The life of the rocktographer and attached writer may seem glamorous to some. Granted, we are sometimes allowed into special areas at shows, and yeah,...
In this world of music that for the most part is processed through a meat grinder and dusted liberally with nitrates, it has been an...
By Arlene Brown and Christine Mitchell We’ve been following local band Out on the Streets (OOTS) for a couple of years now, catching a show...
Mike McCready’s UFO cover band Flight to Mars has been playing a benefit show for Crohn’s disease and Colitis research (specifically CCFA Camp Oasis and the...
A warm fuzziness caused by nostalgia and a sudden, immediate link to my childhood nearly broke my focus. “Wait a minute . . . I’m...
The Sunset Tavern is The Tractor’s done-up little sister; cozy in deep reds that eat the light, and cave-like with a burrow of a bathroom...
By Christine Mitchell Photos by Arlene Brown First off, my favorite part of our night with Bombay Bicycle Club was the beautiful, surreal animation...
So, take a bullhorn and hook it up to a car battery. Bring a pile of multicolor feather masks and wings made of thrifted, ripped...
SMI was on hand at the EMP’s JBL Theater on a beautiful Earth Day afternoon for a very special press conference. Now, normally you’d find...
“Enthusiastic” would be the polite, yet lame way to describe the crowd at the Toadies/Supersuckers/Battleme show at El Corazon. “Flagrantly chaotic” would be a better...
It was an all-ages Wednesday night at Neumos, and things seemed topsy-turvy as the 21+ crowd filled up downstairs and the underagers were relegated to...
I’m still trying to figure out why Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (BBVD) played at the Snoqualmie Casino. Other stops on their current tour don’t seem...