Dead Science's Jherek Bischoff's 30th Birthday Concert to feature 40 piece orchestra
Seattle's avant-pop/punk-jazz innovator Jherek Bischoff knows how to throw a 30th birthday paty for himself -- and put on a great big show for us! …
Legendary NW rock band D.O.A. release DVD autobiography
When old school Seattle punk-metal icon Duff McKagan wrote about punk rock at the Seattle Weekly a couple of weeks ago, he gave a little…
Heartless Bastards about to blow away the Paramount this Friday, August 28
For those who have seen the Heartless Bastards live at in-stores and local clubs and love their tough woman-led, riff-bruised blues-rock, their stint opening for…
Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records to be released September 22nd
Warning: This is an ecstatic early plug for the upcoming fan-dream book, Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big…
Wind's Poem
People familiar with Mount Eerie and its creative founder/leader Phil Elverum would hardly be surprised by anything he would try; though coming from Anacortes, the…
Fantagraphics to host party for Seattle artist Eroyn Franklin on Saturday, August 22
Eroyn Franklin recently won the the indie comics-supporting Xeric award, and has produced a graphic novel. This Saturday, August 22 local alternative comics fans will…
The Ruminant Band
It's hard not to cheer for Eric D. Johnson. Recent collaborating with The Shins and Vetiver just proved what good taste us early-Aughts fans of…
I Think This Is
It would be enough for an artist to release a great album from his own group while helping out a huge, still vital band like…
Two Sunsets
Two Sunsets is a single disc release from a Glasgow band, The Pastels, and a Tokyo band, Tenniscoats. It was recorded when Tenniscoats had some…
Audio Oasis: An Imaginary Treatise on Sound
You know Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Dan Deacon and other great indie innovators are getting textural and contextual inspiration from somewhere other than what's reviewed…