Seattle

Soul 

LISTEN: Saruna are Seattle’s Latest Soul Purveyors

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Pumas, Brad, Car Seat Headrest, Christa Wells, Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Nirvana, Saruna, SAULT, Seattle, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Shawn Smith, Skerik, Soul, Steve Fisk, Washington

Give an early listen to their eponymous debut LP

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Alternative Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Under The Puddle Shares New LP Safe In Sound 

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Collin Paynter, Jake Board, Mitch Clausen, Pacific Northwest, Safe In Sound, Screaming Trees, Seattle, Soundgarden, Under The Puddle, Washington

Pacific Northwest trio’s latest album out this Friday

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Punk Remembrance Rock 

Precious Blood: Remembering Mia Zapata

July 10, 2023July 11, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Heart, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Mia Zapata, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Presidents of the United States of America, RIP, Seattle, The Gits

Even 30 years later, her murder remains a shock to the system

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North Americana 

LISTEN: Ian Jones Shares New Single “Rollin”

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments California, Ian Jones, MARK LANEGAN, Mt. Rainier, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Tom Petty, Washington, Waylon Jennings

Debut full-length from Northwest Americana troubadour, Results Not Typical, due April 7th

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Rock 

Do The Evolution: Pearl Jam’s Yield at 25

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Do The Evolution, Eddie Vedder, Given To Fly, Jack Irons, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Stone Gossard, Wishlist, Yield

Is it the band’s best studio album?

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Indie Rock Pop Rock Seattle 

Rediscovering Beat Happening On Vinyl

December 12, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Beat Happening, Beck, Calvin Johnson, Jamboree, K Records, Nirvana, Olympia, Pavement, Seattle, SEBADOH, Washington

Domino Records reissues the Olympia, WA pop greats’ seminal catalog on wax

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Art Pop Disco Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Reggae Soul 

Grace Jones at 74: Surviving and Thriving in Her Eighth Decade

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments ” Chic, 74th birthday, Bahamas, Bernard Edwards, Beyonce, Brian Eno, Compass Point, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Hurricane, Iggy Pop, Inside Story, Jerry Hall, Jessica Lange, Liz Fraser, Massive Attack, Nile Rodgers, Seattle, Slave to the Rhythm, Studio 54, Tom Moulton, Warm Leatherette

Looking back on the career of the legendary singer/model/actress who defies convention

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Dance Disco Soul 

LISTEN: JNA Gets Her “Freak” On

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments ” Chic, Diana Ross, Disco, Donna Summer, Freak, I Have Good Taste But For Some Reason I Like You, JNA, Seattle, Teddy Pendergrass

Seattle’s supreme Disco Queen turns up the heat on steamy single

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Dance Soul World 

In Praise of the Topical Dance Music of Belgian Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul 

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Art of Noise, Barboza, Blondie, Bolis Pupul, Charlotte Adigéry, Dead Milkmen, Seattle, Stereo Total, Talking Heads, Topical Dancer

The two European composers of one of the year’s best pop albums take Seattle

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Rock 

The Heart of Nancy Wilson

May 19, 2021March 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 4 Edward, Ann Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Heart, Nancy Wilson, Pearl Jam, Seattle, The Cranberries, Van Halen, You and Me

With her first studio solo album, the Seattle guitar goddess pays homage to friends and heroes 

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

The Enduring Heartbreak of Temple Of The Dog

May 3, 2021March 24, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Hunger Strike, L, Mike McCready, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Temple of the Dog

How an album put together by members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden as a tribute to Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood took on new meaning five years after the passing of Chris Cornell

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Electronic jazz Soul 

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

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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

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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

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Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics 

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 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

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