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Record Store Day 2013 is this Saturday! Are you ready? Is your bank account ready?
Here’s little roundup with a few of the Seattle-area record stores participating.
Everyday Music – Plenty of in-store music going on. Check out the schedule below:
9 am: Meet and greet with Robbie hill of the Family Affair and Wheedle’s Groove
11 am: DJ Veins
12 pm: DJ Mr. Smith
1 pm: Pitschouse
2 pm: King Dude
4 pm: Mystery Ship
5 pm: Scriptures
6 pm: Tomten
7 pm: Steradian
Holy Cow Records - 20% off everything in the store
Jive Time Records - All music is 20% off, and you get a free hand-screened poster with every purchase.
Porchlight Coffee & Records - Get $10 to spend on records when you buy a new turntable at Porchlight
Radar Hair and Records - All records are 20% off
Silver Platters – Live Music! Schedule is as follows:
1 pm: The West
2 pm: The Mowgli’s
3:30 pm: Family of the Year
5 pm: Seacats
Sonic Boom Records - Live music from Angel Olson and Maps & Atlases
Also, plenty of deals from Ballard businesses (like Bastille, Monster Art & Clothing, and more) with a receipt from Sonic Boom Records, check their site for more info.
Spin Cycle - Opens at midnight with all vinyl on sale. You’ll get 5% off when you spend $50, and 10% off when you spend $100.
This isn’t a definitive list at all, though. For a full list of all participating stores around Seattle, head to http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
For all the RSD 2013 special releases, head to http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
Happy hunting!
Filed under: Music | Tags: airplanes, Allen Stone, baby got back, Jerry Cantrell, macklemore, mtv, Music, quincy jones, Sea-Tac Airport, seattle, Sir Mix-A-Lot, travel
KOMO News ran a story yesterday about Sir Mix-a-lot lending his voice to the Sea-Tac Airport overhead announcements in the terminal and baggage claim areas as a part of the Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative. The edgy rapper, whose “Baby Got Back” video was once banned from MTV, talks about his excitement about the initiative. “It’s cool to see something as serious as Sea-Tac embrace the local arts,” said Sir Mix-A-Lot. “It just trips me out. That’s pretty bold.” Mix, along with other local artists, like Quincy Jones, Jerry Cantrell, Allen Stone, and Macklemore, are welcoming and directing passengers to various points of interest, from the USO desk to the smoking sections. The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative is a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, Seattle Music Commission and music-specialist PlayNetwork showcasing the northwest region’s vibrant music culture and enhancing the experience of millions of passengers who pass through Sea-Tac Airport each year. Along with the celebrity overhead announcements, the initiative interacts with passengers of the airport through a local music web player, mobile app, music videos featured on terminal and baggage claim monitors, and overhead music in the terminals.
Filed under: Music | Tags: auditions, busker, busking, local, local music, Music, seattle
Play your own music, make new fans, and GET PAID. This is a “busker” style gig – with a “stage” space designated, but no sound reinforcement. The musician will perform at various locations inside a highly trafficked public building. Open to string, reed, and key players. Percussion instrumentalists will not be considered. For more information on the gig and how to apply send an email with a link to your music and/or performance to gigs4u@hotmail.com
Filed under: Music | Tags: education, Music, oregon, scholarships, seattle, sup pop, Washington, youth
Sub Pop Records just announced they are providing scholarships for 3 high school seniors on their way to an accredited college or university. The scholarships are only available to residents of Washington and Oregon. Applicants will need to submit a one page essay on their involvement with music in their community, influences, and plans what he/she would do with the money to progress in their chosen field. There are three scholarships available: one for $6,000, one for $4,000, and one for $3,000. The submission deadline is May 6, 2013.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Austin, bands, chop suey, festival, fin records, lemolo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Music, Nuemos, Reignwolf, seattle, sxsw, Texas
More information has been coming in about who from the Emerald City is making their way to the Lone Star State to perform at SXSW. The festival has been hot spot for the music industry with labels, producers, and distributors from around the world hoping to find the next big artist. For six days, the city of Austin, TX will be inundated with bands hailing from every corner of the globeand Seattle has great representation among the showcases. Among the heavy hitters, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Allen Stone will be sharing the stage with the likes of 50 cent and Iggy Pop. Though big name artists come to perform, the festival is geared toward giving up-and-coming bands an opportunity to get picked up by a label. Seattle takes pride in its musical heritage and the list of local independent bands at the festival is impressive. Neumos and Chop Suey held send-off shows earlier this week for groups like Lemolo, The Pharmacy, and Spac3man. Fin Records is even hosting a Seattle showcase at the festival with Seacats, Rose Windows, and Lychee on the bill. Our city boasts such amazing talent and it’s great to see it being represented at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious festivals. Below is a compiled list of artists on their way to rock Texas Seattle style!
Filed under: Music | Tags: bands, City Arts Magazine, lemolo, seattle music
City Arts Magazine recently took a look at some of the best music that’s coming out of the Seattle area this year. Lemolo took their number one spot, and a big playlist with all of their highlighted bands is included after the jump. Here’s the full list of their Best New Music for 2013, with links to articles about the bands:
Best New Music 2013
1. Lemolo
2. Reignwolf
4. Kid Smpl
6. La Luz
7. Rose Windows
9. Wimps
10. Kithkin
Take a look and a listen at these bands. Happy Listening Seattleites!
Filed under: Music | Tags: grunge, KEXP, proclamation, these streets, women, Women who rock month
At the beginning of this month, Mayor McGinn proclaimed February “Seattle Women Who Rock Month,” recognizing the work of the female musicians who were such a large part of the Seattle grunge music scene. The Mayor’s proclamation recognized that these women have been overshadowed by male-dominated bands and music retrospectives, in addition to their role in making Seattle’s music a part of a cultural phenomenon.
The proclamation came on the heels of the release of “These Streets,” a theatrical play and history project centered around women in the grunge era. These Streets runs at ACT Theatre through March 10, and tickets can be found here.
A blog post from KEXP takes a look at the Seattle women who contributed to Seattle’s music scene in the 1980′s and 1990′s including Goodness, The Gits, Fastbacks, 7 Year Bitch, and Bikini Kill.
KEXP also has posted a big collection of videos from women who rock, check them out!
Happy Women Who Rock Month, Seattle!
Filed under: Music | Tags: billboard, chart, heist, macklemore, number, one, record, Ryan Lewis, thrift shop, top
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis continue their out-of-the-box success story, as “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, tops the Billboard Hot 100 with a two-to-one rise in its sixteenth week. After the pair’s independently-released album The Heist blasted onto the Billboard 200 at number two, “Thrift Shop” thrives with the Hot 100′s top Digital Gainer Award for a second consecutive week. The track also topped the Digital Songs chart for a second time and it remains the number one track on Streaming Songs. Finally, it leads On-Demand Songs with 1.54 million on-demand streams for the third week in a row, and broke the category’s record (previously held by Gotye for “Somebody That I Used to Know”).
You can see the full Billboard article here.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Airport, announcements, city of music, initiative, local, Music, musicians, Port, quincy jones, Seatac, seattle, travelers
The Port of Seattle issued a press release today, January 23, 2013, announcing that Quincy Jones can now be heard over the speakers at Sea-Tac Airport giving various announcements to travelers. He’s just one of a whole host of local artists that are participating in these announcements and other efforts as part of the Sea-Tac Airport City of Music initiatitve. The following is the text from the Port’s press release:
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