. Founded by the magnetic Neil Bogart (with co-founder and cousin Larry Harris), Casablanca introduced…
Read Full ArticleThe Presidents of United States of America shake up The Showbox
The Presidents of the United States of America, also known as PUSA for the short-of-breath, saluted their constituents in a show last Friday (Feb. 12)…
Read Full ArticleA perspective on ‘My Sharona’ and the passing of Doug Fieger
To mark the passing of Doug Fieger on Feb. 14, Spinner.com takes a look back at the legacy of The Knack and its milestone rock…
Read Full ArticleGraham Nash and Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner collaborate on EMP sculpture
Renowned Seattle metal-and-glass artist Ginny Ruffner has collaborated on a striking sculpture with musician and photographer Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash. The piece,…
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