Another Rainy Saturday

The popular dubstep producer Skrillex is just about the biggest thing in “music kids are listening to these days” and he’s in the middle of playing four nights in New York. The reviews for the first night at Webster Hall, and at least two reviews have said basically the same thing as Danny Glover in [...]

Independent music exists at many levels: The bedrooms and garages where the music gets created; the house concerts, private parties, and coffee shops where new music gets played; and the downtown clubs that book established original bands. Artists and bands that make it all the way around the musical Monopoly board to Park Place get signed [...]

The Seattle-based folk rock band The Local Strangers released a new, two song EP on their website and Bandcamp pages today that you can download free. It’s called Devils & Ghosts, which makes perfect sense as the two songs offered are called “Devil and a Stiff Drink” and “Give Up the Ghost.” It’s certainly worth your time [...]

Today, the Seattle Office of Film and Music announced they were launching an initiative to bring the sounds of Seattle’s music scene to Sea-Tac Airport. Its website says: The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative | Experience the City of Music is a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, The Office of Film + Music, Seattle Music Commission and music-specialist [...]

Oh Fox News. Last night while I was watching “The Ed Show” on MNSBC, over on Fox News, pompous blowhard Bill O’Reilly surprised hip hop heads everywhere by proving he knows the difference between Ice-T and Ice Cube. Meanwhile, ridiculous character Bernie Goldberg doesn’t know the difference between Ice Cube and Ice-T, even though he literally has a photo [...]