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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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
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
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
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
Hood Pass Intact – Stones Throw Soul Tour: featuring DAM FUNK [Seattle]
The Los Angeles label takes its Soul Tour on the road bringing boogie torch-bearer Dam Funk with label Myron & E and The Stepkids to drop the funk in Seattle