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4:32 pm
Jun. 29, 2011
And the Burger That Won Tickets to See Lucinda Williams Tonight Is . . .
By Chris Kornelis
Earlier this week we gave away a pair of tickets to tonight's Lucinda Williams show at the Zoo to the person who sent in the best picture of a burger. Technically, the burger above, submitted by B... More >>

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4:22 pm
Jun. 29, 2011
My Summer Music Playlist (So Far), From Vetiver and Neutral Milk to Simon & Garfunkel
By Chris Kornelis
No, it doesn't feel like summer. And, if we're lucky, the Seattle summer will start a day earlier than usual and we'll have a happy Fourth. But my summer playlist is coming into focus. I've stil... More >>

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9:12 am
Jun. 29, 2011
The McTuff Trio Makes It a Funky Tuesday, Last Night at the SeaMonster
By Gwendolyn Elliott
The McTuff Trio SeaMonster Lounge Tuesday, June 28 It was a quiet scene when I arrived at the SeaMonster last night for funk group the McTuff Trio's weekly Tuesday-night session. The band was set... More >>

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8:00 am
Jun. 29, 2011
We Don't Recycle, and 9 Other Reasons Atlanta Is Not Seattle
By Joe Williams
It's nearing on two months since I left the Peach State in search of something less hot and more liberal. Since this is my first time to the Northwest, and the Atlanta Braves are in town to show ... More >>

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12:00 am
Jun. 29, 2011
The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows
By Seattle Weekly Critics
Becoming the Archetype/Wednesday, June 29 A devout message of Jesus Christ and love aren't the first things that come to mind when listening to... More >>

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2:15 pm
Jun. 28, 2011
Riemer to Riemer: Where Does a Guerrilla Podcast Go Once Its Host Is Back on the Radio?
By Chris Kornelis
After putting his year-old podcast on hiatus last week, Marty Riemer says he's committed to bringing some form of the digital talk show back by Friday, July 8. "I've kind of vowed to myself that i... More >>

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12:22 pm
Jun. 28, 2011
Adele Reschedules Her Sold-Out Seattle Show for August 12 at the Paramount
By Erin Thompson
Adele fans, get happy. After cancelling her sold-out Paramount show earlier this month due to an untimely bout of laryngitis (the illness seems to have lasted all month--she also had to back out o... More >>

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11:53 am
Jun. 28, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends Checking Out the Reunited 'Original' Taking Back Sunday Lineup
By Joe Williams
It hasn't been easy being a Taking Back Sunday fan in recent years. The New York post-hardcore band hit it big with the indie crowd in 2002 with Tell All Your Friends, a raw, spit-in-your-face al... More >>

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10:49 am
Jun. 28, 2011
"These Moments" Preps You for The Physics' Next Seattle Summer Classic, Love Is a Business
By Nick Feldman
The Physics have an inextricable connection with sunny, summer Seattle. The trio's debut Future Talk was released in June 2007, followed by High Society in June '09 and Three Piece last May--each ... More >>

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10:26 am
Jun. 28, 2011
Bumbershoot After Dark Enlists Four Tet, Dam-Funk to Keep the Party Going Long After Wiz Khalifa's Pot Smoke Clears
By Eric Grandy
It's a problem a lot of music festivals seem to have around here: It's 11:30 p.m., the mainstage headliners just shot their last cannonfuls of confetti and finished their second encore, the food ... More >>

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9:48 am
Jun. 28, 2011
Dropkick Murphys Bring Their Concept Record and a Little Bit of Boston to the Paramount
By Dave Lake
Dropkick Murphys Paramount Monday, June 27 The mere concept of a concept album is often enough to make most rock fans bristle (Kilroy Was Here, anyone?). Add punk rock to the mix, and many fans ... More >>

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9:32 am
Jun. 28, 2011
A Singing Puppy and Nine Other Commercials You'll Sit Through Just for the Music
By Joe Williams
A lot of people like football. Even more like children dressed up as Darth Vader trying to use Jedi mind-tricks around the house. It's no wonder, then, that the last Super Bowl drew more than 111 ... More >>

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9:00 am
Jun. 28, 2011
Tell Me About That Song: Seth Hecox, Guitarist of Becoming the Archetype
By Joe Williams
A lot went into writing your favorite song--but how much do you really know about it? This week Seth Hecox, guitarist, keyboardist, and clean vocalist of Atlanta's four-piece Christian progressive... More >>

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8:00 am
Jun. 28, 2011
Through @ 2: Yes, That's Beck's Guitarist Sipping Coffee Next to You at Lighthouse
By Erin Thompson
The situation I'm having drinks at Phinney Ridge's 418 Public House with 27-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist Jessica Dobson and her husband, Peter Mansen, who plays drums in her band, De... More >>

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2:53 pm
Jun. 27, 2011
Free Lucinda Williams Tickets to the Person Who Sends Me the Best Cheeseburger Picture
By Chris Kornelis
Lucinda Williams is playing the Woodland Park Zoo on Wednesday (6 p.m.), and I love cheeseburgers. These two facts were unrelated until five minutes ago. We're meshing the two this way: The perso... More >>

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1:21 pm
Jun. 27, 2011
On the Heels of Cinémetropolis, Prometheus Brown and Bambu Are Already "At It Again"
By Nick Feldman
The Blue Scholars didn't wait long after dropping their third LP Cinémetropolis to jet off to Hawaii (the land of OOF!) to play some shows and help out with some youth workshops at the University ... More >>

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1:07 pm
Jun. 27, 2011
If "Bruce Springsteen Goes to the Euro-Trash Discotheque" Sounds Good to You, Get Stoked for the New Handsome Furs Record
By Eric Grandy
Sub Pop just killing it right now: Shabazz Palaces (ahem), Washed Out, and now the next one from Wolf Parade spin-off Handsome Furs, the hot/cold husband/wife duo of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perr... More >>

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12:53 pm
Jun. 27, 2011
Jessica Dobson Is Abandoning Deep Sea Diver & Embracing Her Given Name Again: "I Feel Like It's Something I Can Own Now"
By Erin Thompson
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recent Seattle resident Jessica Dobson has spent the last three years playing other people's music--she plays guitar in Beck's touring band and also... More >>

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9:33 am
Jun. 27, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends Spending Some Time With the (Nearly) Commercial-Free Classic Rock of 104.5
By Chris Kornelis
When it comes to commercial classic-rock radio, there's plenty to love and lots to hate. The worst thing about the format is not the truncated playlists (do they know Skynyrd made more than one r... More >>

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9:13 am
Jun. 27, 2011
Words + Photo: When Shooting My Morning Jacket, It's Hard to See Anything Other Than Frontman Jim James
By Chris Kornelis
This post is the first in a new series in which longtime Seattle music photographer Laura Musselman provides her thoughts on what it was like to be at, and shoot, a show. The best part about be... More >>

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8:10 am
Jun. 27, 2011
Mickey Avalon Sexes Up Showbox at the Market With His Sleazy, Easy-Flowing Party Rap
By Dave Lake
Mickey Avalon Showbox at the Market Friday, June 24 He may be Jewish, white, and a rapper, but you won't confuse Mickey Avalon for a Beastie Boy anytime soon. Rising out of the sleazy streets of... More >>

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By Eric Grandy

The University District was in a subdued mood Friday night. Just days away from the summer solstice, the sky was heavy with clouds and the evening below only vaguely humid.… More >>

Hunx, Punx, and Pride Hunx, Punx, and Pride
By Hannah Levin

Inverting stale gender paradigms is a time-honored tradition in rock 'n' roll. From David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust–era glammed-out androgyny to Grace Jones' brazenly butch new wave to more contemporary gender-benders… More >>

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Stop Tape Stop Tape
By Todd Hamm

"On the first couple mixtapes I did . . . I was [stealing] a lot of beats," Avatar Young Blaze, one of the most talented young lyricists in Seattle, admits in his usual cotton-mouthed… More >>

An Incomplete History of Rhymesayers' Courtship of Seattle Hip-Hop An Incomplete History of Rhymesayers' Courtship of Seattle Hip-Hop
By Todd Hamm

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Mother Mother: Say It Loud Mother Mother: Say It Loud
By Joe Williams

While studying guitar at a jazz college in Vancouver, B.C., Ryan Guldemond's newfound passion for songwriting came with a slight hitch—he despised the way he sang. "I have… More >>

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By Erin K. Thompson

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