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Grant Brissey has been writing for the Stranger—either on the staff or freelance—for almost a decade. In that time, he's covered everything from hard news and technology, to music, film, and visual arts.

Grant's work has also appeared at Geekwire, and in Billboard, Portland Mercury, San Francisco Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Seattle Weekly. He currently lives in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle and writes about dang near anything. He also does nerdy web site stuff, has played drums in multiple unsuccessful garage-rock bands, and runs Grantropolis.com.

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  • Suggests

    feedtime

    Due in part to the efforts of Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm, Sub Pop has wisely resuscitated Aussie untuned punk/rock stalwarts feedtime from obscurity by reissuing the band’s first four albums in a package named The Aberrant Years.
    Posted on 03/07/2012
  • Music Column

    Granted

    The West Launch Party in West Seattle
    Posted on 02/22/2012
  • Music

    Veteran of Disorder

    Jennifer Herrema Switches Gears (Sort of) with Black Bananas
    Posted on 02/22/2012
  • Music Column

    Granted

    Quick Chat with the Fresh & Onlys' Shayde Sartin
    Posted on 02/15/2012
  • Music

    Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs Traded Their Glorious Chaos for Gilded Splendor

    Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs Traded Their Glorious Chaos for Gilded Splendor
    Posted on 02/08/2012
  • Suggests

    Damien Jurado

    Washington-born singer and songwriter Damien Jurado finds peers in Nick Drake or My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, but Jurado is all ours.
    Posted on 02/01/2012
  • Music Column

    Granted

    No Music for Airports
    Posted on 02/01/2012
  • Suggests

    Wilco, White Denim

    Despite a name that conjures images of this generation’s worst recycled fashion atrocities, Austin outfit White Denim are much more than bleached trousers or fleeting fashion trends.
    Posted on 01/18/2012
  • Music Column

    Granted

    Eli Anderson Moves to Neumos, and Hunter Motto Hired as Talent Buyer at Crocodile
    Posted on 01/18/2012
  • Music

    Have Another Dance with J.C. Satàn's Hell Death Samba

    Have Another Dance with J.C. Satàn's Hell Death Samba
    Posted on 01/18/2012
  • Suggests

    Black Breath

    Do you like heavy music and evil, but not like guttural Cookie Monster vocals and tiresome, overly technical metal?
    Posted on 01/11/2012
  • Music Column

    Granted

    Random Upcoming Goodness in 2012
    Posted on 01/11/2012
  • Film

    In the Land of Blood and Honey: Angelina Jolie Brings a Dog into the Bosnian War

    In the Land of Blood and Honey: Angelina Jolie Brings a Dog into the Bosnian War
    Posted on 01/04/2012
  • Suggests

    Wolves in the Throne Room

    Self-proclaimed black-metal purists may deride Wolves in the Throne Room for being too accessible, but when accessible black metal sounds this good, I’ll take it.
    Posted on 12/28/2011
  • Music

    Ride's Nowhere (20th Anniversary Edition) Makes History Better

    Ride's Nowhere (20th Anniversary Edition) Makes History Better
    Posted on 12/28/2011
  • Music

    Choose Wisely

    Scratch Acid, Dinosaur Jr., and Wheedle's Groove Are All Playing the Same Night—What Are You Gonna Do?
    Posted on 12/14/2011
  • Music

    Blood, Sweat, and Years

    Lee Cizek's Red Liquid Is Starting to Look Like a Solid
    Posted on 12/07/2011
  • Music Column

    Granted

    Jimmy Buffet and Bob Marley Ruined My Vacation
    Posted on 11/30/2011
  • Music

    "Poo Butt Station!"

    I Tried to Sit Down with My Niece and Nephew to Find Out What They Thought of Laura Veirs's Tumble Bee
    Posted on 11/30/2011
  • Music

    Not a Fish Tale

    Director Bill Badgley Discusses the Making of Kill All Redneck Pricks: a Documentary About KARP
    Posted on 11/23/2011

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