Grammy Award Winner and favorite Northwest sensation Ben Harper is coming to the Crocodile Cafe this weekend to support his cousin, Justice Steve Gonzalez, and his campaign to claim his throne in the Supreme Court. Harper is best known for his
In 2005, a cluster of Aussie blokes in Melbourne started up the indie rock sensation that is The Temper Trap. Jonothan and Toby had been working together in a clothing store, and lured friends Dougie, Lorenzo and Joseph to collaborate on a musical escapade and began
I’ve finally recovered from the four day bender at the Sasquatch Festival Memorial weekend and had the opportunity to get personal with the folks of the Icelandic clad Of Monsters and Men.
This folkie Icelandic ensemble of six, has been under the radar for the past few years but have really taken off and transformed into rockstars within the last six months in America, and worldwide.
Sasquatch is upon us and the 2012 lineup is bursting with new talent, and well oiled favorites. Headliners at this year’s festival include Jack White of the White Stripes, The Roots, Beck and the list goes on and on.
Check Em’ Out: Bassnectar is the techno- sonic brain child of Lorin Ashton, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to listen to the vibrations he continues to produce as a musical project he’s shared from one end of the globe to the next, you might want to take your mother to WaMu Theatre this weekend.
Check em Out: The Naked and Famous began as a meetcute between composer/writer Thom Powers and lyricist Alisa Xayalith at music school back in 2008. The two New Zealanders were approached by a few independent labels after feverishly sending electro pop demos around town and recruited three other Aucklandites to perform live around the country.
Check ’em Out: Who is Miike Snow? DJ. Electronica. Wizard. Jackolope. Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, two Swedish dudes hooked on creating beats teamed up with American Andrew Watts back in 2000 to work on someone else’s pop album. Evidently this spawned a lasting friendship that would develop into the elusive birth of Miike Snow in 2007.
The Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) took a hint from the Irish, and are ringing in the spring season with an assortment of northwest ales, scotch, and other spirits! Grab your friends and family and help celebrate the beauty of cinema with a little day drinking at the Fremont Hop Scotch & Ale Festival.
Check ’em Out: Five Brits hailing from Leeds, UK’s ever vibrating music scene have shaped over a decade into the award winning ensemble that is the Kaiser Chiefs. Best known for their witty ball busting lyrics,
Check ’em Out: There is no category of music to describe the originality and infectious sound that is Flogging Molly. They bring together their Celtic roots through traditional Irish instruments like the violin, accordion, and mandolin, and infuse their songs with a vibrant punk rock sound, that defines them a new age group.
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