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
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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
Har Mar Superstar Releases RAD New Video / Minneapolis Honors Him w/His Own Official Day
Minneapolis declares Har Mar Superstar day and the singer/songwriter/actor releases video for “Prisoner” inspired by 80s BMX film Rad & starring Juliette Lewis
Vanilla Ice: To The Extreme – Track By Track Analysis
23 years after it’s original release, Gabriel Greiser breaks down Vanilla Ice’s smash debut To The Extreme track by track
BUMBERSHOOT 2013 – Full Weekend Review with Photo Sets
Chandler Coles reviews his weekend experience at the music and art festival/Seattle institution, day by day and act by act, in words and photo
Wide Awake with Ty Segall @ The New Parish [Oakland]
They highly prolific garage rock guitar wizard returns home to the bay to support his latest album, Sleeper, with a slightly more relaxed an acoustic set up