Over the next month, our Music Editor, Morgen Schuler, is planning to delight you with tales of her adventures as a concert photographer in 2011. A glimpse into the most memorable music events of the last year. This feature will be running throughout the month of December more ›

As Sunday arrived, we were torn between exhaustion and not wanting to leave Portland and the musical magic we had been involved in for the past five days. Exhaustion was winning, but only by a hair. more ›

Andy Kotowicz, a dear friend of many in the Seattle music scene and longtime member of the Sub Pop family, was tragically taken from us a little over a month ago in a car accident. We'd rather not recount the details (if you're interested you can find them here), but he was taken suddenly and entirely too soon. Being such an established member of the music community in Seattle and nationwide, there's been an enormous amount of support and kindness toward Andy and his family. First, a foundation has been established, The Andy Kotowicz Family Foundation, and you can contribute by writing a check payable to the Andy Kotowicz Family Foundation can be mailed to: more ›

The sorely missed Seattle band, Carissa's Wierd (not a typo) has had a bit of a revival recently. What with Hardly Art releasing a best of compilation titled They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 and the one-night reunion show they played at the Showbox Market in July. And fans of Carissa's Wierd have even more to look forward to as Hardly Art has just announced that they will release the band's three studio albums (Ugly But Honest, You Should Be At Home Here, Songs About Leaving) on vinyl and digitally, for the first time ever. more ›

After seeing the recently announced lineups for Coachella and Bonnaroo, one thing was pretty clear: both lineups are strong, but altogether there's only a couple Seattle bands playing at either fest. more ›

In this week's Rolling Stone, the annual "Hot Issue" (and yes, the one with Britney on the cover), working at the Cha's Cha's burrito kitchen gets blurbed as a "Hot Rocker Job." Citing the "kitchen staff of insanely talented musicians moonlighting as line cooks," there are a couple quotes from a certain former employee/maybe bland Fleet Foxes frontman, along with a list of other groups associated with Bimbo's: Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, the Melvins, Hole, Minus the Bear, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and Murder City Devils. So now you know which bands gave you food poisoning. more ›

Hip hop's The Saturday Knights are a Seattle band and proud of it, from Tilson's Sonics cap to the samples from the Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymal" and Band of Horses' car commercial. We weren't really dying to hear anything on Sunday night except TSK's Tilson, Barfly, and DJ Suspence, and they lived up to our expectations. New to us was Tilson's elegy for Isaac Hayes, sung over a sample from the theme to Shaft. It's hard to stay in focus, we learned, when you're helplessly dancing and singing along. Also that Tilson is a hyperkinetic son of a bitch. more ›

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As an all-knowing, all-seeing hivemind, Seattlest has your Bumbershoot recommendations handled. If you're going to brave the crowds, bathroom lines, and ever-present corporate tents, you should at least be equipped with the right kind of inspiration to make it all worth your while. more ›

Melbourne-based quartet The Drones are a little bit country, a little bit blues, and a lotta bit rock 'n' roll. And check it out, they've got one of the most eclectic list of influences we've ever seen: Van Morrison or Dylan or Suicide or Bad Brains or Nina Simone or Black Flag or the Scientists or Ornette Coleman or Thelonius Monk or (australian)X or Townes Van Zandt or John Lee Hooker or Karen Dalton... more ›

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