photo courtesy of Seattlest Brad. James Taylor with Arnold McCuller. Lou Marini plays in background. Seattlest Brad has zero inclination to pursue a career as a music reviewer. But because our editor is so nice when she's arm-twisty, here goes: On the coldest night of the summer, James Taylor and his "Band of Legends" wrapped up a two-night stop at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville Tuesday night. The two-set, nearly three-hour show featured......

Tonight, head out to an event that will keep your finger on the pulse of the Seattle music scene. Seattle’s very hidden and very trendy Sole Repair Shop hosts six local artists: The Half Brothers, birds may bite, Gretta Harley, Johntana (featuring John Osebold of the indie-prog band “Awesome”), Trent Hill and Misty Weaver. It’s also the CD release party for Misty Weaver’s “Lost Saints for Long Roads,” and includes a cakewalk (win non-edible......

We were at trivia Tuesday night—playing, not hosting—plowing our way through the audio round. Our host played a snippet of a song that sounded kinda familiar, but we couldn't actually name either the song or the band. No half points for us. We wrote down our obligatory "funny" guess ("Do the Bartman," by Bart Simpson ) and waited for question 9. Someone from a nearby team heard us belaboring our stumpedness. "Think of a really......

This is going to be a damn good weekend, snow or no. And, it all starts tonight with Jack Wilson and the Wifestealers at the Sunset. Tomorrow, we've got Sera Cahoone's CD release party at the Tractor, celebrating the release of her awesome new disc Only As the Day is Long (SubPop). And then, the whole weekend will round off with Bob Schneider at Chop Suey. We're happy about all this because we love all......