The Spovangelist

Heads up: You’ve been missing out on really, really good free music. Like you missed out on Mon Chéri, for example, who played at the Browne’s Addition Concert series a few Thursdays ago. Don’t cry. It’s not too late. You just have to cancel all your Thursday plans through the end of August and go [...]

Spokane City Council President Joe Shogan is known for running council meetings “his way.” But citizens don’t give him enough credit for his softer side. Whether it’s walking in the Crime Victims Candlelight Vigil or with Human Rights Commission in the Pride Parade, you won’t see much coverage of his kindness. Instead, the reporting is [...]

Since the closing of the Empyrean in January, Spokane’s local music scene has shifted and tried to adapt to the loss, filling out the confines of the A Club, The Hop, and various other locations. The Knitting Factory, which historically houses touring acts, has recently sponsored a few shows featuring locals. But there is something [...]

When I first heard Modest Mouse the idea they would have a number one album ten years later seemed like a bad joke. Living with the fact that everybody, from frat-boy to farmer, drunkenly karaoke’d  to the crossover hit “Float On” in 2004 and that three years later “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even [...]

It starts easy: Four high school aged guys got together with some instruments in a Spokane basement. What happened next was bigger, exhausting and didn’t involve parents (as much). This Saturday, I had the opportunity to share a cup of joe with my old friend, Sean McCotter, the bassist for Spokane-born band The Globes. In [...]