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Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2012: Q&A with Aaron Matts & Danny Leals
By Greg Roth on July 12, 2012
By Alina Shanin The Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2012 has been celebrating metal and breaking records in ticket sales, which pans out well for the younger...
Music shines through clouds at Northwest LoveFest (Photo Slideshow)
By Greg Roth on July 9, 2012
You always hope for good weather and great bands when you go to music festivals. Northwest LoveFest delivered the goods on the music end, in spite...
Live Review: a musical journey down Spectrum Road
By Greg Roth on June 26, 2012
By Jonathan Sindelman Spectrum Road @ Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Sunday, June 24th One of the most exciting aspects of any concert experience is to arrive and...
New Music Preview: Daydream Vacation – ‘Dare Seize The Fire’ (Video)
By Greg Roth on June 22, 2012
By Timmy Held Daydream Vacation is somewhat of a Seattle supergroup. Consisting of singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer Dave Einmo (Head Like a Kite), vocalist...
Live Review: Vicci Martinez at the Showbox (Photo Slide Show)
By Greg Roth on June 19, 2012
By Alina Shanin Photos By Michael Profitt Vicci Martinez, Jamar Rogers and Perry Acker at The Showbox @ The Market (6/15/12) Vicci Martinez is a...
Spectrum Road leads to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley June 21st
By Greg Roth on June 14, 2012
By Jonathan Sindelman The name Tony Williams carries a long list of achievements that changed the face of modern drumming, and speaks volumes about the...
New Fitz and The Tantrums LP to drop in October
By Greg Roth on June 4, 2012
It has been a little over eighteen months since Fitz and The Tantrums released their first critically acclaimed and catchy LP, “Pickin’ Up The Pieces.”...
Remembering Robin Gibb 1949 – 2012
By Greg Roth on May 20, 2012
Robin Gibb, one-third of The Brothers Gibb, AKA The Bee Gees, passed away Sunday after a long struggle with cancer. The 70’s pop / disco...
Live Review: The Black Keys Bring Stompin’ Oomph to Key Arena
By Alicia Kamenick on May 10, 2012
Midway through The Black Keys’ show at Key Arena Tuesday night, a little flutter of white above my head caught my eye. Floating down from a rafter,...
Bumbershoot 2012 partial lineup
By Greg Roth on May 8, 2012
One Reel announced the music headliners and partial lineup for this year’s Bumbershoot festival. This year’s headliners include the legendary Tony Bennett, alt rockers Jane’s Addiction, electronic-dance...
Remembering Adam “MCA” Yauch – August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012
By Greg Roth on May 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) reported yesterday that Adam Yauch, a rapper and founder of the innovative, groundbreaking and multimillion-selling hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died on Friday in...
Vicci Martinez drops new tracks on iTunes
By Greg Roth on April 30, 2012
Tacoma’s own Vicci Martinez‘s long-awaited new EP has finally dropped on iTunes. She will be performing her new single, “Come Along” with her “coach” and collaborator,...