No Regrets: King Khan And The Shrines Live @ Neumos [Seattle]
The hardest working man in psychedelic, garage rock, soul music brings him cracker jack Berlin-based outfit to Seattle
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Straight From The Source: Conversation(s) with ISIS AQUARIAN of The Source Family [Part 3/4]
Part 3 of our in depth interview with Source Family archivist, Isis Aquarian, covers the physical vs the intangible, living inside & outside of time, and more
GWAR You Experienced? – Live @ Showbox SODO [Seattle]
A writer takes on his first GWAR show by experiencing the vile, intergalactic, blood and gore fest live in Seattle on their Madness at the Center of Time tour
Off the Rails: Station to Station in Oakland
Billed as “an artist-driven public art project,” the cross-country trainride/mobile concert/art exhibit stops in Oakland and we’re there to review it
Still Got It – Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Neumos [Seattle]
Soul singer Lee Fields and his backing band The Expressions return to Seattle to lay down some thick deep soul grooves the way that only they can
I Overcame Being a Disgruntled Music Listener at a Major Music Festival
A festival skeptic attends Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music and Arts festival to catch some soul music and a pseudo-variety show with Seattle’s greatest cartoonists
Parlez Vu: An Interview with Sandra Vu of SISU
Sandra Vu talks with us about fronting her band SISU, drumming for the Dum Dum Girls, songwriting and the creation process in general
Earth VS Alien: An Interview With Seiji of Guitar Wolf
Singer/guitarist of Japan’s seminal “Jet rock n roll” outfit speaks with us about their latest release Beast Vibrator, touring, riding camels, UFOs, and more.
Fear and Loathing in Santa Cruz: Titus Andronicus Live @ The Catalyst
Eric DePriester reviews the recent Titus Andronicus performance in Santa Cruz, providing background to their career up to this point and hints at the future
A History of Bad Men: MELVINS 30th Anniversary [Seattle]
Legendary sludge-wielding innovators, Melvins return to their home in the Northwest to celebrate 3 decades in the game. One writer catches his very first show.
A Review of AFROPUNK FEST 2013 [Brooklyn]
Devon Tincknell attends the 2013 AfroPunk festival, examining the AfroPunk movement and the concepts of where culture, race, and art intersect
Effing the Ineffable: Prefuse 73 @ The Crocodile [Seattle]
Super producer/multi-instrumentalist/electronic mastermind, Guillermo Scott Herren brings his Prefuse 73 project to The Crocodile in Seattle. Here’s our review