Earlier this week, Spokane County Commissioner Chris Jordan presented a draft ordinance that could allow the county to sell surplus land at a discount so it can be used for affordable housing…

Cat owners love their cats, but when it comes to cat pee, they don't want to see it, smell it or — you get the idea…

Spokane Gallery, formerly called Pacific Flyway Gallery, opened in 1985 as a wildlife gallery, selling things like duck stamps and wildlife art…

Ask Spokane family physician David Ward about choosing vitamin supplements, and he first offers his best advice: You may not need any…

Art has always been a big part of Jamie Roberts' life…

Transforming your space for the holidays — an activity that should be merry and bright — can sometimes feel like a chore…

Last week, Spokane Valley released details about how much the city’s multiple investigations into City Council member Al Merkel have cost. At the Nov. 5 Spokane Valley City Council meeting, an expense report on the agenda stated that two independent investigations found Merkel has displayed a pattern of intimidation and hostile interactions with the city’s workforce, and disregarded the Council’s Governance Manual and Washington state laws despite receiving extensive training on public records rules…

On Meagan Glubrecht's right forearm is an unmistakable tattoo…

For Kate Burke, stepping into her role as the executive director of River City Youth Ops this June marked the start of a new phase for herself and the organization…

Angella Southerly believes that a single act of kindness, no matter how small, has the power to change someone's life…

The Great Hall of St. John's Cathedral was abuzz on a recent Monday evening, as musicians chatted, arranged their music stands just so and tuned their instruments in a pleasant cacophony…

In July, Lake City Playhouse staged Oliver!, the first production to be held on its own stage in four years…

There are only three rules in improv: Be mentally present in the scene, always make your scene partner look good, and approach every scene with a "yes and..." mentality…

When conjuring an image of a poet in your mind, you might imagine a brooding, isolated academic type…

Beverly's has all the physical markings of a traditional fine dining experience: fancy cutlery, a robust wine collection, a menu that's actually a digital tablet and a stunning view…

For some, Luna on Spokane's South Hill is reserved for special occasions…

49° NORTH Nestled inside the Colville National Forest, you'll find 49° North Mountain Resort, Eastern Washington's largest ski resort at more than 2,300 acres…

The end for legendary Los Angeles punk band X comes not with a whimper, but with a bang…

Folk punk hits different in the UK…

Sometimes it can be tough when you get the musical munchies yet struggle to figure out what exactly fits your sonic taste in the moment…

"What became of everyone I used to know?…

Recapping the happenings at Seattle's Labor Day weekend arts and music festival While better adjusted folks might spend their Labor Day weekend celebrating the end of summer with a trip to the wilderness or hanging out at a barbecue bash with friends, more often than not I can be found at Seattle Center weaving in and out of hordes of strangers while trying to catch some live music. For those of us Washingtonian music addicts, the Emerald City’s Bumbershoot festival is the unofficial send-off to summer concert season…

"It was always absolute madness."…

The two-day festival kicks off today and it's not too late to get your tickets As Volume Music Festival emerges from a five-year hiatus, local music fans should plan to show out for their favorite hometown bands this weekend. (And discover new favorites along the way!)…

For Tycho's Scott Hansen, it all comes back to water…

Leather…

Lives are centered on continually getting what we need to survive…

I'm watching a pale, androgynous figure gyrate on an oversized, grainy tube TV in 1998…

Some folks like to mockingly say "those who can't do, teach."…

When City Council President Ben Stuckart told Attorney Laura McAloon he would not be willing to support her for city attorney this week, he cited two reasons: The first was her interactions with the independent investigator looking into the city's police chief scandal, which partly led to the investigator watering down key findings from her report. But the second was a "nasty" voicemail that McAloon sent to Stuckart's personal cellphone, where she allegedly called him a liar. 

In other words, a single voicemail had become a crucial part of the story.

On August 2, the Inlander made a records request intending to obtain that voicemail, and other recent voicemails from or to McAloon from city leaders during that period…

When Ferris teacher Mandy Manning received the National Teacher of the Year award earlier this month, she shook President Donald Trump's hand. Three times…

State Rep. Jenny Graham (R-Spokane) called me on my cellphone the day the Inlander published my story about her unwittingly linking to conspiracy theory posts on Facebook. I called her back immediately — while she was still leaving a voicemail — and was greeted with two blasts of profanity. "You cocksucker!…

After seeing our report last week on two leaders being escorted out of Spokane Regional Health District amidst further cuts to leadership, Amelia Clark, the head boss there, called the cops to file a report on her staff for sharing a recording of what she said during a meeting. Clark, the district's administrative officer, specified during a call to the nonemergency Crime Check number on Monday that she wanted an officer to come take her report in person at the health district, despite such reports typically being taken over the phone…

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Josh Garrels set to play UK

Released during an incredibly busy fall slate of offerings from the Kranky label, this self-titled album from Jonas Reinhardt is one that hopefully won't fall through the cracks. Working with a home studio of analogue synthesizers and vintage drum machines, he creates swooping instrumental music that calls to mind the glory days of the 70s kraut output, with enough motorik rhythmic pulsations to keep it moving forward.

Matthew Herbert albums have become increasingly more massive and detailed over the course of the past decade. His most recent work has not only involved huge orchestral arrangements, but incredibly detailed sound sampling as well. There's Me And There's You is no different, with epic listings of different source samples that help reinforce the political and social issues that Herbert has been tackling for some time now. This newest effort also finds him collaborating for the first time with London-based singer Eska Mtungwazi, who seems to have a bit more jazz chops than his long-time partner Dani Siciliano, but is also a bit more over-the-top.

Despite Car Alarm being the eighth album from Sea And Cake, and despite my love of many bands who share members and locale, I have never reviewed an album of theirs on this site. I guess this is as good of any place to start, as it's one of their most solid releases in some time (although, to be fair the group has never really stumbled in a major way). Although the group has been together for fifteen years now, albums have usually arrived at a more drawn-out pace, but for this twelve-song, forty-minute release they went straight into the studio right on the heels of a long tour in order to try to capture the energy and spontaneity properly.

To say that a new album from Christian Fennesz is highly anticipated is probably a bit of an understatement. Since his first releases, his name has become almost synonymous with elegant microscopic sound, and his work has been referenced both as an influence for a huge number of artists and as a comparison as well. Of course, since he started releasing music, the market has flooded with musicians creating similar work, and the advances of certain software have made it easier to simulate (or copy, as it were) his once rather unique work.

Throwing Sparks is the debut release from Gainsville, Florida five-piece Averkiou, and the group certainly doesn't let moss gather. Clocking in at eight songs and just over twenty-two minutes, it's closer to the running length of an EP, but certainly tries to make up for lack of time in instrumental density. Recorded over two and a half years, the process of tracking the release apparently was the cause of many broken instruments and frayed nerves, but there's a raw promise here that's hard to deny.

If you've ever read the blog of Deerhunter, you probably realize that wild mood swings and prolificness are just par for the course. Brandon Cox has written epic rants and then apologize (or not), laying out feelings and thoughts in words that sometimes just seem like a grab for attention. At the same time that he does this, he posts new original songs (often under his solo guise Atlas Sound, which also released an album on Kranky earlier this year), videos, and mixes. Band member Lockett Pundt also releases songs there under the name Lotus Plaza, and he'll also release an album on Kranky next year. Needless to say, the group stays busy.

Although it's technically not the true follow-up to their debut full-length Yearbook 1, this collection of remixes and complete reworkings are drastically different enough from their originals that it's still probably fair to call it an album by Studio. Over the course of seven tracks they tackle everyone from the lesser-known proggy disco-pop types A Mountain Of One to mega-pop superstar Kylie, recasting everything in their mellow, expansive, and lush ways.