by Sopeary Sok Photos by Mocha Charlie Cody Beebe & The Crooks performed tracks from their sophomore album Out Here at one of Capitol Hill’s favorite music spots, Neumos this past Friday (May 10, 2013.) They have shared the stage with various artists such as Rooney, Vanessa Carlton, Stevie Nicks and many more.  Out Here was [...]

by Greg Roth The five piece Seattle outfit, Campfire Ok just released their newest music video featuring the title track from their forthcoming release, When You Have Arrived. The video starts with the protagonist (played by local musician Brad Duncan) waking from a winter slumber, to the sound of an alarm clock. The camera follows as he [...]

by Greg Roth The holidays are over, a new year is upon us, and SMI Radio is back with a brand spankin’ new episode. We’re ushering in 2013 with new music and interviews with two brilliant Northwest artists. For seven long months, Ben Union has been writing tunes and slaving away in the recording studio [...]

 by Timmy Held In September of this year, Seattle psych-pop-shoe gazers, The Purrs signed with Fin Records, a growing NW label that’s home to The Walkabouts and many more. In anticipation of their up-coming full-length album, The Boy With the Astronaut Eyes, a 7” featuring two new tunes from The Purrs, was released on December 4th titled Rotting [...]

By Greg Roth Electronic pop duo Daydream Vacation creates infectious beats and textures – courtesy of singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer Dave Einmo (Head Like a Kite)  and drummer Nat Damm (Akimbo and Sandrider). With the sweet and etherial vocal styling of Asy de Saavedra (Chaos Chaos formally Smoosh) soaring over the top, you have all of the [...]

by Jonathan Sindelman One of the brightest highlights from this year’s Earshot Jazz Festival also marks an historic occasion for Albanian vocalist Elina Duni, who arrived in Seattle last week to perform her first ever concert in the United States at the Cornish College of the Arts.  After striking an enthusiastic chord in France, Germany, [...]

by Greg Roth Last year, the Seattle-based hip-hop power duo, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, did their thing at the Mariners home opener in front of 48,000 baseball fans. Then, at Bumbershoot 2011, they made a huge splash with a stunning performance at Key Arena in front of 12,000 people. Later in the year, Macklemore & Lewis sold [...]

By Alina Shanin Serj Tankian is back with a vengeance and is embarking on a two-month World Tour to promote his newest record Harakiri. He’ll be stopping by the Showbox at the Market tomorrow night at 8 p.m. to share his creations and new ideas with his loyal fans. For years this influential advocate and talented songwriter/poet [...]

By Alina Shanin Local indie rock band By Sunlight recently accomplished a major goal. They recorded exactly the sound they imagined since their beginning, seven years ago. After months of hard work and a cross-country road trip to North Carolina, Penumbra is finally done, and ready to be shared with the world. Producer Scott Solter, who’s [...]

By Greg Roth Kristen Ward has been doing her thing around the great Northwest for a few years now, both on her own and sharing the stage with musical heavyweights. Thanks to donations from her fans via Kickstarter.com, Ward raised over $15,000.00 to record her forthcoming album, Last Night On Division. Her newest effort will drop on Tuesday, [...]