Music

The best and latest music writing from The Stranger

The Complaints Issue Dec 4 9:56 AM

Don’t Be an Asshole

A Timeless Guide to Music-Show Etiquette

Music Dec 1 11:55 AM

December Things to Do: Music

The Best Concerts and Dance Nights Happening This Month

Music Nov 28 11:00 AM

Everybody’s Waiting for the Man with the Bag

The Man Is John Waters. The Bag Is Full of Filthy Jokes.

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Music Nov 12 3:25 PM

The Beat Goes On

Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Reflect on Five Decades of Enduring Magic 

Music Nov 12 4:00 AM

November Things to Do: Music

The Best Concerts and Dance Nights Happening This Month

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Music Nov 11 5:03 PM

Patti Smith's Voice Was Stronger Than Ever Last Night at the Paramount

Fifty Years on, Horses Still Feels Like a Revelation

Music Nov 7 11:37 AM

Good Things Take Time

Dean Johnson Took the Scenic Route to His Second Album

Music Nov 7 11:21 AM

New Music You Shouldn't Miss

Sven Wunder's Hip-Hop-Friendly Orchestrations and Packaging's Gleaming Krautrock Chug

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Music Nov 4 1:02 PM

20 Can't-Miss Acts at Freakout Fest

Here's One Plan to Deal with a Surplus of Great Live Music

Music Oct 31 1:46 PM

Goodbye to Madame Lou’s and Here-After

The two downstairs venues at the Croc will have their final shows in December, but the Crocodile and The Crocodile Hotel will stay open.

Music Oct 28 3:35 PM

Encore, Encore

Re-Animated Music Aims to Be the Spiritual Successor to Seattle’s Most Beloved Instrument Shop

Music Oct 16 11:55 AM

Jukebox for Our Crashing Economy

This List of Tunes About the Horrors of Capitalism Concludes with D’Angelo’s “Devil’s Pie.” May He Rest in Peace.

Music Oct 7 11:28 AM

Still Right In Time

Lucinda Williams on Her New Memoir, Flannery O’Connor, and [checks notes] Tom Morello

Comedy Oct 7 10:09 AM

The Jackie Chan of Comedy

Bernice Ye's Act Combines Jokes, Rap, and Martial Arts  

Music Oct 1 3:32 PM

October Things to Do: Music

The Best Concerts and Dance Nights Happening This Month   

Music Sep 29 1:15 PM

How to Photograph 300 Weirdos

This Storytelling Project Is Capturing a Vital Decade in Seattle’s Music Scene

Fall Arts 2025 Sep 15 2:30 PM

Album Review Revue

Eight Local Releases (and Then Some) to Put on Your Radar!