On Wednesday, Chop Suey will host the Doe Bay Fest 6 Announcement Party, where the lineup for the upcoming music festival will be announced. The evening will include special guest performances from Doe Bay Fest 2013 performers and is free to the public – a touch typical for the outstanding festival…
The 42nd Annual Folklife Festival will commence Friday, May 24th (that's tomorrow) at Seattle Center and is sure to be packed – as audiences have come to expect – with musicians, artists and a wide variety of delicious food options.
You don't have to be a DJ, or even relate to anything on this list, to go to University of Washington's Rainy Dawg Radio's excellently curated 10th Anniversary Party this Thursday the 23rd - they've managed to captured many of Seattle's local sounds in one show. From the electro-soul of Natasha Km…
Two of Seattle’s up and coming – and most playful – groups will join forces Saturday, May 25, for the record release show for Friends and Family band at The Crocodile Café. The event, sure to be full of positive energy, bright colors and harmonies, will feature Julia Massey and the Fiver Finger Dis…
The ascent of electronic producers from the obscure underground scene to the fringes of pop mainstream is a path that is becoming more and more common these days, and few have done it as seamlessly and organically as San Francisco's Barrett Richards, best known to the music world as Kastle. With a …
The giant rock sound of Flight to Mars, a tribute band to the 1970’s group UFO, will fill the Showbox at The Market stage this Friday, May 10th. Highlighted by the virtuoso guitarists Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) and Tim DiJulio (HalloQueen), the 11th annual performance will benefit Crohn’s and Coliti…
Tonight, during the Prom Night with Allen Stone: The Official Bumbershoot 2013 Music Lineup Announcement at The Crocodile -- you guessed it -- the music acts of the Seattle summer festival were revealed. One of the most exciting acts? Local heroes Death Cab for Cutie performing Transatlanticism in …
Following Sasquatch's lead, this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has released their schedule, which has done a pretty good job at keeping potential conflicts away from the Farm. (I'm looking at you, "Sigur Ros vs. Phoenix vs. New Order" Coachella.) Traditionally, Thursday has been a showcas…
In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.