The Obamas may not be the hippest married couple ever to live in the White House — but they’re not completely out of touch either. And though they had acts like Beyonce, Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen at their inaugural celebration, the first family…

Rhett Miller may front one of alt-country’s biggest bands, but that doesn’t mean he’s not down to Earth or unwilling to talk frankly about his life as a musician with a rinky-dink website. We talked to Miller just prior to his gig at Seattle’s annual Bumbershoot…

Here’s a look (and listen) to some records that have been cluttering up our desk and inboxes here at YuppiePunk World HQ. Though none of these titles inspired us to write 3000-word soliloquys, we figured we could at least muster 50 and an MP3.
BANNER PILOT – “COLLAPSER”
If Fat Wreck Chords had a well-defined sound throughout [...]

Right, so you read the coverage of Bumbershoot’s first day on the site and now you’re seeing coverage of its last. “But where is day two,” you’re probably (not) asking yourself right about now? The answer: We don’t work on the sabbath. Okay, so that’s not really true, but it did rain a lot. And [...]

Well, it didn’t rain. Not much anyway, which is a great way to start Bumbershoot, Seattle’s annual music and arts festival, which happens every year over Labor Day weekend at Seattle Center. Another great way to start the festival is to eavesdrop on the people behind you in the press line…