How Seattle Leaders Support KEXP’s Move Will Say A Lot About the City They Envision It to Be

Originally published in Seattle Weekly It looks by now that the redevelopment of the Fun Forest at the Seattle Center will not include a new facility for KEXP. The citizens’ panel charged with making the recommendation chose the Dale Chihuly Ashtray… » More inside

Shit-Talking’s Only a Problem When You’ve Got Something to Hide

Originally published in Seattle Weekly Recently I was talking to a local music-industry guy about the social awkwardness he felt when he moved to Seattle from the Midwest. Specifically, my friend said that the hardest adjustment for him was that musicians… » More inside

Rainn Wilson & Friends

Just a few weeks after a sold-out gig at the Triple Door, John and Eric will make yet another appearance as a musical duo: On Saturday, October 23 they will be playing a couple of songs at the Paramount Theatre… » More inside

Triple Door show on September 30

Luckily the guys at the Triple Door know how to stop a leak quickly and efficiently, so the venue is back to its previous dryness and splendor, and more than ready for John to take the stage on Thursday September… » More inside

Connections in Nashville Split Single

New The Long Winters songs find their way to the world. For example through this split single for the Mt. Fuji label, with Spiral Stairs, aka Scott Kannberg of Pavement and Preston School of Industry fame. Mt. Fuji label head… » More inside

From the Land of Ice and Snow

If someone puts the word out that they want to make an indie Led Zeppelin compilation, how can you not want to participate. So when The Long Winters heard about the Portland-based project that would eventually become the double cd… » More inside