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New Seattle Music Blog: Seattle Subsonic

Posted by Shilo Urban
Categories: Classical, Culture, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Local Artists, Music, Punk, Rock, Shilo

May

12

Hey all you crazy, fevered, music-obsessed Seattleites out there! There’s a new forum for enthusiasts to get a good dose of first-hand Seattle music news from people in the know: SeattleSubsonic, otherwise known as “The Sound From Under the Clouds.” Pretty good, huh?

Local music freak, uh, I mean local music fan Kevin LeDoux, formerly of the Northwest Music Blog, has started a new website with a stellar lineup of writers and featuring all the best in Seattle sound, including recommended shows, venues, and blogs; they also have a calendar of upcoming events and articles about the freshest local acts bubbling up as well as the big tours making the rounds.

So why are we promoting another blog on the CultureMob blog? Shouldn’t we be snarkily trashing SeattleSubsonic with a hipster sneer, straight out of our tight pants and from behind messy purple hair? NAH. We’re not like that. Seattle’s a big little town and the more local music support and artist promotion circulating around, the better. This city is known for music (just ask my generation) and no mayor, no closed venues, no decibel meters can stop that. Seattle’s music enthusiasts can and must work together to foster the creative arena, support the artists out there every day doing their thing, and build the Seattle music scene up from a buzz to a barbaric yawp.

Seattle has heaps of interesting music blogs out there reporting back on various aspects of the local music scene, such as NWTekno, Nada Mucho, LineOut, Three Imaginary Girls, Sound on the Sound, Reverb, Seattle Live Music, and many more, all with the same goal: to get you out there and involved in the amazing music scene, whether you like electronic music, punk rock, jazz, or all of the above.

And besides, CultureMob.com is the only website where you can find events concerning all your entertainment interests; not just music but movies, comedy, theatre, dance, sports, festivals, lectures, and community gatherings. Only on CultureMob can you track your favorite performers and get alerted when they come to Seattle, add a MySpace or Facebook calendar to your profile, email your friends about upcoming events, and post previews, reviews, and comments of artists, events, and venues.

So check out SeattleSubsonic and in the immortal words of one of my good friends and local artist: GET INTO IT! It’s your town, your life, your evening: make it one for the blogs.

2 Responses  

  • Kevin LeDoux says:

    Hey Shilo,
    Thanks for the props on the new site. We’re with Culture Mob on promoting the existence of all these Seattle Music sites. Yeah there’s a heap of ‘em but we’re all behind the same motivating factor. Getting more of our local music to the ears of the people, and keeping the Seattle music scene a viable (albeit moist and damp) breeding ground for Northwest bands.

    People have mentioned that our writings on Seattle Subsonic are more involved than your run-of-the-mill “blog”. We’re trying to post more than just pictures, soundbites or newsflashes. In the words of our writer, and Bovine Enthusiast, Lord Bison (LB), “I write what I would want to read (which is probably how most journalists approach their job), and I like reading material that’s smart, funny, engaging and unpretentious. The standards of any non-motorhead, really.”

    Kudos to yourselves for keeping the bar elevated above the reach of the motor-head. Culture Mob not only has a finger all up IN the pulse, but the tools to keep the schedules, of even the biggest ‘music freaks’, sorted.

    May 13, 08

  • Gregory Baxley says:

    Bombshell Productions Presents
    Concert for Change (Obama 2008 Campaign Benefit)
    Friday, September 5th
    @ El Corazon (www.elcorazonseattle.com)
    Hosted by the models of Urban Bombshells
    Featuring: Flipper w/ Krist Novaselic, Tiny Vipers, The Nextdoor Neighbors, Jinu Park, Active I and Guest.
    All Ages / Bar with ID
    $13 ADV / $15 DOS
    Tickets at all Tickets West locations, http://www.ticketswest.com or 1.800.992.TIXX

    Jul 26, 08

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