Is N/A Body Making Good Non-Alcoholic Beer?
Is N/A Body Making Good Non-Alcoholic Beer?

If you’ve ever worked in a bar—or sat in one long enough—you’ve likely heard a patron or two ask if the bartender has any non-alcoholic beer. With less than .5% alcohol by volume, it’s drunk by folks who like the premise of a cold one but, for any number of reasons, want to avoid its buzzy effects. Well-stocked bars can oblige, often offering a bottle of Kaliber (owned by Guinness), O’Doul’s, or St. Pauli Girl (both owned by Anheuser-Busch). These beers taste relatively terrible compared to, say, a nice glass of Georgetown Brewing’s Bodhizafa IPA—so one wonders why no craft brewery has cornered this unclaimed market by attempting its own tasty n/a.

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KEXP Exclusive Interview: Mary Lambert
KEXP Exclusive Interview: Mary Lambert

Grammy-nominated singer Mary Lambert has been doing things for herself lately. And, she says, it feels exhilarating. But between performances and business moves – like signing her own distribution deal and releasing her latest EP, Bold, in May – she’s been playing a lot of The Sims computer game, creating characters based on her friends (like The Black Tones’ Eva Walker, featured drummer in Lambert’s latest video).

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TROMBONE SHORTY BRINGING SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS TO SEATTLE
TROMBONE SHORTY BRINGING SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS TO SEATTLE

Trombone Shorty, playing Seattle on Sunday, August 20 as part of the annual Woodland Park Zoo series, is well known for his prowess on brass instruments. Famous for his skills on the trumpet, trombone and as a bandleader, Trombone Shorty (aka New Orleans’ Troy Andrews) has been fronting groups since he was a child. An affable, thoughtful and generous fellow, the musician recently began a summer tour showcasing the music from his hometown, including cuts off his new record, 2017’s Parking Lot Symphony. We had a chance to catch up with the virtuoso to ask him about the Big Easy, how his musical ear developed, his thoughts on his lineage and much more.

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‘Road dog’ Allen Stone brings his show to Chateau Ste. Michelle
‘Road dog’ Allen Stone brings his show to Chateau Ste. Michelle

Despite finding himself in the midst of writing a new record, slated for release early-to-mid 2018, Seattle-area soul singer, Allen Stone, can’t help but continue to tour. “I kind of live on the road,” says Stone, while on brief hiatus in Los Angeles. His highway ramblin’ will continue in the Seattle-area when the buttery-voiced singer performs Friday at Woodinville’s Chateau Ste. Michelle.

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Seattle Rap Altruist Raz Simone Methodically Builds a Musical Empire in Sodo
Seattle Rap Altruist Raz Simone Methodically Builds a Musical Empire in Sodo

In an age when brief pops like retweets and viral videos reign supreme, Seattle rapper Raz Simone has chosen a more maintainable route—one where numbers aren't the driving force but the viability of making art is. Simone's is a trek that susses out the complete character and depth of his work in music, and his mission is one of personal and creative sustainability. "My career," he explains, "is going to be a longer battle. But it's going to be very worth it."

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ProfilesJake UittiThe Stranger
Pike Brewing Company Gets Refined With Tankard & Tun
Pike Brewing Company Gets Refined With Tankard & Tun

Born in 1996 during the waning days of the grunge movement, Pike Brewing Company’s historic subterranean pub, just a few blocks from the center of Pike Place Market, The Pike Pub, is adorned with random stickers, exposed grating, and pipes painted black. The pub, which brews and serves some of the city’s most recognizable beer, feels comfortable and familiar, like your favorite ripped jeans/flannel shirt combo. But the famous locale has recently changed significantly.

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Lead by Your Samples: DJ Shadow on Collecting Vinyl, Scratching, and His New Tour
Lead by Your Samples: DJ Shadow on Collecting Vinyl, Scratching, and His New Tour

Say the name DJ Shadow to any hiphop head who came of age in the 1990s, and they'll stop what they're doing to recall a favorite track. For some, it's "Organ Donor," the methodical-yet-spastic gymnastic of an instrumental. For others, it's "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt," a misty, railroad-like tune featuring dialogue perhaps plucked from a psychedelic Hitchcock film. But whatever the song, DJ Shadow, with his mixing board and collection of 60,000 records, has been integral in the development of hiphop over the last two decades.

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Inner Experience, Collective Empowerment: Women.Weed.WiFi’s Revolutionary Platform
Inner Experience, Collective Empowerment: Women.Weed.WiFi’s Revolutionary Platform

When you start a new project—whether that’s a platform, publication or business—it’s important to create and maintain a balance between a set mission statement and an openness or malleability. It’s a hard thing to attain, and the reason why many ventures fail. But for the founders of the Seattle-based Women.Weed.Wifi collective, this balance comes naturally—even telepathically.

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Why Does Craft Brewing Keep Growing?
Why Does Craft Brewing Keep Growing?

In 2011, there were some 2,016 craft breweries in the United States, according to the Brewers Association. Just five years later, there were 5,234—and many believe this number will continue to grow. But why, exactly? What is it about craft breweries that the country adores? I asked some of Seattle’s most renowned brewers for their insights.

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It Gets Pretty Hot at Can Can’s Summer Show, Ice Cream
It Gets Pretty Hot at Can Can’s Summer Show, Ice Cream

The Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret is always changing. At the 60-seat theater nestled in what feels like the hull of Pike Place Market, everything is in flux, from the choreography to the music to the way its dancers use the room. And in the theater’s brand new summer show, Ice Cream, this mutability is evident from the moment its host, Johnny Boy (aka Jonathan Betchtel), hits the catwalk.

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Tomo Nakayama’s Preternaturally Pretty New Single Offers Solace from a "Broken World"
Tomo Nakayama’s Preternaturally Pretty New Single Offers Solace from a "Broken World"

For Seattle songwriter Tomo Nakayama, meaning and connection—within what he calls a "broken world"—come both from what's there right in front of us as well as what's in absence. Displayed through Nakayama's signature dulcet vocals along with guitars that sound like chiming bells, the songwriter's new single, "Bright and Blue," offers a picture of what's important: a roaming natural world without anything other than that which bonds a dear, loving relationship.

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Seattle rapper Taylar Elizza Beth is poised for breakout success
Seattle rapper Taylar Elizza Beth is poised for breakout success

Young, hopeful musicians often enter the music scene with lofty goals of stardom and success. Rarely, however, do these dreams pan out. Seldom does the shift occur when, one day, an artist is playing a small bar and the next she’s on the biggest stage. But for Seattle rapper Taylar Elizza Beth (aka Taylar White) — who will celebrate the release of her new record, “Fresh Cut Flowers,” on Tuesday, June 13, at the Timbre Room — that shift may indeed be happening.

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