Music

The best and latest music writing from The Stranger

Please Thrill Me

An Abridged Oral History of Seattle’s Greatest Rock Band, Pretty Girls Make Graves

Music Sep 10 2:30 PM

Only a Psycho Wouldn't Like BOOM: A Film About the Sonics

Documentary Details the Rise, Fall, and Rise of Tacoma's Greatest Band

Bumbershoot 2024 Sep 3 5:19 PM

Everything We Loved at Bumbershoot

Twinkies Made of Glass, Sharks With Butts, and Some Music

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Visual Art Aug 30 12:55 PM

Shoot to Thrill

Bumbershoot’s IYKYK Photography Exhibit Celebrates Seattle’s Vibrant Underground Music Scenes

Music Aug 29 2:37 PM

Secret’s Out

Seattle Music Fans Have Loved Dean Johnson for Years—the Rest of the World Is Finally Catching On

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Games Aug 28 2:41 PM

Overserved and Over You

Drink the Kool-Aid In Lemon Boy’s New Videogame Punk Juice

Music Aug 28 12:33 PM

Look at the Sky and Listen

It’s a Band, It’s a Cult, It’s the Polyphonic Spree!

Music Aug 27 1:27 PM

Better Than Before

Seattle Pop-Punk Legends the Fastbacks Are Releasing Their First Album in 25 Years

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Music Aug 27 11:31 AM

Bikini Kill Day Was One for the History Books

Olympia Gave the Band a Key to the City, and They Gave Oly One Hell of a Show

Music Aug 22 1:12 PM

Always Burning Bright

Before This Weekend's Tribute Concerts, Friends and Bandmates Celebrate Seattle's Legendary Improv Saxophonist Wally Shoup

Music Aug 18 8:00 AM

How Charles R. Cross Shaped the Northwest's Music Scene

Musicians and Critics Remember the Late Journalist, Who Died Last Weekend at 67.

Music Aug 16 10:26 AM

Seattle Lamentably Ignored Charles Cross's Call to Turn Kurt Cobain's Property Into a Park

Charles Mudede on our city's inability to name and raise to the heavens its worldly gods

Music Aug 11 10:15 PM

Charles R. Cross, Long-Time Editor of Seattle’s The Rocket, Has Died

Cross Was a Celebrated Music Journalist and Author and Enthusiastic Supporter of the City’s Music Scene

Music Aug 8 3:28 PM

Queen of Noise

Olivia Rodrigo Smashed Pop's Perfect Standards at Climate Pledge Arena Tuesday Night

Music Jul 26 11:33 AM

10 Years of Wax Thématique Records

Sample the Seattle-Born Label's Banquet of Spicy International Flavors