TIG recommends: Noise for the Needy 2011 {starts tonight!}
{John Vanderslice at the Tractor, Noise for the Needy 2010} It's that time of year again, where the fine folks over at Noise for the…
Recommended show + free tickets: Goldfinch at the Tractor {3/20}
Two things that are making Friday very extra Friday-y: A., This image is causing a full-frontal poster-gorgeousness coma. B., Goldfinch is playing the Tractor on…
Bad videos of great artists: Sean Nelson, Kaylee Cole and Goldfinch
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2a96rhKix8] Here at TIG, we firmly believe that good content trumps mediocre video quality. Hopefully you do too. Because that's Sean Nelson above, doing…
Recommended show: BARE at Fremont Abbey {Friday, January 21}
The first two weeks of 2011 have set the bar pretty high for shows: Lovesick Empire killing the stage at a real-life $5 cover night…
'Tis the season to be achy: new music from Pablo Trucker and Goldfinch
Looks like it's the season for some hard-workin', beard-sportin' local bands to be showing us what they've been squirreling away at recently. In the past…
The weekend in photos: John Roderick, Eric Corson, and Kurt B. Reighley
There was plenty to do this past weekend in our beloved, still sort-of sunny Seattle: The Black Keys at the Paramount. Youth Rescue Mission, Kimo…
Doe Bay Festival 2009: Spirit Hike
The Second Annual Doe Bay Festival was a magical experience up on Orcas Island. A music festival like no other, and likely the closest thing…