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Flight to Mars 2014: still crazy after all these years
By Christine Mitchell on May 20, 2014
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...
SMI Album Review: Eels ‘The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett’
By Xander Deccio on May 15, 2014
By Chris Senn For over two decades now the music of Mark Oliver Everett (Mr. E) has served as the melancholy backbone of the alternative...
Coldplay Tones It Down … For Better Or Worse
By Alicia Kamenick on May 15, 2014
You either hate Coldplay and heap scorn upon them, or you like them and feel the need to peevishly defend them and/or your musical taste...
Spectacle: the music video exhibit at EMP to start off with Vivid party
By Christine Mitchell on May 15, 2014
A warm fuzziness caused by nostalgia and a sudden, immediate link to my childhood nearly broke my focus. “Wait a minute . . . I’m...
Out on the Streets: Record Release at the Sunset (Photo Slideshow)
By Christine Mitchell on May 7, 2014
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...
Bombay Bicycle Club at the Neptune Theatre
By Christine Mitchell on April 29, 2014
By Christine Mitchell Photos by Arlene Brown First off, my favorite part of our night with Bombay Bicycle Club was the beautiful, surreal animation...
Pennywise to bring Cali punk to The Showbox Market
By Christine Mitchell on April 23, 2014
Pennywise is celebrating their 25th anniversary this spring with a West Coast tour, featuring supporting act Teenage Bottlerocket. Expect the stage barriers at the Showbox...
Record Store Day 2014: it was amazing (in my imagination)
By Christine Mitchell on April 22, 2014
I slid into a groggy awareness on Saturday morning. I rolled over, stretched out my neck, and slitted my lame-ass eyes open to read the...
SMI New Music Preview: Kylie Minogue – Kiss Me Once
By Alicia Kamenick on April 11, 2014
Sparkly Australian pop sprite Kylie Minogue knows her audience, and always brings a decent collection of shiny dance pop. Collaborating with the ubiquitous Sia and...
Skinny Puppy Shocks Showbox SODO (Photo Slideshow)
By Bill Bungard on April 5, 2014
Vancouver-based electronic/industrial group Skinny Puppy made their way to Seattle’s Showbox SoDo. Complete with crazy costumes, electronic sounds and shock value, Skinny Puppy didn’t disappoint...
SMI New Music Preview: Lea Michele’s ‘Louder’
By Katrina Charles on March 16, 2014
When Glee began airing on Fox in 2009, everyone was stunned by the powerful vocals of fairly unknown actress Lea Michele. With a knack for...
SMI New Music Preview: Broken Bells ‘After the Disco’
By Jessica Kaminski on March 14, 2014
4 years after their debut album, power-duo Broken Bells have released a sophomore album that delivers beautifully produced electro-pop songs. The album’s title ‘After the...