By GENE STOUT Exciting news for fans of classic Northwest rock: legendary band The Sonics will release its first new studio album since 1967 on…
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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…
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By MIKEL TOOMBS The first time I saw X and the Blasters perform together was in, wait for it, 1980. That show, at the North…
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By GENE STOUT It was a Pearl Jam homecoming concert like no other. A buoyant Eddie Vedder led the iconic Seattle rock group in a…
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By GENE STOUT In what may be the most international lineup in the history of 107.7 The End’s Deck the Hall Ball, Seattle’s The Head…
Read Full ArticlePHOTO OP: Jim Bennett captures three frenzied days of music at CHBP
By GENE STOUT Seattle photographer Jim Bennett attended all three days of the 2013 Capitol Hill Block Party, capturing nearly 300 photos of the musicians…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Pity Sex and another preposterously named band
By MIKEL TOOMBS The two bands with my current favorite names are touring together, and they‘re performing Friday, July 5, at Seattle‘s edgy El Corazon.…
Read Full ArticleEye on Austin: Macklemore, Iggy Pop, Reignwolf and other images of SXSW
Seattle photographer Jim Bennett captured a slew of images from the recent SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Check out Bennett’s images of Seattle rapper Macklemore…
Read Full ArticleSir Mix-a-Lot and other music stars featured in ‘Rockin’ Garages’ book
By GENE STOUT Sir Mix-a-Lot, Billy Joel, Sammy Hagar, J Geils, Keith Urban, Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) and John Oates (Hall and Oates)…
Read Full ArticleRandom ‘Acts’ of discovery inspired Jeff Ament’s latest side project
By GENE STOUT A “random” meeting by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur in New York more than a dozen years ago…
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 ArticleSeattle’s Branden Daniel & the Chics promise ‘more yay’ and less boredom
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 ArticleHeavy rockers The Melvins go ‘lite’ for their June release, ‘Freak Puke’
By GENE STOUT The Melvins — one of the heaviest bands to come out of the Northwest rock scene — is going “lite” with its…
Read Full Article‘Louie Louie,’ Jerry Dennon and the history of Northwest rock and radio
By GENE STOUT Raised on the Oregon coast, Jerry Dennon became one of the legendary personalities of early Northwest rock – not as a musician,…
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