SMI Radio is back for the new Fall Season and we are kicking it off right with two brilliant artists. It is hard to believe...
(Editors Note: This is a new bi-monthly feature debuting here at SMI called Another State of Mind.) In 1991, in the boroughs of New York City,...
Here at SMI we frequently receive requests via Twitter from bands who would like us cover their shows. We make every effort to do so,...
In this world of music that for the most part is processed through a meat grinder and dusted liberally with nitrates, it has been an...
Mike McCready’s UFO cover band Flight to Mars has been playing a benefit show for Crohn’s disease and Colitis research (specifically CCFA Camp Oasis and the...
Sean Lennon returns to Seattle with his band GOASTT (The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger) Thursday May 22 at The Crocodile. This five-piece outfit...
This year’s Chinook Fest not only was sold out, but also went off with a huge bang! Being there were so many bands to shoot,...
Hailing from Northern California’s fertile music scene, Dead Winter Carpenters is a rollicking, high-energy, Americana roots-infused five-piece outfit. With an indomitable spirt and organic approach to their...
Smooth vocals, beautiful lyrics with a background of pleasantly mastered instruments…That’s what you’ll find in the latest release by Shane Alexander, Ladera. His previous releases...
by Jonathan Sindelman In celebration of his 70th birthday, legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette will return to Seattle for what could otherwise be slated as the “Lifetime Achievement Tour.”...
This Oakland quartet was born four decades late, but it’s never too late for well-crafted music produced with low-tech analog gear. In a parallel universe, in...
The Stone Foxes’ Spencer Koehler spoke to SMI contributor Rick Bowen about the band he started with his younger brother Shannon at San Francisco State....