Win tickets to see Amazing Baby at the Crocodile
Amazing Baby, the much-buzzed-about psychadelic rock band from Brooklyn, is coming by the Crocodile on Tuesday night and we want to send you to the…
Slightly cloudy with a chance of falling eyeballs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Bumbershoot
Sunshowers and bleachers. Red and blue Samsung balloons were being kept in the air by palms attached to distracted bodies. The attention of the crowd…
Flickr Photos of the day: Bumbershoot (of course)
TIG was lucky to have to incredibly talented photographers covering Bumbershoot this year: Erik Clineschmidt and Jason Tang. I've really loved looking through their photos…
Endangered spider named after David Bowie?
Alas, none are named Ziggy, nor does they come from Mars, but a hairy, rare, yellow spider has been named after the Thin White Duke, according to…
Photoessay: So happy to be sad with the Avett Brothers & Heartless Bastards
Ever since I caught wind of "Tear Down the House" off of 2008's The Second Gleam, I've had a thing for the Avett Brothers. They're…
Maldives and Moondoggies Celebrate the Tractor's 15th Anniversary
For some reason, a roots rock revival has taken hold in the arid, condominium-covered soil of contemporary Seattle. During the last year, The Maldives, The…
Win tickets to see Patton Oswalt at the Moore
One thing I heard quite a bit over the weekend at Bumbershoot was "I really want to see one of the big comedy shows but…
My Bumber-day #1 featuring Telekinesis, Eugene Mirman, the Old 97s, and the Long Winters
{photo of DJ Spooky by Jeremiah D. Johnson} Arriving later than I wanted to, I swiftly ran from the press gate across the Center to…
Let the 69 Love Songs celebrations begin
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the release of everyone's favorite weepy, happy, ukulele-infused, wonderful massive concussion of long songs album: 69 Love Songs…
Bumbershoot day 2: check-in and open thread
Update: I took down my crappy cell phone photo of Raphael Saadiq because superstar photographer Jason Tang just uploaded an awesome one. So... How's Bumbershoot…