June 2007

FEATURES

STRING THEORY
Joshua Roman takes aim at a classical music establishment that wants its consumers to be affluent, well-dressed, stoic receptacles of their art form. Rock on!

SUMMER DRINKING & DINING GUIDE
Our picks for the best summer drinking and dining destinations in Seattle, neighborhood by neighborhood. Eat out now!

BAND OF BROTHERS
From their boyhood home in Texas to their current roost in Seattle’s indie-music limelight, Sonny, Rocky, and Cody Votolato keep it all in the family. Brothas gonna work it out!

ÉLAN FATALE
After beginning with no direction and developing into a textbook case of Seattle indie-rock success, Pretty Girls Make Graves finally dig their own hole. R.I.P.!

SPOTLIGHT
Meet the one-man metal force called Keg. Behold our 2007 EMP Pop Conference Digest. Arthur & Yu usher in Sub Pop’s new stepchild.

COLUMNS
FASHION: Singer Sammy Barrett dresses, and plays, for success
HIP-HOP: Cultural front lines with Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin
JAZZ: Vancouver Jazz Festival preview with John Gilbreath
GLOBAL: Afrobeat previews and more with Darek Mazzone
EATS: Victuals, libations, and urban beats with DJ Donald Glaude

DEPARTMENTS

AT THEIR WORD
True lies with Ms. Led’s Lesli Wood

CALENDAR
The sun’s up at all hours. What you gonna do now?

AROUND TOWN
Stalking the halls at the new Seattle Art Museum

REVIEWS
Blue Scholars’ Bayani, plus our monthly hitlist and 22 CD, DVD, and book reviews

CODA
Whiting Tennis explores the multiplicity of surface