There's nothing like the prospect of a smart hip-hop show to build up our anticipation on a Saturday night. One where we know that the act we're going to see can't fail to deliver, cranks that up a little higher than we can generally handle when we're forced to first stop by a friend's party before the show. To all those in Shoreline that we bored with excited chatter about Lyrics Born and Blackalicious at The Showbox, we're so sorry. more ›

It's still raining, but that's not stopping us this weekend. As we get ready to head out the door, the Seattlest staff is once again sharing our weekend plans in the hopes that we'll see you along the way. more ›

Katelyn just mentioned Common Market, but there's also hip-hop aplenty at the Showbox this weekend, with Portland's Lifesavas and New Orleans' funk-tastic Galactic (featuring Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and Boots Riley of The Coup) tonight more ›

Our first taste of the 2007 Bumbershoot lineup leaves us hungry for so much more. more ›

Also, do you know what he means? Apparently Lyrics Born wasn't getting the answers he wanted to those questions, because he just kept asking them last night at Neumo's. Additionally, if you haven't been to an LB concert before, you may not know that he likes to put his hands in the air, and you best do so yourself as well. But we didn't want to put our hands in the air, Seattlest wanted new LB music. And, amazingly we got some. more ›

Wednesday 25th more ›