Posts Tagged ‘Clock-Out Lounge’
Seattle Musicians Weigh In on Their Favorite Places to Play (and See) Music
Seattle is rich with musicians. The city can claim some of the world’s best guitarists, singers, performers, writers, rappers, movers and shakers. But have you ever wondered: where do musicians like to perform? While obvious answers range from the Showbox to the Paramount to the Moore, what about the smaller venues? At which neighborhood spots…
Read MoreStephanie Anne Johnson and The Hidogs: Americana Soul from The City of Destiny
Singer/songwriter Stephanie Anne Johnson is proudly Tacoma-born and bred, and there’s something about her songs and voice that reflect that, in the best possible way. In contrast to the airs of pretense that its sibling to the North—Seattle—often puts on, Tacoma’s a scrappier, more blue-collar, and much less pretentious place. Tacomans have no problem keeping…
Read MoreSeattle’s Small to Medium-Sized Music Venues Keep on, Despite an Uncertain Future
Jodi Ecklund lives two miles away from the Clock-Out Lounge, the Beacon Hill music venue she opened a few years ago that provides pizza, drinks and enough room for a small stage, small backstage and space for about 250 people to see a show. Ecklund has made the trip countless times back-and-forth, on-call seemingly 24/7,…
Read MoreArtist Home Premiere: “When I Was Young” by Heather Thomas Band
Heather Thomas gets a lot of love here at Artist Home, and for good reason. Whether she’s singing in psych-pop ensemble General Mojo’s, or singing and bashing the kit for her own Heather Thomas Band, anything she touches is invariably worth a listen (or several). Artist Home is proud to premiere “When I Was Young,” Heather…
Read MoreArtist Home Premiere: “No Celestial Hope,” by Dryland
The places we find as catalysts for our inspiration are endless. For some, it’s likely unreliable reconstruction of our past, and the transition from protagonist to unreliable narrator. Maybe for you it’s a darkened tabernacle that’s inadequately illuminated by pinball machine high scores and the everyday troubles of spilled spirits and slips of the tongue.…
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