Music
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MONDAY 5/4 Cabaret Voltaire (MUSIC) Sheffield’s Cabaret Voltaire reigned as the UK’s most riveting electronic group from 1979 to 1984. Previously, Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, and Chris Watson had experimented with tape loops and analog-synth bleeps to give you the creeps. Their early recordings delved into academic minimalist composition and proto-industrial, but also included…
The Long-Awaited Return of Electronic-Music Innovators Cabaret Voltaire
Stephen Mallinder Talks “Nag Nag Nag,” Reinventing the Group’s Music for Their Farewell Tour, and More
We Make Music for Heads
TV Star Talk Influences, Burnout, and Their Plan to Achieve “Medium Indie-Rock Stardom.”
New Music You Shouldn’t Miss
New Albums by Reggaeton-Punk Duo Lucha Luna and Noirish Trip-Hop Heroine Black Viiolet
April Things to Do: Music
The Best Concerts and Dance Nights Happening This Month
The 2026 Bumbershoot Music Lineup Is Here
See Bikini Kill, De La Soul, Death Cab for Cutie, Japanese Breakfast, Turnstile, and More September 5–6
First Times with Lala Lala
Ahead of Her Seattle Tour Date, We Talked to Lala Lala’s Lillie West About Her Earliest Musical Loves
How in the World Are They Making That Sound?
The Seattle Opera’s Analog Amplification, Explained
If It Ain’t Baroque…
Maybe Society Is in Need of Some Old-Ass Flute
In This House We Believe in Goblins, Gondal, Björk, and Hildegard of Bingen
Mt Fog on the Making of Their New Album, Every Stone Is Green
Local Music You Shouldn’t Miss
New Albums From Sax Explorer Kate Olson and Ex-TAD Front Man Thomas Andrew Doyle
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