LISTEN TO NEW SEATTLE ONHOLD MUSIC

Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs The new Seattle OnHold music mix features a diverse array of Seattle talent. You can sample the music if placed on hold while calling City of Seattle offices, or you can sign-up for the podcast and receive a few songs a month from local artists including guitarist Omar Torrez, singer [...]

NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL, GREENNOTE, WILL HAVE INAUGURAL WEEKEND THIS SUMMER

Crosscut The summer music festival season got a lot greener last week with the announcement of GreenNote, a two-day acoustic music festival set to take place at Myrtle Edwards Park in July. The festival aims to promote environmental awareness with a city-dwelling music festival crowd. GreenNote will be doing this by incorporating the message of green [...]

PLAY AT SEATTLE’S NEW HARD ROCK CAFE

Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe Seattle is looking for local talent to play one of Seattle’s newest live venue. The 400-person-capacity venue on the second level of the new Cafe is outfitted with video screens and a top-of-the-line concert sound and lighting system.  Hard Rock’s tradition of showcasing iconic and emerging talent will continue on [...]

JIMI HENDRIX’S “VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE” PREMIERES ONLINE

Spinner Jimi Hendrix’s “Valleys of Neptune,” one of the guitar great’s final recordings before his death in 1970 and the lead single off a compilation of the same name out March 9th, is streaming now on Spinner. “In the aftermath of ‘Electric Ladyland,’ he made a series of recordings with the original Experience,” co-producer, author and [...]

PITCHFORK REVIEWS BARTON CARROLL’S NEW RECORD “TOGETHER YOU AND I”

Pitchfork Seattle singer/songwriter Barton Carroll has recently released his fourth solo album, Together You and I, which Pitchfork has given a glowing review to saying, “Barton Carroll is the kind of songwriter that gets taken for granted. In a modestly fragile tenor, he relates real stories instead of impressionistic poetry or woe-is-me folk confessions, full of [...]

APPLY TO PERFORM AT ETHNIC ARTS CONNECTION

Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Mark your calendar for a day of performances and networking on Wednesday, March 10 at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavillion. Ethnic Arts Connection is a free one-day gathering introducing Northwest performing and visual artists working in culturally specific traditions to presenters from around the region. The event features juried 15-minute performances, [...]

VISQUEEN NEEDS EXTRAS FOR THEIR MUSIC VIDEO

Myspace Visqueen are shooting a music video for their new album, Message to Garcia, and they need excited extras!  The shoot is Saturday January 30th at 4PM on Capitol Hill. Food and drinks will be provided. If you can commit to being there from 4pm to around 9pm, please email hellovisqueen@gmail.com by noon on Saturday for [...]

PITCHFORK REVIEWS BOAT’S “SETTING THE PACES”

Pitchfork Pitchfork gives BOAT’s latest album, Setting the Paces, an excellent review saying, “Guitars are brighter than before, shout-a-long choruses meaty enough to bite. The handclaps sound great, too.” To read David Bevan’s full review, click the above link.

INDIE BANDS: MAKE MONEY ON ITUNES

Business Insider AC/DC cover band AC/db made over $32,000 from music sales in November. How is that possible? Under the old business model of music sales on physical media, it wouldn’t be. AC/db, on the other hand, just had to do around $45,000 in sales at the iTunes store. After Apple took its 30 cents on [...]

BANDS NEEDED FOR NOISE FOR THE NEEDY 2010

Noise for the Needy Noise for the Needy is an annual music festival that brings musicians, promoters, artists, and volunteers together to support those in need. Noise for the Needy has showcased well over one hundred bands, and raised over $150,000 for local charities. Headed into its 19th year, the festival will be held in Seattle [...]