Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson has been in Austin, Texas, this week for the 2011 SXSW music conference and festival, one of the biggest and most…
Read Full ArticleSeattle’s Brent Amaker and the Rodeo bring country-noir to SXSW festival
Seattle’s wildly entertaining and always rebellious country band Brent Amaker and the Rodeo performed an official SXSW showcase Wednesday, March 16, at the Velveeta Room…
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 ArticleAustin-bound Seattle bands play SXSW kickoff party at Crocodile Cafe
The Crocodile Cafe, Sarathan Records and The Stranger offered a preview of bands that will play at the SxSeattle showcase at the SXSW Music and…
Read Full ArticleThis Mountain Man doesn’t sport facial hair but plays ‘simply good folk’
By MIKEL TOOMBS You’d probably expect an act called Mountain Man to be a bearded guy in a flannel shirt. Well, the first thing you’ll…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Peter Himmelman bares his soul on a riveting new CD
Singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman received his first round of applause on the day he was born. His mother had chosen to have a natural childbirth without…
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 ArticleCD REVIEW: Pearl Jam’s ‘Live on Ten Legs’ celebrates a 20-year legacy
On its 20th anniversary live album, available Tuesday, Jan. 18, Pearl Jam is careful to avoid the greatest-hits trap that can fossilize a band’s career,…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: X braves the cold to usher in a punkish new year
By MIKEL TOOMBS How cold was it Friday night in Seattle? It was so cold that X guitarist Billy Zoom (he was the one with…
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 ArticleNew York City trio The Narrative benefits from a ‘feminine presence’
By MIKEL TOOMBS The Narrative adds a different storyline to the emo sound with the decidedly feminine presence of singer-keyboardist Suzie Zeldin (isn’t there a…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Sold-out Wild Flag show makes a splash at High Dive
By MIKEL TOOMBS If you’d flagged the Friday night (Nov. 12) show at the High Dive as merely a two-thirds Sleater-Kinney reunion, you were wildly…
Read Full ArticleSeattle meets Iceland in free Seattle City of Music Festival concert
Sister cities Seattle and Reykjavik, Iceland, are coming together for a unique showcase of live music at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the Crocodile…
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