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New Music: Zookraught’s ‘Grip It Shake It’
By Christine Mitchell on August 8, 2023
*Editor’s note: You will find many superlatives in this review. You may question the high percentage of charged adjectives, but it is advisable that you...
Ghost Brings Re-Imperatour to White River
By Mike Baltierra on August 6, 2023
Swedish rock band Ghost has seen tremendous success in their career. From playing El Corazon when they came to Seattle early on, to playing an...
Duran Duran – Future Past Tour Comes to Seattle
By Mike Baltierra on June 3, 2023
Eighties nostalgia was in full effect when multiplatinum and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Duran Duran brought their Future Past Tour to Climate...
Timber! Outdoor Music Festival Is Back To Bring The Love
By Greg Roth on July 20, 2022
Special to SMI from founder and former contributor, Greg Roth and Director of the forthcoming documentary, “#WeRideWhy” (Delayed until 2023 due to COVID). July of...
Thank You, Alan White
By Greg Roth on May 29, 2022
Seattle Music Insider was founded over twelve years ago in 2010. In 2017, I “retired” from being a quasi-indie music hack to focus on some...
The Bay Strikes Back Tour Crushes the Showbox Sodo
By Mike Baltierra on May 24, 2022
Who would have guessed that three acts who helped spawned the Bay Area Thrash scene back in the 1980’s would be still creating new music...
Daryl Hall at the Paramount Theater
By Mike Baltierra on May 16, 2022
Though not at capacity, there was a huge turnout on a Thursday at Seattle’s Paramount Theater to witness performances but not one, but two, Hall...
KillSwitch Engage Coming To The Showbox Sodo
By Mike Baltierra on February 25, 2022
A night of heavy metal is making its way to the Showbox Sodo in Seattle! KillSwitch Engage are bringing the Atonement Tour to Seattle! Get...
Queensryche Rocks the Neptune Theater
By Mike Baltierra on February 9, 2020
Blazing across the country and packing venues in support of their latest release, 2019’s The Verdict, Queensyche put on an outstanding performance at Seattle’s Neptune...
Suitcase’s ‘Come Back’
By Mocha Charlie on September 10, 2019
Written by Julia Massey In my communities of creativity here in Seattle, I find myself, in many instances, meeting someone who brings up Don Farwell,...
Weep Wave Release “A Breakup Song”
By Meredith Smith on November 13, 2018
Local trio WEEP WAVE announce their debut album Seasonal Affective Disorder is the debut album from Seattle trio WEEP WAVE. Conceptual pop paired with artistic...
CHVRCHES Lead A Post-Goth Pop Charge
By Stephanie Dore on October 2, 2018
I feel like I’ve been listening to CHVRCHES forever. So the fact that the Scottish synth-pop band is only seven years into their existence is surprising,...