BIG DEAL – r l white
Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:58 — 0 Comments
Oh boy, just wait until Johnny finds out! Mike got a new bike for his birthday, all shiny and new, not like the hand-me-downs I always get. This one sparkles and has streamers flying from the handlebars!
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis World Tour vol. 3 – Andrew Joslyn
Monday, September 23, 2013 16:27 — 0 Comments
Welcome to Europe!Â
KITHNAPPED – Jake McCune
Monday, September 23, 2013 10:58 — 1 Comment
REPORTS FROM A 4-DAY TREK ACROSS THE WESTERN INLANDS WITH SEATTLE’S CASCADIAN YOUTH TRIBE, KITHKIN Cruising through the deserted middle of Washington in the dead of night can be a dark and lonely experience, but spirits were high in the tour van, hereby dubbed The Necrovancer, as Kithkin (Bob Martin, Kelton Sears, Alex Barr and Ian McCutcheon) were setting out for their first tour since their trek to Austin, Texas for SXSW in March. Along for the ride were beloved merch slinger/spiritual guide Sherpa Joe and myself. No one was ready to sleep, all too excited to be on the […]
Julia Massey And The Universe
Friday, September 20, 2013 11:40 — 2 Comments
Julia Massey is a Seattle singer-songwriter who performs on guitar and keys with her band The Five Finger Discount. The band recently played a live KEXP in-studio where they debuted their new song, “The Story Of The Earth, So Farâ€. Since that recording, Julia and her band have tracked, mixed and mastered the song and are ready to release it formally Sep. 20th (tonight!) at The High Dive in Fremont. The Monarch Review had a chance to chat with Julia about the single and the universe!Â
Movie Review: Will Play For Beer
Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:17 — 0 Comments
Prominently displayed in the new movie about Seattle music (and creativity), Will Play for Beer (directed and produced by Carrine Fisher), is a map by Rachel Ratner and Keith Whiteman that charts the interconnectivity of many local Seattle bands. And the map is growing! It has been on display at Capitol Hill Block Party and Bumbershoot, as well as the EMP, and people have added more bands, more connections to it. And it will continue to expand via its web site.Â
Xolie And The Strange Kind
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:03 — 0 Comments
Xolie Morra Cogley is a Seattle singer-songwriter. She plays in a band called The Strange Kind, singing, strumming guitar and mouth-trumpeting. Recently, her band got a fun announcement – that they’ll be playing Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Monarch Review had a chance to chat with Xolie about her upcoming gigs, her songwriting process and what it’s like living as a high-functioning autistic in contemporary Pacific Northwest culture.Â
Campfire OK Record Release – Darren Davis
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:47 — 0 Comments
I last saw Campfire OK perform a summer ago, at the Crocodile, for co-front woman Melodie Knight’s final show with the band. Her departure wasn’t made public before or during the set, but the night still felt like a somber sort of celebration. Pin it on Knight’s beatific farewell energy, or the everyday melancholy of Campfire OK’s best offerings, or the white balloons that fell from the ceiling during the swan song, but something was clearly ending. And when they left the stage they left as a band in transition.Â
FOR WHOM THE CLOWN SELLS – John Wesley Horton
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10:49 — 0 Comments
Among the educated, jet-setting class, eating at McDonald’s is like making out with your cousin. You may do it, but you don’t speak of it. Still, the first time I visited Rome, a super-sized effigy of the clown himself looked down on me from a second floor balcony on Via del Corso, the main shopping drag. Adopting the classic contraposto stance, one hand raised, fingertips pressed together as if to draw an invisible curtain, Ronald McDonald inveigled pedestrians, as if to say, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, come and eat here.â€
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]
