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…
MFNW recap: the weekend edition — Decemberists, the Head and the Heart, Menomena
{This is part three in a series of recaps about Musicfest Northwest 2010 -- make sure you check out Thursday's and Friday's coverage too!} The…
MFNW recap: the pre-weekend edition, part II — Okkervil River, Tallest Man On Earth, Bobby Bare Jr.
Day two at MFNW: also known as Friday, September 10th. With tons of shows all over the city to choose from, we chose to spend…
MFNW recap: the pre-weekend edition, part I — David Bazan, Rocky Votolato, and more!
Musicfest, Musicfest Northwest, M-F-N-Dubs, Baby SouthBy -- whatever you want to call it, this past weekend's slew of shows down in Portland were nothing short…
Dreamiest indie-pop show of the year: Allo Darlin' with Math & Physics Club and The Special Places {October 29}
As I've professed already, Allo Darlin' have released my favorite record of 2010 {and, perhaps my favorite love song of the decade}. So, it's no…
Bumbershoot 2010: Bumber-highlights
{Her Majesty herself, Rachel Flotard, by Steve Louie} We may be almost a week out from the crazy weekend known as Bumbershoot, but that doesn't…
Countdown to Musicfest Northwest in 3… 2…
Technically, you can get your Musicfest Northwest (MFNW) on starting tonight -- there will be a few gigs going on around town down in Portland…
A very imaginary Labor Day Weekend: Bumbershoot!
Somehow, in the avalanche of amazing bands at Seattle Center this past weekend, we managed to scrawl some furious notes on a fistful of locals…
Recommended for tonight: Fastbacks mania at the Tractor
Oh man is tonight going to be a good one! Get thee to the Tractor tonight for a very, very special night, as everyone sings…
It's time to prefunk! Music Fest Northwest is coming, September 8-12
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d7d23xDgq0] While everyone is prefunking Bumbershoot, we'd like to take a moment to officially get the prefunk to the prefunk for Music Fest Northwest…