The 10 Most Significant Seattle Albums of the 2010s
The difference between an artistic endeavor’s cultural footprint and its quality are not mutually exclusive, but they often diverge to a noticeable degree. The soundtrack…
TEAM BIRTHDAY TAKES ON UPSTREAM MUSIC FESTIVAL
It’s finally over! The inaugural Upstream Music Festival took on a monumentally intense roster of 300+ bands, three days of summit, and the task of…
SIFF Review: The Otherside
This was an interesting time for director Daniel Torok to do a documentary on underground hip-hop in Seattle. In a strange way, it either seems…
SIFF 2013 Preview: Face the Music
Hello, Imaginaries! This year's Face the Music program at the Seattle International Film Festival contains some music documentaries I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT!!! You can…
Bumbershoot 2011: Cheat sheet for mutants and marginals, Day One {Saturday, 9/3}
{Photo: Christpher Nelson} I've been going to Bumbershoot for, say, around 500 years (post-the Age of Enlightenment made it more awesome, though -- since then…
Black Up
Once you do something extraordinary, the universe gets in the way. People almost seem to be willing you to fail by praising your breakthrough effort,…
20 words each on 11 of the Best Releases of 2010
{Shabazz Palaces photo from the Three Imaginary Girls Flickr Pool by Jason Tang} Through sheer quirk of fate and possibly my own fatally quirky tastes,…
Saturday's recommended {benefit} show: SubPopFest with Mudhoney, Fruit Bats, Shabazz Palaces, and more {12/4}
It's far from hyperbolic to say that *the* place to be this Saturday is the Showbox. SubPop has put together an amazing line-up for an…
Tickets go on sale for SubPop fest for the Andy Kotowitz Family Foundation {noon today, 11/12}
The music community is still reeling from the passing of Andy Kotowitz, a beloved member of the music community. It's wonderful to hear that his…
Recommended Show: The Stranger's Genius Awards {September 17}
You guys know about this Stranger Genius Awards thing, right? Not to be a smart-ass, but it's pretty "genius". *ahem* Anyway! Basically a panel of…