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Tag: Blue Scholars

Editor's picks / Featured / Seattle Icons

Five Seattle albums that deserve the 33 1/3 treatment

April 18, 2024March 11, 2025 - by Travis Hay - 1 Comment

The 33 1/3 series is suffering from a lack of Seattle. Here’s a list of Seattle albums that would be perfect for the pocket-sized books.

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The Head and the Heart Photo by Curtis Wayne Millard
Best of the '10s

The 25 most important Seattle albums of the decade

December 13, 2019July 22, 2020 - by Travis Hay

These local records all made big impacts.

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News

Listen to Prometheus Brown’s (Geo of Blue Scholars) Seahawks song

January 31, 2014 - by Travis Hay

It’s just bout that action, boss.

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Previews

Party with pro skaters & Blue Scholars this weekend at The Retreat

August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 - by Travis Hay

Free live music in a beautiful setting

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Videos

Sabzi raps about pho on ‘Wassup Pham’

November 13, 2012November 13, 2012 - by Travis Hay

Vietnamese noodle soup gets lyrical respect

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Videos

Watch: Blue Scholars, Macklemore & Grynch ‘North by Northwest’

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 - by Travis Hay

The Town classic is performed for the Sonics

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News

Blue Scholars celebrate Cinemetropolis with style

June 29, 2011June 30, 2011 - by Jason Tang

A few scenes from their CD release party at Neumos

Blue Scholars celebrate Cinemetropolis with style Read More
Videos

Watch: Blue Scholars ‘Fou Lee’ video

June 13, 2011June 28, 2011 - by Travis Hay

The first actual video from ‘Cinemetropolis’

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Videos

Watch: Blue Scholars ‘Slick Watts’

May 26, 2011May 28, 2011 - by Travis Hay

A mini movie about a day in Seattle without the Sonics

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News

Blue Scholars travel in time with “John DeLorean”

April 18, 2011 - by Travis Hay - 2 Comments.

Download the latest Scholars track for free

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News

Blue Scholars get $30K in 11 days for Cinemetropolis

March 17, 2011 - by Travis Hay

1,012 Blue Scholars fans (and counting) can’t be wrong

Blue Scholars get $30K in 11 days for Cinemetropolis Read More
Album reviews / First listen

First listen: Blue Scholars’ Cinemetropolis

March 7, 2011October 13, 2017 - by Travis Hay - 3 Comments.

Details and impressions on the Scholars dynamite third album

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News

Blue Scholars sign to new label and it’s YOU!

March 7, 2011March 7, 2011 - by Travis Hay

Sabzi and Geo want you to release their next record

Blue Scholars sign to new label and it’s YOU! Read More
City Arts Fest '10 / Concert photos

PHOTOS: Local hip hop headlining the Paramount Theatre

October 24, 2010January 31, 2011 - by Jason Tang

Local stars shined bright in the historic theater’s spotlight

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Commentary

Why it doesn’t matter if Seattle’s hip-hop scene ‘makes it’

October 22, 2010December 15, 2010 - by Mike Ramos - 1 Comment

Local hip hop matters to us and that’s what matters

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City Arts Fest '10 / Live reviews

Seattle hip hop reigns supreme at The Paramount

October 21, 2010August 3, 2023 - by Mike Ramos

The mostly all-local hip-hop bill successfully kicked off City Arts Fest

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City Arts Fest '10 / Interviews

Geo dishes on Cinemetropolis, Sabzi & playing the Paramount

October 19, 2010August 3, 2023 - by Travis Hay - 3 Comments.

The Blue School will be back in session during City Arts Fest

Geo dishes on Cinemetropolis, Sabzi & playing the Paramount Read More
City Arts Fest '10 / News

City Arts Fest to bring Big Boi, Belle & Sebastian, Gogol Bordello & more to Seattle

August 7, 2010September 27, 2010 - by Travis Hay

The inaugural edition of City Arts Fest gets big names to come to town while spreading itself across 18 venues

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CHBP '10

Block Party hangover: Blue school is back in session

July 28, 2010September 25, 2010 - by Mike Ramos

Seattle’s biggest hip hop group busts out new and old tunes that satisfied Block Party’s sweaty masses

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Editor’s Picks

Five Seattle albums that deserve the 33 1/3 treatment

April 18, 2024March 11, 2025

Young love, romance and Given to Fly: 25 years of Pearl Jam’s Yield

December 31, 2023February 13, 2024

Which Seattle bands will be the next Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees?

February 2, 2023March 11, 2025

Chris Cornell on fatherhood & rockstardom

May 19, 2017March 11, 2025

Pearl Jam opens up to fans at intimate ‘Lightning Bolt’ Town Hall

October 7, 2013January 15, 2020

Discovering Nirvana’s lost treasures long after the band is gone

November 6, 2009September 7, 2018

Favorite Interviews

Getting RNDM: An interview with Jeff Ament

October 29, 2012September 6, 2018

Macklemore talks fashion, Ben Bridwell, sobriety and haters

October 12, 2012September 7, 2018

Lou Barlow revisits Sebadoh’s past & talks about its future

February 11, 2011September 7, 2018

Craig Finn talks about beer, the Boss & his band

September 27, 2009September 7, 2018

Death Cab’s Jason McGerr talks pyro, touring and The Open Door

April 22, 2009March 11, 2025

Brandi Carlile’s music defies categorization

October 26, 2006March 11, 2025

Interview: Dave Grohl & Rivers Cuomo

October 20, 2005March 11, 2025

Interview transcript: A conversation with Chris Cornell

October 14, 2005March 11, 2025

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