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SMI Radio Ep. 60 On Demand: Synergia NW Presents Music Matters “Live” Special
Synergia Northwest presents Music Matters “Live” at the legendary Paramount Northwest Theatre in Seattle on Saturday, May 12th. Proceeds will benefit music programs throughout Washington state. Like the Synergia Northwest shows of 2010 and 2011, the special concert will feature the Synergia Northwest Orchestra alongside of some of the Pacific Northwest’s highest profile rock and pop recording artists and selected student musicians. [...]
Bumbershoot 2012 partial lineup
One Reel announced the music headliners and partial lineup for this year’s Bumbershoot festival. This year’s headliners include the legendary Tony Bennett, alt rockers Jane’s Addiction, electronic-dance music DJ Skrillex, rappers Mac Miller and Big Sean, atmospheric rockers M83, and electronic rockers AWOLNATION. More headliners will be announced later on. Bumbershoot happens Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 1-3, [...]
SMI Feature: Seattle Music Genome Project
By Timmy Held- Tyrannosaurus grace, Fake Label Records Much like the biological gene pool, a city’s music scene must have a significant amount of variation available for selection. If the genomic makeup of a region’s individuals becomes too similar, then eventually, much like the cheetah, every mating partner you meet will be the genetic equivalent [...]
Remembering Adam “MCA” Yauch – August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012
By Greg Roth NEW YORK (AP) reported yesterday that Adam Yauch, a rapper and founder of the innovative, groundbreaking and multimillion-selling hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 47. Built to last… The shelf life for hip-hop artists can be very brief but the Beastie Boys transcended the genre and garnered fan [...]
Artist Feature: Welcome to the Monogamy Party
By Dusty Henry Shirtless and manic, Kennedy from Monogamy Party screams and contorts his body on stage at the Highline in Capitol Hill, April 26th. Over and over again he screamed, “This life is worse than death,” with Keith’s smashing drums and Yos-Wa’s ominous and unforgiving distorted bass guitar, while sweat dripped off his long [...]
SMI Radio Ep. 59 On Demand: Ayron Jones and Jeremy Westfall (NW Lovefest)
By Greg Roth Power blues-rock trio, Ayron Jones and the Way, played the house down at Hard Rock Cafe’s Hard Rock Rising this spring. The battle of the bands contest showcased some truly outstanding Northwest artists. Although the competition was fierce, Ayron Jones and the Way took the win, and won over plenty of new fans at the same time. [...]
New Music Review: “What You Hope For” – Midnight Salvage Company
by Darrell Fortune / NWCZ Radio Midnight Salvage Company is one the classic bands that adds flavor, depth, and variety to the South Sound musical landscape. Their new CD, “What You Hope For,” captures their sound exquisitely. MSCo’s brand of rock and roll lies solidly between red dirt Americana and rootsy, country rock. It would be easy [...]
Live Review: Heritage Hunter Tour shakes SoDo
By Alina Shanin Heritage Hunter Tour at Showbox SoDo 4/30/2012 Metal fiends got theirs Monday night at the Showbox SoDo with Ghost, Mastodon, and the long-awaited Opeth. The Heritage Hunter tour brought the Swedish death metal band to Seattle for the first time to share their new melodic riffs, as well as bring back some [...]
Live Review: Snow Patrol brings Paramount from whisper to a Roar
By Alicia Kamenick Snow Patrol at The Paramount 5/1/2012 I like Snow Patrol. They don’t leave me feeling particularly excited about their music, but I like them. They write solid songs with good hooks, and Gary Lightbody’s voice is easy on the ears. So when I saw them open for U2 in 2009, I was pleasantly surprised. [...]
Live Review: Storm Large reigns at The Neptune
By Greg Roth Storm Large at The Neptune Theatre 4/27/2012 It’s difficult to write a standard review for an artist like Portland, Oregon’s Storm Large. Calling her a “force of nature” is quite cliché, and yet I’m guilty as charged, because she just is. Storm is an artist that needs to be experienced to be fully [...]
Live Review: Go Radio tunes up the energy at Chop Suey
By Alina Shanin with additional contribution from Jennifer Austin Go Radio at Chop Suey 4/26/2012 It was a good sign - Chop Suey was packed and pumped in anticipation of Go Radio. Opening bands There for Tomorrow, Tyler Carter, and Simple As Surgery did a great job riling up the crowd with alternative pop rock, getting people moving and singing [...]
Vicci Martinez drops new tracks on iTunes
By Greg Roth Tacoma’s own Vicci Martinez‘s long-awaited new EP has finally dropped on iTunes. She will be performing her new single, “Come Along” with her “coach” and collaborator, Cee Lo Green, tomorrow night (5/1) 9p (PST) on NBC’s “The Voice.” The highly anticipated EP includes four tracks, including Come Along, Run Run Run, I Can Love, and [...]
