Seattle photographer Alex Crick attended Roger Waters’ extravagant multimedia show, “The Wall Live,” May 24 at KeyArena. The concert production featured more than 40 high-definition…
Read Full ArticleBremerton’s MxPx kicks off anniversary tour with a cancer benefit
By GENE STOUT Bremerton-based punk-rock trio MxPx will kick off its 20th anniversary tour with a cancer-benefit show Saturday, May 26, at El Corazon. Sharing…
Read Full ArticleAll-female AC/DC band Hell’s Belles rocks EMP exhibit opening party
By GENE STOUT All-female AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles opened the EMP Museum’s new AC/DC exhibit with an explosive performance April 27 at Sky Church.…
Read Full ArticleNew release ‘I Love J-Rock II’ celebrates Japanese girl bands
By MIKEL TOOMBS For me the Japanese girl band is epitomized by Paran Maum in the film “Linda Linda Linda,” a sort of “Afterschool…
Read Full ArticleRecord Store Day/Seattle features live sets by Dierks Bentley and others
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…
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 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 ArticleMeat Loaf kicks off summer concert series at Snoqualmie Casino
The Snoqualmie Casino’s 2012 summer concert series at the Mountain View Plaza kicks off with Meat Loaf June 30. Also performing are Joan Jett, Smokey…
Read Full ArticleExhibit of Jini Dellaccio’s photography opens Saturday in Gig Harbor
“With a Loving Eye: The Photographs of Jini Dellaccio” opens Saturday, March 31, and continues through July 29 at the Harbor History Museum in Gig…
Read Full ArticleLady Antebellum review kicks off news partnership with the Seattle Times
By GENE STOUT My popular music and lifestyle blog, GeneStout.com, will be officially “introduced” to Seattle Times readers today with a review of country stars…
Read Full ArticleEighties new wave artist Thomas Dolby takes his Time Capsule on tour
Synth-pop artist Thomas Dolby, who has long had a reputation as pop music’s mad professor, will have something other than a band “in tow” for…
Read Full Article‘Hot Talk’ radio guy Tom Leykis returns in April with new webcast
Longtime Seattle radio fans will recall the “Hot Talk” thrill ride of edgy, syndicated host Tom Leykis, whose syndicated show moved to KISW in 2005…
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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