July 2006

FEATURES

NEVER THE MACHINE FOREVER
Incendiary chanteuse Fiona Apple talks of high drama, long walks, and the possibility of throwing in the towel

ALL THAT AND THEN SOME
The women of Seattle music tell it like it is: featuring Heart, Neko Case, Jesse Sykes, Pretty Girls Make Graves, LA Kendall, Hell’s Belles, KISW’s Rock Girls and more

JUST A NORTHWEST WALK WITH THEE
Harvey Danger’s Sean Nelson on the kindred musical spirits of sister cities New Orleans and Seattle

THE WORLD IS OUR LISTENER
KEXP leads local radio’s global takeover by dropping roots in the Big Apple

SNAPSHOTS
Pamela Woon: former Miss Chinatown leads a double life
Carolyn Kuan: the Seattle Symphony’s new conductor swings a mighty baton

COLUMNS
Voices of Majority (jazz)
Lucky Like That (country)
The Pace of the Pulse: Thievery Corporation (global)

DEPARTMENTS

AT THEIR WORD
Singer/songwriter/comedienne Rosie Thomas

CALENDAR
Get out and celebrate your independence

OUT & ABOUT
Sound rocks the scene from the city to the Gorge

NIGHTLIFE
Girls! Girls! Girls! and then some…

REVIEWS
Queensrÿche’s Mindcrimes plus 15 record reviews and a Tuesday-by-Tuesday breakdown of new releases for July

CODA
The hard lines and fair sex of pop art