In a very arbitrary, seemingly art-school-dropout exercise from last month, I attempted to create a “spirit GIF” for each of…
A fan who got a premature “BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS” tattoo attempts to remove it with sandpaper immediately after the…
Last time I chatted with Ryan Patterson, frontman of Seattle black metal outfit Addaura, was when we had just named…
People always talk about how everything in Seattle is dying or disappearing, which is why I get excited to discover…
Centuries ago, Phil Elverum’s Scandinavian ancestors gathered together, naked, in pits they dug into the Norwegian hillside. After a long…
“Nowadays you’ll walk into Sea-Tac and you’ll hear indie rock first thing when you walk off the plane,” Sub Pop…
The day this story hits stands, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready will figuratively…
The word “industrial” gets tossed around a lot, but, goddamn, Haunted Horses actually played their instruments with drills. That drill,…
Getting to spend a day with local animation legend Bruce Bickford for my arts feature on him last week was…
From top left: Christian Petersen, Greg Lundgren, Meng Yu, Ken McCarty, Jite Agbro and Shogo Ota. About six months ago,…
About six months ago, poet and arts advocate Yonnas Getahun was walking between 10th and 11th Avenues on Pine Street…
This may be the most stonery post in the history of “journalism,” but bear with me. Seattle’s MOTOR dance collective…
Anacortes’ Mount Eerie just revealed the first track from upcoming LP, Sauna, out Feb. 3. Phil Elverum, the man behind…
Canadian freaklord Chad Vangaalen has become something of Sub Pop’s resident animator. After busting out tons of incredibly surreal clips…
THEESatisfaction goes deep on this one—a clip for their bewitching new single “Recognition” off their upcoming LP EarthEE. The duo…
In case you weren’t around, the fog that swept into Seattle yesterday and lingered around this morning made the whole…
Note: Make sure to check out our GIF Comic tour of Bickford’s home animation studio here. For the past four…
Above: Curator and artist Leena Joshi. When over six hundred human beings show up to an arts event, clearly, something…
Ijeoma Oluo is spot on in her new article for City Arts when she writes, “Listen to Lese Majesty by…
Naomi Punk performing at Cairo’s 2014 Vibrations Festival. GIF by Kelton Sears Travis Coster, Naomi Punk’s singer and guitarist, is…
