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Allegaeon to perform at El Corazon on October 17th KISW (99.9 FM) Metal Shop and El Corazon Present: Allegaeon, Inferi & Paladin at El Corazon ALLEGAEON Allegaeon (pronounced: uh-lee-juhn) was formed in 2007. In 2008 they released their 4 song, self-titled EP and quickly gained attention of Metal Blade records. July 20th, 2010 brought Allegaeon’s debut album Fragments of Form and Function (FOFAF). FOFAF was recorded in Denver at Flatline Audio with Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, and Cattle Decapitation) Metalstorm.net lists Allegaeon’s debut album, FOFAF, as the #4 rated death metal album of all time (by the websites rating standards). FOFAF was critically acclaimed by many and catapulted the band out of obscurity and into the ranks of metals elite new bands. In January 2012, the band traveled to Southern California and entered the studio with Daniel Castleman to begin work on their follow up record titled Formshifter, which peaked at #29 on the Billboard heatseekers chart. It also ...

Desert Dwellers to perform at Neumos on October 12th with Lapa Desert Dwellers is the convergence of music producers Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe, who honed their individual skills in the mystical deserts of New Mexico and California, long before electronic music reached the mainstream. Amani and Treavor combine the raw sounds of the natural world, wrapped in dance-floor and chill-out productions; blending deep bass, earthy percussion, etheric voices, and cross-cultural instrumentation into a sonic incense for the mind and body. Desert Dwellers’ unique global sounds are a bridge between worlds, and their label Desert Trax has become a platform to spotlight similar alchemical artists. Brought together in the late ‘90s through the legendary Moontribe gatherings, in 2019 the duo celebrated their 20th anniversary of making music together, adding depth to their reputation as a pioneering and prolific downtempo, psybass, and tribal house act from the United States. The culmination of t...

Steve Hackett coming to the Moore Theatre on October 10th STG Presents & “Emporium Presents” Welcomes Steve Hackett to The Moore Theatre on Thursday, October 10, 2019. Stevie Hackett is renowned as an immensely talented and innovative rock musician. He was lead guitarist with Genesis as part of their classic line up with Gabriel, Collins, Banks and Rutherford, that produced acclaimed albums such as Selling England by the Pound (a favourite of John Lennon). With Steve’s extraordinary versatility in both his electric guitar playing and his composing, he involves influences from many genres, including Jazz, World Music and Blues. He is equally adept in his classical albums that include renditions of pieces by composers from Bach to Satie, his own acoustic guitar compositions that have gained the admiration of many, including Yehudi Menuhin, and ambitious guitar/ orchestra albums such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic. With Genesis, Steve’s guitar playi...

Please check out  Verity Credit Union , our great partner in the 100 Bands in 100 Days local music showcase. Artwork by Seattle-area painter E.R. Saba Music fans of the Pacific Northwest, get ready for our sixth annual year-end daily local music showcase, 100 Bands in 100 Days , where every day until December 31st, we’ll be showcasing a new band or artist you have to know about. For the fourth year in a row, the showcase is once again presented by Verity Credit Union . Make sure you are checking the  #100Bands100Days  hashtag on Twitter on a daily basis to stay on top of all the bands featured and be sure to follow  Verity  and  NW_Music_Scene on there. Some days the featured act could be an established and locally-adored northwest-based musician and other times they could be a band with a small following that just hasn’t had their deserved time in the spotlight yet. Either way, we’re fairly confident you can come away from this daily segment with pl...

Stream on Spotify New York multifaceted artist, Rockwelz, releases a new wake up single titled “Black Privilege”, available now on major streaming platforms. Over rendered 70’s smooth tones, Rockwelz delivers a pivotal record about acknowledging one’s legitimate successes in life. “Risk it all for Presidents, for those that made a root this is black privilege.” Lyrically Rockwelz expresses his push to move the culture forward, asking his brothers and sisters to celebrate his strides, as they come from the same hood and same struggle. With eyes wide open, Rockwelz is adamant about his mission, “The grind is diligent the flow’s serious, when you wanna move got no time to reminisce, this is the black super-hero flow from which they stole, now here I go playing the repo.”

Photo Credit: Beto Barkmo Chastity Belt , the foursome that came from Whitman College—now based here in town–is back with a self-titled album on Hardly Art , and preparations for a nice long tour.  Singer/guitarist Julia Shapiro was kind enough to take a few questions. NWMS: You just played an in-store at Easy Street Records.  Is this one of your favorite record stores in the city?  Any others you’d like to plug? Julia Shapiro:  It’s a good record store. I also like Everyday Music and Sonic Boom. NWMS:   How has Seattle grown and changed, for better, worse, and/or weirder, since you’ve been here? Julia Shapiro:  It definitely has changed for the worse. With Amazon taking over, everything has gotten way more expensive and the city is overrun by condos. I think this is happening in a lot of places though. NWMS:   The song “Drown” took roughly six years to finish.  How did it start out, and what changes did it go through to finally get finishe...