Each week the Seattle Office of Film + Music compiles its rankings of the top 10 Pacific Northwest albums of the week. The numbers are based on sales figures at Sonic Boom and Easy Street locations throughout Seattle. Here are the results for the week of October 11-19: more ›

This year is full of double-decade birthdays. The Stranger, Pearl Jam, and yes, Nevermind are all turning 20 this year. Seattle, you are really growing up. more ›

The activities of the day include: saving Mother Nature through trivia; celebrating music history; or learning about geography nerds and what makes them tick. more ›

Who loves electronica? A lot of people, apparently. more ›

The big news today: the first proposals for the state legislative redistricting process have been released. The other big news today: WaMu gets denied for the second time. Smaller news: A republican candidate gets grungy. These are your headlines. Enjoy. more ›

Kurt by Steve Mohundro from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Austin, Texas, has a lot of things that Seattle doesn't. Sunshine. Lone Star. 100 degree temperatures. Great (or at least ubiquitous) BBQ. Longhorns. Willie Nelson. A Republican governor with big hair. But perhaps best of all, it has the Alamo Drafthouse. more ›

Seattle's graced the pages of plenty of magazines and papers recently. Unfortunately, if you believe what you read, we're all still stuck in 1998. more ›

On Friday, we were greeted by a sea of cheerful, bespectacled middle-aged men, all re-living their favorite rock moments, delighted to see items of their not-so-distant past displayed under the track lighting. To many, it seemed uncanny that something they were a part of was now something in a museum. more ›

... But we're going tonight. Don't worry, we'll tell you all about it this weekend, in case you yourself can't attend until next First Thursday. more ›

Let the madness continue! There's a fantastic set of events to whet your appetite at Friday's City Arts Lineup. If the shows we've previewed for Friday don't sound interesting, be sure to catch Head Like a Kite with Brent Amaker and the Rodeo. They are not to be missed and Head Like a Kite will most likely, as they usually do, have guest performers jump on stage with them. You never know who you're going to get, but it'll always be an amazing time. As if that weren't enough Brent Amaker is an amazing entertainer and singer. Add in the Rodeo and he'll have your booty shaking cowboy-style. Let us know where you've been and where you're going! So far we've had a blast, wednesday night's shows and looking forward to tonight's. Meanwhile Seattlest is running rampant through the rest of the fest, so check out these shows to end your week with a bang. more ›

Hometown heroes and diplomats of plaid Nirvana are getting what is claimed to be the single most comprehensive examination of the bands musical and cultural legacy ever come this April at the EMP. more ›

Cross, a music journalist-turned-author based in Seattle, spent a period of four years conducting over 400 interviews for his authorized biography. He had the cooperation of Courtney Love as well as Cobain’s former friends, business partners and band mates (with the notable exception of Dave Grohl). Cross’ book is pieced together with information from these interviews, available published material, and exclusive access to Cobain’s medical records, police reports, diaries, lyrics, and family photos. more ›

Sure, they aren't from our neck of the woods, but there certainly is something about their sound that is quite familiar to us...or at least younger versions of ourselves. That being said, we're happy to report that Christmas has come early to those (Southern-tinged) grunge lovers among us. Dead Confederate offers up their latest LP for the low, low price of free. more ›

CHANNELING NIRVANA, ONLY BETTER: Yeah, we said it, but as Kurt Cobain once noted about the Vaselines, "They are my most favorite songwriters in the whole world." So much so, that he named his daughter Frances Bean after lead singer Frances McKee. We agree and think it's totally awesome that they're in town playing on a Tuesday for only $20. A hugely famous band that doesn't come to town very often, fairly affordable, plenty of tickets left, and on a Tuesday. We are practically pinching ourselves, and can't wait to hear old favorites such as "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" and "You Think You're a Man," among others. The last time Seattle got a chance to see them was at Sub Pop Records' 20th Anniversary, and we are loving that this time around it will be in the city, with hopefully a smaller crowd. more ›

That was the subject line of an email in ye olde inbox this morning (sans the sarcastic quotation marks, of course). What followed was a long letter from Adam Duritz that rambled for a bit before ultimately announcing that the Counting Crows were leaving Geffen, their label for 18(!) years--since back in the day when they were labelmates with Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and the Posies, amongst others. And then he gives a weird shout-out to Madonna, complete with a free mp3 of their cover of "Borderline." Not the weirdest press release we've ever received, but pretty inexplicable all the same. Full text after the jump. more ›

Organizers announced the course for the Seattle Rock and Roll marathon today, which will replace last year's bungled Seafair Marathon. The hilly June 27 race is a for-profit event run by a California company. It starts in Tukwila, near a casino and sexpresso stands, and will show off the industrial area around Boeing, and Rainier Beach, before heading up the Alaskan Way Viaduct and must-see Highway 99. And since there's a rock music theme, expect to hear "Smells Like Teen Spirit" approximately 26.2 times. more ›

A generation ago, Seattle's most famous person was a fictional clown who lived in the city dump. more ›

Usually being the biggest of anything is a worthy distinction in its own right, but Bop Street Records’ appeal exceeds the sheer volume of its massive collection of music. more ›

It was seventeen years ago today, Nevermind made its record store debut, and rock music would never be the same. Nirvana's second full-length album (and the first on Geffen rather than indie Sub Pop), Nevermind solidified the band's trademark loud-quiet song structure and marked a shift in their sound to something bigger than just grunge. While it took months for Nevermind's first track "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to become a surprise hit on the MTV, today's the anniversary of that seminal album being released unto the world. Take the time to give it another listen. more ›

You don't get a lot of Jacques Derrida in dance performance these days, let alone his disquisition on how we're prevented from fully enjoying orgasm delivered by a guy on an exercise machine, but that's why the Superamas are worth that intercontinental airfare. Also, they strip. more ›

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"Quite a few people in the world have seen my penis. So that's kinda cool." We've known for a while (thanks to Kirsten Anderson) that the naked baby on the cover of Nevermind is all grown up and basically normal. But last night, NPR's All Things Considered aired an interview with the now-17-year-old Spencer Elden, sharing his story with comfortable liberals nationwide. Spencer still seems like a normal high school kid, and, as seen above, is perfectly willing to deploy the best conversational icebreaker we can imagine. (Seattlest Clint's alternate suggestion: "The penis that gave international rise to the Seattle Sound.") He's officially eclipsed Dolores Erickson (the woman slathered in whipped cream on Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights) as the northwest's most famous album cover model, even if he is from California. more ›

The Boston Phoenix came up with a "Best Of" list, organized state by state, of the greatest bands ever. They chose three categories for each state of our diverse Union: Best Band of All Time, Best Solo of All Time, and Best New Band. Are you ready for Boston's take on Washington's musical legacy? more ›

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Musicians who remain active in the recording industry for over 20 years usually become internationally famous and aim to save the world, or quietly cultivate a devout fan base by emancipating humanity one pair of ears at a time. Mark Pickerel—drummer, vocalist, and Ellensburg native—has followed the latter career path. more ›

http://seattlest.com/2008/02/28/foo_fighters_da.php">announced his presidential bid.

Hillary Clinton's conviction that our next president must be a "fighter" now has literal representation: Fighter of Foo Dave Grohl has announced his candidacy as an Independent. more ›