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Bumbershoot Day 2 Recap
By Kriston McConnell on September 6, 2017
The second day of Bumbershoot was blisteringly hot, but that didn’t stop thousands of concertgoers from rushing to the festival to see some of...
Bumbershoot Day 1 Recap
By Kriston McConnell on September 4, 2017
It’s that time of year again – Seattle’s favorite annual music and arts festival, Bumbershoot. This year fans saw and heard a huge variety of...
Bush’s Emotional Return
By Alex Crick on June 5, 2017
Guest contributor and music photographer extraordinaire Neil Lim Sang shares his emotional experience of seeing Bush perform at the Showbox SoDo last week to go alongside Alex...
Upstream Fest + Summit Recap
By Kriston McConnell on May 19, 2017
This last weekend, Seattle’s historic neighborhood, Pioneer Square, bore witness the debut of one of the music festival dreamt up by Paul Allen – Upstream...
PHOTOS: Upstream Day Two
By Christine Mitchell on May 18, 2017
The inaugural Upstream Music Festival and Summit took place last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in and around Pioneer Square. There was far too much going...
PJ Harvey marches into WaMu
By Alex Crick on May 11, 2017
PJ Harvey’s show at WaMu Theatre started with a marching band coming onstage, much the same way you would see a street marching band in a...
Circa Survive at the SoDo
By Christine Mitchell on March 13, 2017
A sold out Showbox SoDo played host to a slew of PNW flannel, beanies, black hoodies, and Circa Survive, who are celebrating the ten year...
Ann Wilson at The Moore
By Alex Crick on March 6, 2017
In 1975 sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson rose to fame, breaking through the barriers of rock & roll with the band Heart, bringing their hard hitting...
Run the Jewels’ EL-P & Killer Mike Run the Showbox Sodo
By Abby Williamson on March 2, 2017
In the last few weeks of 2016, most of us had a list compiled of the best records of the year. But alas – Run...
The Joy Formidable Goes Quiet at the Triple Door
By Jeffrey Rindskopf on March 2, 2017
The Joy Formidable ditched their distortion-heavy studio techniques for a night of acoustic performance at The Triple Door last week. Though singer Rhiannon Bryan joked that...
Take Your Valentine to DeVotchKa at The Showbox
By Alex Crick on February 11, 2017
SMI loves quirky bands that disrupt the normal gene defining molds of music. One such act is DeVotchKa, who happen to be coming to town this Tuesday,...
Thunderpussy’s Rockin’ NYE x2
By Christine Mitchell on January 3, 2017
Thunderpussy had a pretty amazing 2016 in spite of, well, 2016. This band has taken seventies rock and roll mixed with blues and glam and stood...