As the lights dropped at Neumos last Saturday night, Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock took the stage together for a relaxed start to the evening. Dawson sat with her guitar and Aesop stood quietly nearby, mouthing the words, as he waited for his part of each song. The first two collaborations were a great example of their combined styles, including "Delicate Cycle," which had the crowd cheering as they recognized the first few bars, though it hasn't been officially released yet. more ›

When we first heard that Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson were working together on a side project, we couldn't wait for them to come through town. Tonight we get to finally experience the combination of two distinctly different sounds from two surprisingly similar artists. more ›

Ahh, Saturday! A chronologically arranged discussion of the Block Party, Day Zwei (Day Eins here): more ›

Friday: Catch Common Market (4:30) and U.S.E. (5:30) at the main stage, then skip over to King Cobra for the second half of Truckasaurus (6:00). Take a dinner break (may we suggest eating something protein-heavy?), then get yerself to Neumo's for Thee Emergency at 7:45. After that, we suggest Das Llamas (it's their last set...THEIR LAST ONE!) at 9:45 at the Cha Cha. To round out the night, buy yourself a fancy rum drink at Havana and party until the wee hours with DJ Curtis. more ›

Casey Neill is one of our personal favorites from that other Northwest city with the other great music scene. He and his Norway Rats play hard-drinking folk-rock ala the Dylan meets the Pogues, meets early R.E.M, and they'll be joining some great Seattleites, Kasey Anderson and the Crying Shame's Arlan and Dylan, at the Sunset this Thursday. more ›

Hooray! The first batch of the Capitol Hill Block Party line-up for this summer has been announced, and we're thrilled to see what a truly fine list it is. Hot groups such as Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, Kimya Dawson, and The Physics are already confirmed, with nary a six-hour-long Spoon set to be found. (Okay, so maybe last year's Spoon performance wasn't exactly six hours long, but it kinda felt like it.) more ›

So we woke up with no intention of getting all Gloria Steinem on you early on a Sunday morning, but after searching for the tie that bound together our first day of Bumbershoot, we couldn't help but gloat that the women of Bumbershoot were kicking ass/taking names. more ›

Seattlest serves up musical jambalaya for the masses… Delicious! more ›