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Class, Craft, and the Cost of Ambition: An Interview with ‘Lake City’ Author Thomas Kohnstamm

Class, Craft, and the Cost of Ambition: An Interview with ‘Lake City’ Author Thomas Kohnstamm

While Lake City masquerades as a social climber satire that is really something else, author Thomas Kohnstamm is an open book about his intentions in his work and his hopes for his city.

Porter’s Head: Rapper Porter Ray on His Latest Hip-Hop Opus, ‘Eye of the Beholder’

Porter’s Head: Rapper Porter Ray on His Latest Hip-Hop Opus, ‘Eye of the Beholder’

Bridging disparate influences like Portishead and Das EFX in his multifarious hip-hop, Porter Ray waxes poetically about the troubles in own his life and in the world around him in this interview.

Bass is Loaded: Kid Sensation on His Bass Music Classic, ‘Rollin’ With Number One’

Bass is Loaded: Kid Sensation on His Bass Music Classic, ‘Rollin’ With Number One’

Electricity and simplicity are the two prime characteristics which drive Kid Sensation's debut.
Psychedelic Fabulousness: ‘Hendrix: The Illustrated Story’

Psychedelic Fabulousness: ‘Hendrix: The Illustrated Story’

More apt than Dr. Frankenstein, Gaar built a fairly smooth-running monster out of the many gray areas of Hendrix's life and work, cross-stitched with stuff mined from archival flotsam and jetsam of the Seattle scene, and coated it in the heavy-hitting velvet armor of a fabulous bit of cover art.

Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger (Deluxe Edition)

Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger (Deluxe Edition)

Twenty-five years on, the populace gets a renewed look at Soundgarden’s contribution to the year punk broke with a fully loaded reissue of their career-changing Badmotorfinger.
Helms Alee: Stillicide

Helms Alee: Stillicide

Stillicide manages to achieve what Helms Alee's previous records could not: atmosphere.
Wimps: Suitcase

Wimps: Suitcase

Suitcase is a 27-minute uprising of stupid fun.
Downpilot: Radio Ghost

Downpilot: Radio Ghost

Radio Ghost is a thoughtful piece of music, not cheery in the least, but compelling in a strange sense regardless.
Katie Kate: Nation

Katie Kate: Nation

Nation isn't an opus. It's a warning.
Mudhoney: On Top: KEXP Presents Mudhoney Live on Top of the Space Needle

Mudhoney: On Top: KEXP Presents Mudhoney Live on Top of the Space Needle

Seminal Seattle band Mudhoney celebrate their 25-year existence by playing at the top of the city's iconic Space Needle. I guess that makes sense.
EMP’s Pop Conference Goes Mobile and Returns Home

EMP’s Pop Conference Goes Mobile and Returns Home

In its 13th year, the Pop Conference offered more exciting ideas about music and mobility than you could shake a walking stick at.

Pearl Jam: Lightning Bolt