By GENE STOUT The news of David Bowie’s death brought an outpouring of reminiscences from fellow artists, fans and music writers. Below is the complete…
Read Full ArticleKEXP receives hefty 4Culture grant
Congratulations to Friends of KEXP, which has received an award of $1 million for a new facility at Seattle Center, thanks to King County and…
Read Full ArticleLegendary Seattle radio DJ Marco Collins hosts a MusicCares benefit
By GENE STOUT Seattle DJ Marco Collins, who was the subject of the SIFF film “The Glamour and the Squalor,” is putting his energy and…
Read Full ArticleChateau Ste. Michelle launches its 2015 ‘Sessions’ concert series
‘Sessions’ — the intimate, wintertime version of Chateau Ste. Michelle winery’s popular summer concert series — kicks off with a sold-out show by Seattle’s Sunshine…
Read Full ArticleBeloved Northwest band Sleater-Kinney finishes its tour in Seattle
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Where is the love?” Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway famously asked in 1972. “Here,” riot-grrrl survivors Sleater-Kinney answer in 2014. “Right here…
Read Full ArticleSeattle’s 107.7 The End announces new late-night EDM show
Seattle’s 107.7 The End (KNDD-FM) has announced a new program in its specialty music lineup, the EDM-focused Saturday night segment dubbed Subtronic End. The show…
Read Full ArticleBeloved Sleater-Kinney trio returns with ‘No Cities to Love’ album
By MIKEL TOOMBS They were on a break! Sleater-Kinney, the Olympia-born riot-grrrl trio once aptly deemed “America’s best rock band” by venerated critic Greil Marcus,…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: The Americans bring their cool basement sound to High Dive
By GENE STOUT Formed in 2010, L.A. indie rock band The Americans have accomplished a lot in four years. They’ve crisscrossed the country, performing with…
Read Full ArticleNew Waterfront Festival features live music and synchronized light show
By GENE STOUT The New Waterfront Festival will bring live music back to Seattle’s waterfront in a big way. Performers during the six-hour festival from…
Read Full ArticleAll-star band gathers at Bumbershoot to perform Big Star’s iconic third album
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Never traveled far,” Replacements singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg sang in the set-closer “Alex Chilton” Sunday at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival, “without a little Big…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Sugar Stems offer ‘wonderfully saccharine’ power pop
By MIKEL TOOMBS With a name like Sugar Stems, the Milwaukee power-pop quintet invites such descriptions as “strawberry-sweet” and “wonderfully saccharine.” How “wonderfully saccharine” are…
Read Full Article‘Muscle Shoals’ documentary and Drive-By Truckers converge in Seattle
By MIKEL TOOMBS “It was a blast.” That’s Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers singer-guitarist, telling us what we already knew about the Triple Door show that…
Read Full ArticleA former music writer for The Rocket reflects on the week of Cobain’s death
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle author and music journalist Gillian Gaar was a writer and columnist for The Rocket for many years and was working on a…
Read Full ArticleDarrington’s Summer Meltdown announces 2014 lineup, support for Oso
By GENE STOUT Summer Meltdown Festival has announced its initial artist lineup for the 14th annual festival Aug. 7-10 at Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheatre in Darrington.…
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