Viper Creek Club
November 2011 Generous Beats By Joe Gustav Photo by Casey Sjogren Local electro-pop duo Viper Creek Club gives listeners the memory-making jams they want with a new EP “It’s more like blasting you for 30 minutes” If it is true that memories are the best gifts of all, then Viper Creek Club is in...
Murs
November 2011 Written By Joe Gustav Photo by Martin Adolfsson Few musicians in any genre have been able to turn independent success into lengthy, successful careers. LA-bred rapper Murs is undeniably one of those artists. His winding path through the underground has taken him from Def Jux to Warner Brothers and now to...
James Riley
November 2011 Getting to know: James Riley By Sheena Nguyen Photo by Jane Gershovich From being a board member of the Special Olympics, to making weekly visits to “Hope Place” throughout 2011 to support troubled women and kids at the Union Gospel Mission, and being a key organizer of the annual 7-A-Side tournament...
Dude York
Discovered November 11 Dude York Written By Joe Gustav Photo by Isabel Blue Playing music is supposed to be fun. Dude York, this month’s Discovered pick, gets that. A sly irreverence punctuates their output, such as pausing mid-song during a recent live set at the Comet to ask the score of the game and titling...
Rachel Yang of Joule and Revel
INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL YANG OF JOULE AND REVEL Though the menu at Joule is eclectic and is as likely to offer cornbread as smoked tofu, Korean flavors play a central role. At chef/owners Seif Chirchi and Rachel Yang’s recently opened Fremont outpost, Revel, Korean influences are even more evident. Chef Yang, who is Korean and...
Getting to Know: Swin Cash
Story By Sheena Nguyen Photo Courtesy of Seattle Storm (Neil Enns) Her name Swintayla means “astounding woman.” Better known as Swin, she has a presence both on and off the court in Seattle, leaving no doubt that she is living up to her name. Following up a national championship season, the Seattle Storm is once...
Zane Lamprey On…
Story by Evan Carter Photo by Sam Cook “But you don’t eat a cake and end up with a hangover!” “We had it all planned out and then I was like, fuck it, let me just call Mark Cuban and see if he wants to do a show about this. And he said yeah.” Zane...
Bitchin Kitchen: Nadia G.
Interview by Courtney Byrd What are your top three favorite occasions to cook for? Number one would have to be Valentine’s because I’m a sucker when it comes to cooking for the one you love … to torture! Seriously, real love ain’t about the joy you get from giving them flowers! It’s about the joy...
No Lip Service Here: Kim Kardashian
By Tricia Mann Photo by Jean Marcus Strole On Nov. 19, Kim Kardashian made her first visit to Northwest for an appearance at the Bellevue Nordstrom to talk about launch of Fusion Beauty’s “Objects of Desire” holiday collection and Illumifill Line Filling Luminizer. Nearly 2,000 of her adoring fans waited patiently to get a glimpse...
Rusko
Interview By Joe Gustav Photo by Dan Monick (DList Magazine) It’s been over a year since OMG! dropped. When are we going to hear a new full-length project from Rusko? (Rusko) Expect to see something later this year! (D) You’ve been busy in the meantime collaborating with other artists, including Cypress Hill. How did that...
Karmin
Interview by Kinsey Litton Photo by Steven Duarte Photography Karmin (derived from the Latin word for song) is composed of talented musicians Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan. Noonan, who was trained in trombone and piano, and Heidemann, with her sultry and powerful vocals, joined forces after their years together at Berklee College of Music. The...
Party Rocking With LMFAO
Interview By Kinsey Litton Photo by Meeno It was roughly two years ago when we got an email from an Interscope Records exec pitching us on the idea of bringing out a new act to perform at a DList Magazine party. With the constant parade of emails pitching this act and that act as being...
