AltWeeklies Wire
!!! Put on an Event, Not Just a Shownew
The Greek god of ecstasy manifests himself in "a modern-day Funkadelic."
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
05-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: !!!
Delightfully Accuratenew
For a movie about rock 'n' roll, this 2005 Japanese film-festival darling makes rebellion as demure as the tidy black bows on the schoolgirl uniforms of Kei and her insta-bandmates.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
01-02-2007 |
Reviews
Interstellar Metalnew
Germany's Mouse on Mars go to electro extremes.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Mouse on Mars, Varcharz
Hear Thisnew
A large part of the '00s electro wave is based on kitsch, distance, and glamorizing bad behavior, but the Trucks are smarter than that
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
10-19-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: The Trucks
Headed for a Heartbreaknew
Camera Obscura are delighted to be unhappy.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
07-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Camera Obscura
Not a Sheltered Childhoodnew
Erlbaum pulls no punches recalling her down-and-out girlhood.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
06-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Sluggish But Sincerenew
The author of Prep hits her sophomore slump.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
05-31-2006 |
Fiction
Detroit Westnew
The BellRays play raucous rock 'n' soul.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
05-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The BellRays
Try a Little Tendernessnew

Jamie Lidell has blue-eyed soul.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
04-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jamie Lidell
The Thoughtful Hedonistnew
Metric's Emily Haines lives without dead time.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
03-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Metric
Screen Shotsnew

Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
Comfort in Songsnew

Zach Rogue has "given up the game of trying to be cool."
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rogue Wave
The Soft Bulletinnew
Montreal's Stars set their little corner of the world on fire.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stars
Stay In and Playnew
"In the South, there are beautiful, lush landscapes that also have a sinister quality, and it's the same with the culture," says Holopaw's John Orth.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
08-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Holopaw, Quit +/or Fight