Tag Archives: Local Music

Perennials at the Porch

I don’t know a whole lot about The Perennials, but when I listened to their single ‘Bread Crumbs,’ I was hit with visions of traversing America–across the desert, wheat fields, forests, and all that good stuff, having all kinds of adventures along the way. I can tell from what I’ve heard that this is a [...]

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Dancin’ in the Park

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 [...]

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Shogan’s Softer Side

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 [...]

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It’s Neato Music, Baby

It’s Neato Music, Baby

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 [...]

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Modest Mouse, I Love You, but you’re Bringing me Down

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 [...]

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