by Arlene Brown This past Friday, May 11, Showbox at the Market opened its doors to the 11th Annual Flight to Mars Benefit concert for the CCFA’s, Crohn’s and Colitis Federation of America, Northwest Chapter.  Local band Poor Moon opened the night and warmed the crowd up with their Reggae/rock feel.  The smooth voice of lead singer Christian [...]

by Sopeary Sok photos by Jason Tang Eternal Fair got up close and personal as they performed songs from their debut album, The Horse That Carries The Wheel, live at the Colombia City Theater on April 12, 2013. The band opened their act with the intro to their album, The Horse That Carries the Wheel Part [...]

Derek Aubert was recently out on the Road with Seattle’s Fox and The Law and shares some tales from his experience touring with the band and SXSW 2013. This is part the final chapter from his recent adventure (Part 4 of 4) SMI NOTES FROM THE ROAD: FOX AND THE LAW AT SXSW PT. 3 SMI NOTES FROM THE [...]

by Greg Roth photos by Mat Hayward The Parliafundkadelicment universe spans many funky dimensions. The list of P-Funk alumni is too large to list. No less than sixteen members of the original P-Funk were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Along with James Brown, George Clinton is the most sampled [...]

by Xander Deccio Seattle/Yakima-based alt-rock band, QmP (short for Quartermile Pumpkin) rocked the  Yakima Sports Center, Saturday, March 9th. It had been over a year since the band made it’s way back to their original stomping ground of  Yakima, and many of their die-hard fans couldn’t wait. The band, consisting of lead singer/guitarist Rod Taylor, guitarist/vocalist [...]

SMI has a new feature called Notes from the Road. Derek Aubert is currently out on the Road with Seattle’s Fox and The Law and shares some tales from his experience touring with the band and SXSW 2013. (Part 4 of 4) 3/13 The first show today was at 1:00 pm, with load-in at 12:00, at a spot called the [...]

by Xander Deccio World-renowned guitarist Leo Kottke performed to a sold out audience at Yakima’s The Season’s Performance Hall. Kottke is known for a fingerpicking style influenced by blues, jazz, and folk music; and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Kottke has overcome some significant setbacks, including severe nerve damage to his right hand, showing his standing-room-only audience [...]

SMI has a new feature called Notes from the Road. Derek Aubert is currently out on the Road with Seattle’s Fox and The Law and shares some tales from his experience touring with the band and SXSW 2013. (Part 2 of 4) 3/10/12 We woke up wearily, grabbed some In-N-Out, then left at noon and drove nearly non-stop to Austin. [...]

SMI has a new feature called Notes from the Road. Derek Aubert is currently out on the Road with Seattle’s Fox and The Law and shares some tales from his experience touring with the band. (Part 1 of 4) So in the last article, I left off uncertain about touring with a band that couldn’t keep [...]

by Timmy Held Atoms For Peace, a new supergroup featuring Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, and piano), Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (bass), longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (keyboards, synths), Joey Waronker of Beck & R.E.M. (drums) and Brazilian instrumentalist Mauro Refosco (percussion) released their debut album, Amok, on February 25, 2013. It’s an [...]

by Timmy Held I’m convinced that Seattleites Luke Beetham and Stacy Peck, AKA Pony Time, are not from the present. Okay, so yeah, not really, because they were born in the past like everyone else and since I’ve typed, and you’ve read the first sentence and what I referred to as the present is now [...]

by Greg Roth Nothing says fun on a Presidents’ Day weekend like Saturday / Sunday music double-header with those wacky power pop rock cats, The Presidents of the United States of America and the eclectic Campfire Ok. Throw in Aaron Daniel’s One Man Banned and Godfrey Daniels and his red Balloon, and you have the makings of [...]