By GENE STOUT In the coming year, beloved Seattle nonprofit radio station KEXP will move from its cramped headquarters on Dexter Avenue to a spacious…
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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 ArticleBumbershoot Festival announces ‘Conscious Nights’ EDM series
By GENE STOUT Bumbershoot is launching a new electronic dance music series titled “Conscious Nights at Bumbershoot.” Created by Seattle’s USC Events, promoters of the…
Read Full ArticleEccentric Swedish duo Dada Life will arrive in the U.S. via hot-air balloon
By MIKEL TOOMBS The first rule of Pillow Fight Club: Don’t talk about Pillow Fight Club. “Having broken a Guinness World Record for the largest…
Read Full ArticleEminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex headline Austin City Limits Music Festival
The Austin City Limits Music Festival returns for its 13th year Austin’s Zilker Park with an energetic lineup featuring headliner Eminem in his only performance…
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.…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Strong coffee a way of life for these diverse music duos
By MIKEL TOOMBS “Coffee.” It’s not just a way of life. It’s also the new single by Sylvan Esso, the folk/EDM (!) pairing of Mountain…
Read Full ArticleTiesto and Kaskade headline the second annual Paradiso Festival
Promoters of the second annual Paradiso Festival, an electronic dance music event June 28-29 at The Gorge, have posted a colorful promotional video of the…
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The Lumineers were among the headliners at the 2012 107.7 FM The End “Deck the Hall Ball” Dec. 4 at KeyArena, performing a set of…
Read Full ArticleA sonic homage to Van Halen from Swedish synth-pop act Hortlax Cobra
By MIKEL TOOMBS Pierre Menard just tweeted Hortlax Cobra: “Dude, you stole my shtick.” Menard, the Jorge Luis Borges character who offered a new take…
Read Full ArticlePhotos from Day One of Seattle’s 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party
The Capitol Hill Block Party, the city’s biggest indie music festival, began Friday, July 20, in the Capitol Hill business district. Seattle photographers Jim Bennett…
Read Full ArticleA day of visual (and digital) delights at the carnival-like Paradiso Festival
By GENE STOUT More than 19,000 concertgoers turned out for the first Paradiso Festival, a 12-hour carnival of electronic dance music (EDM) Saturday at The…
Read Full ArticleThe Sorry for Party Rocking tour whomps Seattle’s KeyArena Saturday night
By MIKEL TOOMBS I was once riding on London’s subway, the Tube (oh, I get around), when there was a slight delay. An automated voice…
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,…
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