This year’s Earth Day will be celebrated day and night at the first Fremont Earth Day Festival April 21-22 at Nectar Lounge in the Fremont…
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By MIKEL TOOMBS Happy Record Store Day, lower Queen Anne! OK, the Seattle neighborhood isn’t the only one to enjoy the benefits of the annual…
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By GENE STOUT Seattle band Branden Daniel & the Chics’ first music video, “Mor Yay,” was filmed on Beacon Hill, Alki Beach and other Seattle…
Read Full ArticleFrom Norah Jones to Slightly Stoopid, Marymoor offers a diverse season
By GENE STOUT Singer-songwriter Norah Jones, performing Aug. 18 at Marymoor Park in Redmond, is among the half dozen big acts announced Monday for the…
Read Full ArticlePREVIEW: Anais Mitchell stages her ‘Hadestown’ folk opera in Ballard
By MIKEL TOOMBS Seattle’s Tractor Tavern is going to Hades this week. Fortunately, or perhaps not, it’s just for one night (Thursday, March 29). That’s…
Read Full ArticleMarina and the Diamonds will join Coldplay tour, release new album
By GENE STOUT Marina and the Diamonds – a solo, uptempo alternative-pop act featuring Welsh singer Marina Lambrini Diamandis — will join Coldplay’s worldwide tour,…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: New Multitudes pay tribute to Woody Guthrie
By MIKEL TOOMBS If you like Woody Guthrie (and isn’t it un-American not to?), this band is your band. Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket front…
Read Full ArticleMomentum builds for new single and album by Denver group The Fray
Will the success of “Heartbeat” give The Fray’s new album a strong pulse? “Scars & Stories” makes its debut at No. 4 on The Billboard…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Tacoma’s Eliot Lipp inspired by ‘turntable treasures’
By MIKEL TOOMBS Do you think Eliot Lipp, the electronica performer hailed by Urb.com as being on “the cutting edge of beatwork,” remembers his old…
Read Full ArticleRhapsody celebrates 10 years with a free party featuring Built to Spill
By GENE STOUT A slogan on Rhapsody’s website says, “All the music you want. Just 10 bucks a month.” Subscribers to Rhapsody.com can choose from…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Hearth-warming shows for the holidays
By GENE STOUT ‘Tis the season for little morsels of holiday music. Or, more appropriately, big bites. Between now and Christmas, the largest shows of…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: The Deep Dark Woods are gloriously gloomy
By MIKEL TOOMBS “I’ve got these blues that I just can’t lose.” Welcome to the gloriously gloomy Americana of the aptly named The Deep Dark…
Read Full ArticleThere’s an app for that: Danny Clinch shares his iconic music photos
By GENE STOUT Acclaimed photographer Danny Clinch, in collaboration with Bandwdth Publishing, has created a $2.99, interactive iPad app – titled “Discovery Inn” after his…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Seattle’s Jim Page supports Veterans for Peace
By GENE STOUT Iconic Seattle folk musician and activist Jim Page will perform a benefit for Veterans for Peace at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19,…
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