September 2007

FEATURES

ELECTRIC WITH ANXIETY Sean Horton and Jerry Abstract are creating Seattle’s next music movement. Thank Detroit Techno and a zero percent interest rate. BY MICHAEL BYRNE

BIGGER THAN TECHNO Truckasauras reinvents techno, with a swirl of American flags, megaphone bleets and a Game Boy. BY MICHAEL BYRNE

THE NIGHT SHIFT Sound goes behind the scenes with the men who try to keep Seattle’s most dangerous clubs safe. BY KEVAN ROBERTS

BACK FROM THE DEAD Retirement looks more like starting over for legendary Northwest rockers Fred and Toody Cole. BY JASON SIMMS

PDXPERTS MusicfestNW takes over Portland, while the city’s best local bands reveal their favorite hometown haunts. BY MARK BAUMGARTEN

MORE THAN MUSIC Sound’s Fall Arts Guide shows you where to go when you get sick of all this music business.

FLAPPERS AND FLYBOYS Fall Fashion takes us roaring back to the ’20s.

CANDY
Cobain scholars pick apart the About a Son soundtrack, the Blakes explain themselves, Sound gives the Symphony some marketing tips, John Richards pick the top 5 new local releases and more.

COLUMNS

JAZZ: John Gilbreath tips his hat to the Tiptons, a group of horn-wielding female contenders.

NEW ROOTS: Kim Ruehl enters the world of old time music and finds … mohawks?

GLOBAL: Darek Mazzone gets stoked for the ongoing global invasion courtesy of MIA and Baile Funk.

DEPARTMENTS

AROUND TOWN Fremont’s Nectar Lounge celebrates a rebirth with the Helio Sequence, Lifesavas, Grand Archives and Truckasauras.

CALENDAR Read it. Do it. Love it. Repeat.

REVIEWS Ann Wilson’s Hope & Glory, plus the new KEXP compilation, Canadian reggae and a handful of impressive releases from Seattle’s pop contingent

HITLIST Top sellers and most played songs in August, plus new releases for September