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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Good Co: Seattle’s Finest Party Band Keeps Swingin’ While Sheltered

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Duke Ellington, Electro-Swing, Good Co, Quarantine, Seattle

America’s best Electro-Swing band keeps expanding its musical horizons on fourth album, So Pretty

Indie Rock

Mighty Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica at 20

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, Built To Spill, Epic Records, Eric Judy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Seattle, The Moon & Antarctica, Up Records

Why the third Modest Mouse LP remains the band’s quintessential creative statement

Pop Psychedelics Rock

Eamon Ra: Psychedelic Sunshine for Dark Times

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Eamon Ra, Meat Bones Chemicals Electricity, Seattle, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Who

Listen to an exclusive new track from deep in the heart of Jet City by one of its brightest new sons

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Indie Rock New Wave Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Sleater-Kinney Takes Seattle

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Seattle, SLEATER-KINNEY, The Center Won't Hold

The center holds just fine for Corin and Carrie as they bring S-K Mach 3 to the Jet City

Rock

Jimi’s City

February 4, 2019December 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Seattle

A new Hendrix exhibit keeps its eye on Seattle

Alternative Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Hip Hop Punk Rock

First We Take Seattle…

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment Gillian G. Gaar, Green River, MUDHONEY, Nirvana, Seattle, Sub Pop

A look into Gillian G. Gaar’s history of the iconic Seattle imprint Sub Pop Records

jazz

Piano Colossus

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 Brad Cohan 1 Comment John Zorn, Knitting Factory, Naked City, Nirvana, Seattle, Soundgarden, Wayne Horvitz

An exclusive, career-spanning chat with Wayne Horvitz

Metal! Punk Remembrance Rock Soul

He Is The Highway: A Rock God Memorialized

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Box Set, Chris Cornell, Seattle, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog

A lovingly compiled new box set pays tribute to the understated versatility of the late Chris Cornell

Remembrance Rock

A Rock God Immortalized in Seattle

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Chris Cornell, MoPOP, Nirvana, Seattle, Soundgarden

As It Happened: The Chris Cornell Statue Unveiling

Rock

Pearl Jam’s “Home and Away” Exhibit

August 27, 2018August 28, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Andy Wood, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Stone Gossard

A “Fantasy Warehouse” for fans of the iconic Seattle rockers

Hip Hop Punk Rock

30 Great Sub Pop Records Over 30 Years

May 7, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 4 Comments AFGHAN WHIGS, Band of Horses, BILLY CHILDISH, Bruce Pavitt, Chad VanGaalen, CHAPPAQUIDDICK SKYLINE, CHEAP TRICK, Clipping. Splendor & Misery, COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, DUM DUM GIRLS, Endless Now, Fleet Foxes, FRANKIE COSMOS, Green River, Iron and Wine, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, Jonathan Poneman, Kurt Cobain, MARK LANEGAN, Mother Love Bone, MUDHONEY, Mudhoney Pearl Jam, Nirvana, POSTAL SERVICE, RED RED MEAT, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Seattle, SEBADOH, SIX FINGER SATELLITE, SLEATER-KINNEY, Soundgarden, STRANGE WILDS, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, SUPERSUCKERS, The Shins, The Thermals, THE VASELINES, Washed Out, Wolf Parade

Pioneering Seattle label celebrates three decades atop a brutal game