Hooray! Last week, the Sasquatch Music Festival, one of the two big Washington music festivals, finally announced their band lineup and launched a brand-spankin’ new website. The site is clean-cut and under control – perhaps to a fault. The festival, which takes place on Memorial Day weekend of every year (since 10 years ago, way back in 2001), looks a lot like a held-back version of its California counterpart, Coachella. While we’ve got some fantastic headlining standards like Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, …

For those of you new Sasquatch-going kids, we thought it would be smart to put together a “How to Survive Sasquatch” piece because of its rather tumultuous nature.
Last year, it was hotter than hell and absolutely beautiful. I was more sun-burnt that weekend than any other weekend of the summer. However, three years ago was the infamous shit-show hail storm when it rained down golf ball size hail for over an hour. The fact of the matter is that you’ll never know what to expect for weather. I promise you …

Seattle Scenester takes pride in Seattle’s arts, music, food & drink, and non-profits and these are the foundation of the mission and vision. So, what better event to attend than a night capturing some of the best of all of these in the same room?
Blank Canvas, a Seattle non-profit, is an organization with a wide array of ideas collaborating art, Seattle artists, and other non-profits. For four years, Kristen Young, Executive Director of Blank Canvas, has been throwing annual events hosting teams of artists and non-artists that join …

By PHILIP PALIOS

In an effort to support local Seattle artists, Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) has created a new series of live events called, “Live at the Film Forum.” The most recent performance in this series is from local Seattle choreographer and dancer, Amy O’Neal. To be a part of this series, NWFF asks local artists to create a live performance that somehow includes elements of film.
For Amy, combining dance with film was the obvious choice. However, the way one combines these two forms is not so easy. …

Mid to late February, I caught wind that Brooklyn-based Yeasayer was coming to Neumos. This happened to be about 3 hours after I listened to their new album, Odd Blood (yes, I was late. I know.). I heard it was coming and couldn’t help but notice about every record store in Seattle promoting it on window displays and any other place it was welcome. This is no item to window shop. On top of the mistake of waiting about a week and a half to buy/hear the album, I …

The music that once reigned supreme on MTV has been missing for many years; those that still watch the channel are victim to all sorts of reality dramas and enough ads to fill Times Square in less than an hour.  According to MTV exec. David Gale, this is not the path the network plans to continue down.  When he spoke at the screening of “$5 Cover: Seattle” he stressed how this series reflects MTV’s interest in putting the focus back on music.

To accomplish this goal, MTV doesn’t plan on going …