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 GENE STOUT Mayor Ed Murray has announced Seattle will implement a low-cost, phased-in approach to make it easier for musicians to load and unload…
Read Full ArticleIs This Love? Hawaii’s Kimie’ brings her sultry hybrid sound to Seattle
By GENE STOUT Hawaiian singer-songwriter Kimie’ blends acoustic soul, reggae, R&B and funk on her new album “To the Sea.” It’s intoxicating, romantic music that…
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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 ArticleThird annual Ten Club Poster Convention set for Dec. 2
Pearl Jam’s Ten Club has announced its third annual Ten Club Poster Convention Dec. 2 at Showbox at the Market, with free admission for all…
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By GENE STOUT On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Soundgarden releases its first studio album in 17 years. For longtime fans, it’s a cause for celebration. With…
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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…
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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 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 ArticleMudhoney closes cutting-edge Seattle Interactive Conference with edgy set
For a true Mudhoney fan, what could be more tantalizing than an exclusive show at a Seattle nightclub? The veteran grunge band closed the inaugural…
Read Full ArticleI’ll drink to that: Heineken City Arts Festival returns for 2011
By GENE STOUT Pass the beer and put me on the guest list for the 2011 Heineken City Arts Festival. The second annual city-wide Seattle…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Paul Simon still vital after all these years
By JO ANN RIGGS It was a true Kodachrome moment. Paul Simon, who’d played WaMu Theater in Seattle on April 15, debuted the club portion…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Paul Simon returns with ever-graceful ‘So Beautiful’
By MIKEL TOOMBS As he has since at least 1956, when Simon and Garfunkel first became a duo, Paul Simon ponders the mysteries of the…
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