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Lady Antebellum review kicks off news partnership with the Seattle Times
By GENE STOUT
My popular music and lifestyle blog, GeneStout.com, will be officially “introduced” to Seattle Times readers today with a review of country stars Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Thompson Square Tuesday night at KeyArena.
Thus begins an exciting freelancing relationship and “news partnership” with the Times after many years of writing for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [...]
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Eighties new wave artist Thomas Dolby takes his Time Capsule on tour
Synth-pop artist Thomas Dolby, who has long had a reputation as pop music’s mad professor, will have something other than a band “in tow” for his current Time Capsule tour, which opened March 16 at SXSW in Austin, Texas, and features a show April 11 at Seattle’s Showbox at the Market.
He’ll be pulling a trailer [...]
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‘Hot Talk’ radio guy Tom Leykis returns in April with new webcast
Longtime Seattle radio fans will recall the “Hot Talk” thrill ride of edgy, syndicated host Tom Leykis, whose syndicated show moved to KISW in 2005 when KQBZ (”The Buzz”) became all-country station KKWF (”The Wolf”).
At the time, “The Tom Leykis Show” was syndicated nationwide from Los Angeles on CBS Radio, but ended its run in [...]
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Heavy rockers The Melvins go ‘lite’ for their June release, ‘Freak Puke’
By GENE STOUT
The Melvins — one of the heaviest bands to come out of the Northwest rock scene — is going “lite” with its upcoming, 10-song, Melvins Lite album, “Freak Puke,” due June 5 on Ipecac Recordings.
Melvins Lite features founding members Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover in collaboration with Trevor Dunn, a rock and jazz [...]
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Spring Fair in Puyallup celebrates the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news: The Spring Fair in Puyallup is preparing to spread a little rockin’ pneumonia this year.
The 23rd annual fair April 19 to 22 at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center is adding a new, free, hands-on exhibit, “Rock U: the Institute of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
Visitors can try out [...]
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