Throughout the 20th Century, if you were a musician, chances are you had stars in your eyes. You wanted the big rock stage, the loud guitar solos, the people screeching and cheering from the audience. You wanted this as you traveled city to city, venue to venue, locale to locale. And, of course, these aims…
The assignment starts out as nothing more than another fun Artist Home web piece. AH co-founder Kevin Sur brainstorms the idea to me via email—an ongoing series of articles highlighting some of our favorite Northwest-grown album cover art and packaging. The spark for the idea comes from the stunning presentation behind the vinyl pressing of…
Full disclosure: 2016 has given me a Doctoral crash course in navigating seriously wrenching financial, personal, and emotional loss, especially in the last two months. So for me at first blush, the recent deaths of Leonard Cohen and Sharon Jones—right in time for the holidays— just felt like two more reasons why 2016 could…
I had the pleasure of sending John Santos (artist extraordinaire, hockey fanatic, connoisseur of the musically sullen and burdensome, homegrown magician and a Colorado native) a few questions about his breathtaking artwork, involvement in an assortment of passion projects, preferred artistic weapons of choice, and unyielding love affair with the Colorado Avalanche and hockey in…
Artist Home has drummed up 10 silly, yet amazing questions that we will henceforth refer to as, “The 10”. Perhaps we’ve watched too much James Lipton or we’ve all been on the road for too long and pondered such profound subjects to kill time while driving through Kansas. Nonetheless, we present to you “The 10”…
For the benefit of the uninitiated: Spokane is a rural Eastern Washington manufacturing town, isolated from the rest of humanity by Canadian wilderness to the north, arid Palouse plains to the south, the Cascades to the west, and the Rockies to the east. Even today it’s known as a conservative little place without much patience…
Yeah, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s proven to be about as relevant an arbiter of, y’know, actual merit as the Oscars. And no, that’s not a compliment. But I still got the feels when Cheap Trick were selected as 2016 inductees on April 8. When Cheap Trick was born in the mid-1970s, the Billboard…
Timber! Outdoor Music Festival returns for its fourth consecutive year this July 14-16 with another stellar lineup, some new twists and more incredible ways to celebrate the outdoors and Northwest culture. Headlining acts include Langhorne Slim & the Law, Telekinesis, Deep Sea Diver, and a tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival. Additional artists and activities will…
On April 15, SIFF Cinema Uptown will turn its big beautiful screen over to the incredible talents of the music video maker for the 4th Annual Sync Music Video Festival. The event—presented by Artist Home, Seattle Weekly, and SIFF—will bring the music and film community together to celebrate an often-overlooked art form with a collection…
Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Pictures Our friends at Neon-Tide spent Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival weekend doing what they do best, capturing the heart and soul of what’s around them. Here are some of our favorite photos from their amazing collection. To see them all, visit their website here.
