National / Global Artists

Concert Preview: Justin Townes Earle at the Neptune
By Alicia Kamenick on September 27, 2014
Justin Townes Earle carries some musical heft in his name. The son of Steve Earle, and the godson of Townes van Zandt – that’s a...
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...
Blake Mills’ Expert Guitar Work at the Columbia City Theater
By Victoria Holt on September 26, 2014
You may not have heard of Blake Mills, but his fellow musicians have. For years he’s been honing his craft, making connections, even catching the...
The Last Internationale at El Corazon
By Christine Mitchell on September 23, 2014
El Corazon has been putting on all-ages shows for a while now, which is a good thing. Seattle has had a decades-long stuntedness when it comes...
Heart at The Showbox: as amazing as ever
By Christine Mitchell on September 23, 2014
Ann and Nancy Wilson are definitely national treasures. Their band, Heart, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just last year. But...
Linkin Park, AFI and 30STM Obliterate The Gorge (PHOTOS)
By Xander Deccio on September 23, 2014
This past weekend, people from all over the Pacific Northwest came to witness the spectacle that is alternative metal band Linkin Park. LP brought their Carnivores tour...
Dave Matthews Band Caravan Rolls Its Way Into The Gorge. (PHOTOS)
By Xander Deccio on September 23, 2014
Every Labor Day weekend for the past ten years, the Gorge Amphitheater has hosted the Dave Matthews Band. This year, the band decided to make...
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...
Chicago and REO Speedwagon join forces at The Washington State Fair
By Christine Mitchell on September 22, 2014
SMI photographer Bill Bungard was as excited as anyone else packing into the Grandstand area at The Washington State Fair to see Chicago and REO...
Lykke Li Brings Her Dramatic Indie-Pop To The Moore (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on September 21, 2014
The stage at The Moore on Wednesday night could have been set for a Halloween show. Footlights, fog, eerie music and black, diaphanous fabrics hung...
Fall Out Boy at The Washington State Fair: screaming abounds
By Christine Mitchell on September 15, 2014
Fall Out Boy and Danish band New Politics played to a healthy-sized crowd on a perfect Friday evening at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup....
Raul Midon brings his many talents to Jazz Alley
By Christine Mitchell on September 15, 2014
By Brent Stavig On September 9, Raul Midon came to Seattle to play two nights at Jazz Alley on a trajectory that included living in...