Two-man rock machine My Goodness is back. Thank God and the hammer He’s bringing down on your eardrums. Guitarist/singer Joel … Continue reading Seattle Rock Duo My Goodness Shreds and Shines on ‘Shiver + Shake’
“So let’s try counting the number of obvious blunders,” an announcer intones at the end of Pearl Jam’s video for “Mind Your Manners,” off their latest album Lightning Bolt. Continue reading Pearl Jam Doesn’t Really Want You to “Mind Your Manners” (Video)
The recent stories suggesting that Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin, and Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan are rekindling former Seattle supergroup Mad Season? Sorry, false. “It’s not another Mad Season,” Martin told me last week. Continue reading Talkin’ Martin and McCready Mad Season Blues
For those of us who discover new music in used vinyl bins rather than at the club or on the radio—KEXP, I really will tune in more often, and Jet City Stream, I love you when I do—all the year-end best-new-whatever lists go right over our heads. The pleading from hipper friends to listen to Alt-J and Head and the Heart (what, not new?), just reminders of how blissfully out of touch we are with today’s darlings. Continue reading Top 10 Reasons 2012 Rocked Like 1992
Local Pearl Jam/gig art fans still feeling jilted by last year’s two-day PJ20 celebration that took place in Wisconsin—and took the art show with it—will appreciate the news that the free exhibit is returning to the Showbox December 2.
Continue reading Pearl Jam’s Rock & Art Poster Convention Returns to the Showbox
Around 20 years ago, Seattle was home to two true rock supergroups—Temple of the Dog and Mad Season. Though short-lived (by design and by untimely death, respectively), both bands still have fans who will likely dig the city’s newest uber-talented collective, Walking Papers—and not just because of its familiar faces. Turns out when vocalist/guitarist Jeff Angell (Post Stardom Depression, Missionary Position), drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season), keyboardist Benjamin Anderson (Rorschach Test, Missionary Position), and bassist Duff McKagan (Guns N Roses, Loaded) get together, they make really good music. Continue reading “Seattle Rock Veterans Present their Walking Papers (Part 1)”
“Every item has a memory […] kind of the reason we kept all of it for so long. Over time, they have begun to deteriorate. If they stay in boxes nobody will be able to enjoy the stories they tell.” Continue reading Why Mother Love Bone Frontman Andrew Wood’s Stuff is Up for Sale
