Another Rainy Saturday

 Continuing from my post earlier about my 10 favorite singles of 2011, here’s the companion, 10 favorite albums of 2011. As always, feel free to argue in the comments. 10. The Vaccines, What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?, Columbia (“Post Breakup Sex”) 9. Don’t Talk to the Cops, Regular Show, self-released (“Big Ass Head”) [...]

The first day of Bumbershoot is in the books and once again, Lori Paulson took some amazing photos. She covered a lot of ground throughout Seattle Center, including favorites like Shabazz Palaces, Vetiver and Pickwick. You can see more photos on her Flickr page. Little Dragon: Shabazz Palaces: Pickwick: Campfire OK: STRFKR: Vetiver: The Lost [...]

  Every year I spend my Labor Day weekend at Bumbershoot and, in spite of hundreds and hundreds options throughout the weekend, I try to keep my schedule somewhat light. I found it makes for a better time to not have to run back and forth across Seattle Center to catch moments of one band [...]

The most discussed event in local music last week was the release of Shabazz Palaces’ first LP Black Up, also the innovative hip hop group’s first release on Sub Pop. They played two packed shows at Neumos to coincide with the release of Black Up and we were quite fortunate to have star photographer Suzi [...]

With last week’s SXSW event in Austin, countless (ok, somewhere around fifty) Seattle-based artists made their way to Texas to perform before crowds flocking to the festival. Superstar photographer Dave Lichterman was there with his SLR to capture his first SXSW experience. This photo set (probably the largest one we’ve ever run: 41 photos, if we [...]