Reviews

Ghost goes acoustic at Silver Platters
By Christine Mitchell on August 31, 2015
Swedish death metal band Ghost graced Silver Platters with its stripped-down acoustic Unholy/Unplugged tour of record stores across the US. Seattle’s date was the first...
Modest Mouse kicks off two nights at the Paramount
By Abby Williamson on August 31, 2015
Coming off of their newest album Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse started their two-night residency at the Paramount last Monday, answering the question on everyone’s...
Slipknot Headlines Massive Pain In The Grass Line-Up
By Mocha Charlie on August 29, 2015
Fans flocked to this year’s KISW-Pain In The Grass festival at Auburn’s White River Amphitheater, and with Slipknot as its headliner, majority of them stayed...
Bang-A-Rang . . . Lions Ambition roars at Neptune
By Robin Fairbanks on August 27, 2015
On Friday, August 14, Lions Ambition entered the Neptune Stage like they were shot out of a cannon. Wheaties should put these guys on their...
Watkins Family Hour takes over the Tractor
By Sunita Martini on August 24, 2015
by Stephanie Dore Like a home away from home, the Watkins Family Hour took over Seattle’s Tractor Tavern for two sold-out nights of collaborative musicianship....
New Politics and Cage the Elephant bring down the house at Woodchuck Ciderstock 2015
By Arlene Brown on August 24, 2015
We know how awesome music is in the PacNW. Well, it’s cool in other parts of the country too. Not as cool, but there are some...
The Hot Seat with music writer Dave O’Leary
By Christine Mitchell on August 24, 2015
Dave O’Leary, currently promoting his novel The Music Book (Booktrope), sat down in The Hot Seat this week and spoke of his passion and love for...
Looking back at 107.7 The End Summer Camp 2015
By Renae Koepke on August 23, 2015
On one dreary Seattle day people gathered at Marymoor Park, armed with blankets and beer - since the threat of rain will never keep music...
Gentlemen of The Road Invade Walla Walla
By Janice Deccio on August 19, 2015
With an estimated 22,000 visitors to the Eastern Washington town nearly doubling its population last weekend, Walla Walla welcomed the Gentlemen of the Road Tour...
The Hot Seat: Savanna Räy Dohner
By Christine Mitchell on August 18, 2015
This week I was able to bring Savanna Räy Dohner to the Hot Seat. Savanna studies bass under Jeff Rouse (The Guessing Game and Duff...
D’Angelo and The Vanguard’s sweet revival at the Showbox
By Hanna Stevens on August 18, 2015
D’Angelo and The Vanguard satiated a sold-out audience at Seattle’s The Showbox on Monday, August 10. Throughout the two hour performance, D’Angelo presented artistry refined...
Life In Pictures: Thunderpussy
By Christine Mitchell on August 16, 2015
Life In Pictures is a new SMI column in which contributors document artists’ preparation on the day of a show. Our first installment features Thunderpussy....