Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson put in a marathon week in Austin, Texas, at the 2011 SXSW music conference and festival, one of the biggest and…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Seattle bands Fences, Head and the Heart at SXSW
Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson is at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, this week. These photos of The Head and the Heart and Fences are…
Read Full ArticleQuirky Tomten wins tenth annual Sound Off! competition at EMP/SFM
Playing the final set of the night as a “wild card” band, Seattle baroque pop group Tomten won the tenth annual Sound Off! competition for…
Read Full ArticleFleet Foxes hit the road this spring with a sophomore CD: ‘Helplessness Blues’
Seattle’s Fleet Foxes, which wowed us with its ethereal, self-titled debut album in 2008, will release its second album, “Helplessness Blues,” May 3 on the…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Roger Waters performs ‘The Wall’ at Tacoma Dome
Roger Waters brought his spectacular, pyrotechnics-infused production of “The Wall” to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night, Dec. 11, to the delight of thousands of longtime…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Deck the Hall Ball offers a raucous musical buffet
With surprise guests The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as such previously announced bands as Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy…
Read Full ArticleSoul Asylum headlines Lounge Acts 2010, a Kurt Cobain benefit concert
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 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 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 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 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…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: X Japan brings drama back to rock on debut U.S. tour
X Japan may be Japan’s biggest rock band, playing arenas and stadiums throughout Asia for many years. But the group has long dreamed of touring…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: The Flaming Lips dazzle fans at the Paramount Theatre
A Flaming Lips show is as much a visual experience as it is a musical one. And the effect is often magical. Seattle photographer Jim…
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