National / Global Artists

Lykke Li at the Moore Sept 17 – Concert Preview
By Alicia Kamenick on September 13, 2014
Swedish chanteuse Lykke Li got an unexpected boost of publicity this week when she appeared as a guest vocalist on U2’s surprise new album Songs...
Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails Destroy Auburn’s White River Ampitheater (Photos)
By Mocha Charlie on September 4, 2014
What happens when you combine two of the biggest Alternative Rock artists of The 90s, and have them tour together? Pandemonium! That’s the term to...
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...
Cage The Elephant: raw power at the Showbox SoDo
By Christine Mitchell on August 29, 2014
Cage The Elephant performed to a sold out, packed-in crowd at the Showbox SoDo last Wednesday. True to form, it was a high energy set...
Murder City Devils celebrate The Showbox’s 75th with new album (Photos)
By Christine Mitchell on August 26, 2014
Hardcore Murder City Devils fans filled The Showbox so full that apparently the only room for more was, well, on top of the crowd. They...
Electronic bands illuminate the Nectar (Photos)
By Hanna Stevens on August 25, 2014
The Nectar Lounge buzzed and flowed with the smooth melodies and bright rhythmic grooves of three live electronic bands on Wednesday, August 13: Gems, Theoretics,...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: legends at The Gorge (Photos)
By Christine Mitchell on August 18, 2014
The air felt heavy and expectant at The Gorge Ampitheatre last Friday as fans gathered to take in the rock legend of Tom Petty and...
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...
Echo and the Bunnymen return to Seattle at The Showbox (Photos)
By Brent Stavig on August 11, 2014
Seattle was the fifth stop on Echo & The Bunnymen’s thirteen city tour of the U.S., and from information gleaned via the “interwebz” it appears that...
Arcade Fire Lights Up the Gorge (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on August 11, 2014
When Arcade Fire won the Album of the Year Grammy for The Suburbs in 2011, Twitter exploded with the question “Who the fuck are...