Recommended show: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Showbox Sodo {10/20}
Has your October become bland and tasteless? Are you just hermiting indoors with blankets and Netflix because it’s a little bit crappy outside? You my…
Debate Night Special: Shonen Knife at The Tractor
Show Date: October 9, 2016 After a soul-crushing two hours in which I watched a literal human poop shout “ISIS” at me repeatedly from a…
Recommended show: Invisible Shivers EP Release at Conor Byrne {10/15}
So you’re holed up in Ballard this weekend ready to take on the STORM TO END ALL STORMS™. Does it feel like you need a…
Recommended show: Donovan at The Neptune {10/15, 10/16}
Donovan is one of the greatest psychedelic folk singers that ever lived, and you may not even know that you’ve heard him before. In the…
Phantasm: Ravager – Reggie the ice cream man does not mess around
"I could really go for a Rocket Pop right now" So begins the saga of Reggie in Phantasm: Ravager, the fifth -- and apparently final…
Video debut: Kleenex Girl Wonder – “Cold Open”
Love distorted vintage video game graphics, a hidden Arrested Development reference, and a cacophony of hard-edged electronic metrical prose? This new Kleenex Girl Wonder video…
A beginner’s guide to Conor Oberst: 32 of the best songs by Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, and more
A year after I moved to Seattle, a long time friend visited me in my new home city. The night he arrived, Bright Eyes and…
Recommended show: Shonen Knife at The Tractor {10/9}
Holy crap you guys, Shonen Knife is coming to Seattle! Before Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney or Riot Grrrl, this all women outfit was tearing up stages…
Photo Essay: Echo & The Bunnymen, Ester Drang at The Moore
Show Date: September 23, 2016 To be honest, I’ve never really gotten into Echo & The Bunnymen (SCANDAL!) even though they’re a quintessential band that the…
Hear it first: The disarming stories behind So Cow’s latest batch of discordant pop songs {TIG exclusive stream}
So Cow is (currently) the music project of Brian Kelly - who played all the instruments on So Cow’s latest release, Lisa Marie Airplane Tour…