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Photos from City Arts Fest, featuring Mudhoney, Thee Emergency and Pickwick

City Arts Fest continued through last Saturday night, providing great shows throughout Seattle. We were quite lucky to have the brilliant photographer Alex Crick covering the the festival with his camera. Yesterday we featured his amazing photos of Robyn and YACHT and today we’re happy to showcase photos of legendary rockers Mudhoney, plus favorites Thee Emergency [...]

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Photos from Robyn’s show at City Arts Fest

Last Thursday’s show at City Arts Fest with Swedish pop star Robyn and Portland synthpop band YACHT was great by any objective measure. Fortunately, we were able to send superstar photographer Alex Crick to the Paramount to capture the evening through his SLR. See some of his always-excellent photos here, with more on his website. [...]

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Live show review: Shelby Lynne at City Arts Fest

When country star Shelby Lynne walked out on the stage at the Triple Door promptly at 8:30pm on Saturday evening for her headlining set as part of City Arts Fest, she was greeted with the crowd singing to her. It was “Happy Birthday” and Lynne turned forty-three that day. She had much to celebrate, particularly [...]

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Live show review: Robyn at City Arts Fest

Before a sold out crowd at the Paramount Theater as part of City Arts Fest, Swedish pop star Robyn told the crowd this was her second-to-last show before she takes a break from touring. She’s been consistently on the road since her first Body Talk album (of three separate releases) came out in June 2010. [...]

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Film review: Color Me Obsessed: the potentially true story of the last best band, The Replacements

Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessedis a movie by, starring and for superfans of The Replacements. It tells the story, chronologically, of the legendary Minnesota band through interviews with fans, critics, musicians and people who came in contact with the band from their founding in the late 1970s through their breakup in 1991.The film makes it [...]

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