Reviews

#SMIontour: Pearl Jam at Fenway
By Arlene Brown on September 9, 2018
I’ve found myself in music venues that underwhelm, disgust, inspire, motivate, and wow me. I’ve seen the gamut. But standing in the middle of the...
Black Happy reunites in stellar form
By Christine Mitchell on August 14, 2018
Black Happy was huge in Seattle in the early nineties, though you’ve probably never heard of them. But back in the day, if you were...
GALLERY | Pearl Jam: The Home Shows
By Abby Williamson on August 9, 2018
Wednesday night at Safeco Field, local legends Pearl Jam filled the stands for what turned out to be hours of live music, riddled with new...
A traitor’s view of Bad Optics
By Christine Mitchell on August 5, 2018
Right at the tail end of March at The Fisherman’s Village Music Festival in Everett, Bad Optics seemingly magically popped into existence. The band wasn’t...
Now, Now and WENS at The Crocodile
By Hanna Stevens on August 5, 2018
By Branden Clarke and Hanna Stevens on August 5, 2018 The Crocodile Cafe was pulling double duty the night of Monday, July 30th, serving as...
Friday at CHBP ’18: Warm & Wooly
By Christine Mitchell on August 1, 2018
Perhaps by now it’s fading into a hazy, sweaty memory, but CHBP (Capitol Hill Block Party for the long-formers) just happened. It was that weekend...
Preview: Now, Now At The Crocodile
By Kriston McConnell on July 29, 2018
After a six-year break from releasing new music, Now, Now have released a new album titled Saved. To celebrate its release, the group has been...
Car Seat Headrest, Kyle Craft, Thao Nguyen and MORE at Timber Outdoor Music Festival
By Abby Williamson on July 26, 2018
This year’s Timber Outdoor Music Festival was the second one I’d ever attended, and after those few days, it looked like the start of a...
Suzy Jones and Jack & The Bones for Seattle Living Room Shows
By Abby Williamson on July 20, 2018
Not more than one full week after their huge 10-year anniversary extravaganza, the Watt sisters of Seattle Living Room Shows put on a killer show...
Brooke Annibale Brings Her Heartfelt Pop To Seattle
By Brent Stavig on July 13, 2018
Thirty year old Pittsburgh native Brooke Annibale has self-released three albums that document her feelings of hope, heartache, and belief, via incredibly well-written songs that...
Strawberry Mountain Shares “Double Summits”
By Paddy Moran on July 12, 2018
Strawberry Mountain, the rising electro-space-avant-pop group, are a quirky bunch of folks. So quirky, in fact, that their never-ending slew of singles, albums, and EPs...
‘Garbage People’: An Interview With Wimps On Their New Record
By Paddy Moran on July 10, 2018
Seattle’s beloved punk trio, Wimps, have worked hard to earn their status as a legendary Pacific Northwest band; a reliable cornerstone to the city’s spiraling, saturated...