That big ugly elevated road thing!That’s right: our beloved crumbling, car-carrying monstrosity, which linked narcotic-hot corner Belltown to sports stadium/strip…
Wandering Worx Entertainment”Liberation of the Monster is a sonic assault on all the preconceived notions that chain a person to…
MembersOnly206.comThe gang over at Members Only (along with Reign City and, of course, City Arts) have put together a pretty…
http://soundcloud.com/th3rdzXperience, Candidt, JFK.The lineup: Candidt, JFK aka Ninjaface, Xperience. Three of the most animated MCs from [long-running Northwest hip-hop collective]…
www.cmj.com/literallyThe College Music Journal (CMJ) produces a SXSW-style music and film festival called the CMJ Music Marathon every October, putting…
membersonly206.bandcamp.comListen here. Ski Team is a rising L.A.-based production group who have worked with MCs from around the country, like…
Laura MusselmanSome dudes and some strings on some steps on Ballard Avenue, Reverb Fest Saturday.I caught bits of about a…
wanderingworx.comKhingz got a haircut!”Black heart like crack crystal/It’s jagged and it cut inside/Yeah my anger was a lit pistol/but your…
Todd HammDon’t Talk to the Cops! (L-R): DJ BlesOne, Emecks, Gatsby (Larry Mizell, Jr.)”This is what we do when we…
la206.bandcamp.com”I got a new addiction this year,” says Seattle’s La (formerly Language Arts) after he spills some (intricately dictated) brain…
Super-deluxe editionListen to them on 107.7 The End’s site here.Sometimes you forget how cool the rest of the world thought…
Members OnlyHigh in the Air ft. SOL by State of the ArtistToday, Seattle trio State of the Artist released the…
Conscious Mind Records”I tried and I tried, but I had to go . . . ” says JaWaan LaRue between…
^Stream me! So sweet, London-based mask-wearer/multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee and Los Angeles musician/vocalist AM are streaming their new collaborative album for…
Kanye West and Jay Z – No Church in the Wild (music video) from High5Collective on Vimeo.Just this morning, Los…
No firearmsMaybe it was the overflow of “Who are you going to see?” questions that I fielded Sunday, but at…
“Otherside” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was originally released on their VS. EP in December 2009, then released in its…
The New Generation (embracing the new age) cover art by Amy HuberNavigating OC Notes’ bandcamp page is like browsing 7-Eleven…
Recommended shows from Young Jeezy to Blue Scholars.
Seattle’s busiest drummer would still rather pick up the tempo than take it easy.
