Five years ago two budding artists joined forces to create Common Market, a Seattle-based socially conscious hip-hop band. The following years would see the band gaining acclaim from the media and Northwest music scene. Their steadily growing popularity and concerted efforts resulted in them winning best hip-hop/rap album at the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards
The 10 tracks included in this playlist range from hip-hop, to southern rock, to even Celtic styled dance tunes. The tracklist does not have a gentrified identity nor a specific mood or theme. The one unifying trend throughout the work is that intelligence in music, astute use of influences and an actual attention to quality
The Seattle district of Ballard is a quite, genteel corner in Seattle, homely and welcoming in its layout and presence. From it comes Grynch, a hip-hop artist whose focus on the changing times, humble honesty and everyday life has quickly escalated into him becoming a landmark on the Seattle music scene. Grynch’s first effort, an
Seattle based band, Handful of Luvin’, have seen some notable local success since their 2005 inception. In 2008 they were voted third best local band of Western Washington by King 5 Evening Magazine and have been selling out venues across the Northwest with their avid touring schedule. During the course of the next 30 days
Starting on Saturday September 4, the annual Seattle music and arts festival Bumbershoot will be entering its 40th year. Established in 1971, the festival extends over a three-day period during Labor Day Weekend and is packed with seven music stages, as well as a plethora of other entertainment including theatre, dance, comedy, literary arts and
Seattle’s five-piece Black/Thrash Metal band Black Breath has recently announced their first European tour since forming in 2005. Their rush onto the international scene has a lot to do with the outstanding success of their 2008 EP Razor to Oblivion, which alternated between sounding like1990’s-era early black metal (alla Bathory) and, sporadically, punk—especially in its
Located a stone’s throw away from both the Seattle Space Needle and the EMP (Experience Music Project) is the oldest and unquestionably busiest operating punk rock club in Seattle. The Funhouse hosts live music shows every day of the week, providing exposure to a wealth of regional talent. Bands in every denomination of rock, from
This past weekend’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle featured some of the greatest and most acclaimed independent bands of the Northwest. The main stage gave us a glimpse of the ‘whose who’ in regional music, however neighboring it were the Neumos, Vera, Cha Cha and Havana stages; each of which featured up-and-coming, promising bands.
The sun was out and the atmosphere was pleasant for the 14th annual revelry of the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle this past weekend. The three day festival at first included three stages, which became four stages, which finally evolved into a five-stage event barely a day before beginning. The festival was composed almost
Outernational, the five-piece punk rock band from New York, are currently touring with veteran British punkers GBH. I stumbled upon their Seattle performance of the tour at the Chop Suey without any prior knowledge of Outernational. Suffice to say I was taken aback by the proficiency of the band, in both their strong stage demeanor