Festivals

Project Pabst Music Festival Invades Portland This Weekend!
By Mocha Charlie on September 26, 2014
Two of our staff are headed off to Portland for the Project Pabst Festival, which will feature Main Stage performances until the early evening on...
A Look Back At Watershed 2014 (PHOTOS)
By Xander Deccio on September 23, 2014
This year’s sold-out Watershed Music Festival boasted three huge headliners and an impressive support lineup that had “Shedders” flocking to The Gorge Amphitheater. SMI was...
Fans & Bands ROCK out at Pain In The Grass/Uproar Music Festival
By Mocha Charlie on September 14, 2014
This year’s Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival joined forces with KISW’s Pain In The Grass to bring ten ROCK bands to Whiteriver Amphitheater. Local teen, Amanda...
Bumbershoot 2014: There is no substitute for The Replacements (Photos)
By Greg Roth on September 4, 2014
Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson are rock n’ roll survivors of many musical train wrecks. They are the only original members left in the band but they are...
Bumbershoot 2014: Elvis is the king (Photos)
By Greg Roth on September 2, 2014
He is Elvis “effin” Costello. In 1977, this genre-bending artist made his television debut on Saturday Night Live. After playing a few bars of “Less Than...
Who to see at Bumbershoot 2014!
By Arlene Brown on August 29, 2014
Going to Bumbershoot this weekend? So is Seattle Music Insider! With 6 stages of live music happening over the three day weekend, there is something...
The End’s Summer Camp 2014: alternatives to PNW bands? (Photos)
By Christine Mitchell on August 14, 2014
Apparently 107.7 The End believes that the current state of “alternative” music is this: the bands most deserving of promotion are a) almost exclusively made up...
A look back at Timber! 2014 (Photo Slideshows & Podcasts)
By Greg Roth on August 6, 2014
Photos by Greg Roth and Christina Leiva In a couple of days thousand of Northwest music and nature lovers will make their annual pilgrimage across the...
Capitol Hill Block Party: crammed, sweaty, and awesome
By Christine Mitchell on July 30, 2014
It was a dark and stormy week in Seattle . . . but lo, the rain and clouds departed with near perfect timing as...
Timber! a festival with a lot of heart and soul (Podcasts)
By Greg Roth on July 24, 2014
Festival season is in full gear. The massive, revenue generating Sasquatch is now in our collective rear-view mirrors. Capitol Hill Block Party kicks off this...
MAYHEM FESTIVAL Shows Unstoppable in the Heat for Die-Hard Metal Fans
By Mocha Charlie on July 9, 2014
For those that don’t already know, I really enjoy shooting “metal” shows. It gives me more opportunities to photograph something outside of the “normal rock...
SMI Radio Timber! Shows! Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount (Podcast & Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on June 30, 2014
SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present another episode of a newly launched series entitled “Timber! Shows!” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live, exclusive music...