PNW Musicians Score an Unlikely Gig by Accidentally Scoring a Lost Movie

****THIS ARTICLE WAS LARGELY A WORK OF FICTION. SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THIS ARTICLE’S END**** Producer/musician/composer Erik Blood should be a familiar name to PNW music fans, having produced records for Shabazz Palaces, Tacocat, and a host of other Seattle artists as well as producing and performing his own material. Seattle composer/singer/instrumentalist Corey J. Brewer,…

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New Songs to Help Get You Through These Rough Times

The words, “We’re in this together,” have never, in any of our lives, held more meaning than they do now. Please, everyone, wash your hands, take care of yourself and your loved ones, and stay safe. To further the spirit of sharing the catharsis and joy that music can give us all, Jake Uitti and…

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Two PNW Artists Tell it Like it Is on Video

News flash (not): This country’s pretty fucked right now. And maddeningly enough, that deeply profound state of fuckery is rooted in the elemental fact that even ideals that we hold to be self-evident can be yanked out from under us if we’re not vigilant. The most ostensibly obvious tenets of our country, the things that…

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Shabazz Palaces Crafted the Best Northwest Record(s) of 2017

                  I’ve been navigating the sonic labyrinth that is Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines and Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, the two-disc opus from hip-hop futurists Shabazz Palaces, for two months straight now. And in a lot of ways, I’m still happily lost in the damn…

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Sync Music Video Festival 2016

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…

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