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Panic! At The Disco’s Emo-Pop Extravagance
By Stephanie Dore on March 26, 2017
A line stretched longer than an actual football stadium to get into Panic! At The Disco, live at Seattle’s WaMu Theatre. Teens and parents alike...
Whitney Mongé’s Soul Is No Secret
By Stephanie Dore on March 20, 2017
Instruments littered one side of a hidden loft home, somewhere on Capitol Hill, amidst a seemingly endless sea of microphones and amps. The scene was...
Duke Evers Live on Band In Seattle
By Stephanie Dore on March 13, 2017
Now in its fourth season, Band in Seattle is on quite a roll. The web and tv series went live with Duke Evers and Snuff...
Shelby Earl Takes Her Rightful Place In The Light
By Stephanie Dore on March 7, 2017
Local singer-songwriter Shelby Earl may have one of the best voices in town, but it is her unapologetic songwriting that takes that voice and wraps...
Looking For America With Switchfoot and Relient K
By Stephanie Dore on February 6, 2017
Clearly, plenty of people are still looking for the message from veteran alternative Christian rock bands Switchfoot and Relient K. The bands have been co-headlining...
AFI Feed The Frenzy Live In Seattle
By Stephanie Dore on February 1, 2017
It’s been 25 years since the ramshackle start of AFI (A Fire Inside) as a bunch of high-schoolers who didn’t know how to play any...
The Sounds Pack A Sweet Punch
By Stephanie Dore on December 25, 2016
Sweden’s The Sounds wrapped up the 10th anniversary tour for their seminal 2006 album, Dying To Say This To You, at Seattle’s Showbox with a...
The Head And The Heart Feel Like Family
By Stephanie Dore on November 13, 2016
Known for their intimate folk-pop and incomparable harmonies, The Head and The Heart have gone from playing tiny Seattle pubs to selling out three straight...
Emo Electronics With The Range and Phantogram
By Stephanie Dore on October 10, 2016
New York DJ/Producer The Range – née James Hinton – scored the tough job of opening up for electro-rock duo Phantogram, one that he made...
Skirting Mainstream Success with Tegan and Sara
By Stephanie Dore on October 8, 2016
The bridge from indie to pop is well-trodden, but perhaps the best-shod feet to cross it as of late are those of Tegan and Sara. The Canadian twin...
DNCE Get Funky At The Fair
By Stephanie Dore on September 19, 2016
Formed only a year ago and fronted by Joe Jonas after the Jonas Brothers gave in to growing up, DNCE have been hitting the airwaves...
Blink-182: The Rulers of Pop Punk Return
By Stephanie Dore on September 18, 2016
This was a show fulfilling dreams, a show to make teenage selves cry. Blink-182 – arguably harbingers of the mopey, hopeful pop-punk genre – were...