Over five years ago, Video Games Live made its first-ever debut at the Hollywood Bowl before an audience of 11,000 people. Featuring the video games from all eras, the show is an immersive concert event that combines live orchestra music with synchronized lighting and live action. What started out as a novel concept, pushed forward by industry veterans Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, has become an internationally touring sensation that made its return to Seattle on Saturday night. more ›

Seattlest Alumnus Dave Epstein has some advice for Tony Hawk, get a lawyer. more ›

We've been hitting shows on the Seattle music scene for about four years now, and if there's one thing we can say with certainty, it's that Seattle doesn't need more musicians, it needs ones. Such may be the consolation of learning that next week, the Seattle chapter of Paul Green's School of Rock opens. If Green's now famous "school" can help create a new generation of musicians whose influences go deeper than Green Day, that alone will be an achievement. more ›

Redmond native and actual Guitar Hero Carrie Brownstein did some work on the advertising of the game Rock Band. You might have seen these commercials; four rocker-lookin types sit around and cut on each other in the jaded and weary fashion of musicians on the road. That's not her work, thank god. She was on a different team pushing a different concept. Anyway, she's got an article up at Slate today about her experiences with the game, which, ultimately, she ends up kind of liking in an "it's not as evil and fake as American Idol" kind of way. Of course anything less than an absolute trashing of the game leads us to suspect she's still on the payroll, but she's a music writer so we'll say no. It's an interesting take on the game either way. more ›

While you may not be accustomed to getting music news from Seattlest that's not along the "Die, Fledermaus, Die" lines lately we do actually listen to the rock music. You, know, sometimes, when we're feeling guitar-y. more ›