Seattle Center was a bustle of busking and dance this weekend as crowds put up with the rain to take in the Northwest Folklife Festival. … More »

Starting the final day of a festival with rain is never an ideal situation – even if it is in Washington. But it all seemed … More »

Oxford’s Foals had major buzz coming right out of the gate. All three of their records have gone gold in their homeland and the last … More »

For the thousands of people who’ve spent the last three days camping in the grime and grit that is the Sasquatch General Admission campground, calling … More »

In this segment, we quiz abominable festival-goers to find out what’s going through their Yeti heads. Yeti: Cameron Macphail (Vancouver, B.C.) SW: Is this your … More »

After years of playing Las Vegas casinos, Sin City’s own Imagine Dragons has had a seemingly meteoric rise thanks to songs like “It’s Time” and … More »

Near the end of day two, a bit of madness had broken out. “This feels like the Chinook salmon migration,” one festival-goer remarked, losing themselves … More »

If you’re looking for new road trip music, might I suggest Los Angeles’s Youngblood Hawke? The indie pop band makes music that’s upbeat, uplifting, and … More »

Despite having been together for more than a decade, Ted Malmros, bassist for Stockholm’s Shout Out Louds, says the band has only recently begun to … More »

In this segment, we interview the furriest -- figuratively or literally -- fans at Sasquatch! to see what's going through their Yeti minds. Yetis: Madie … More »

Sasquatch! fired up on Friday, with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis setting a high bar for the rest of the festival's main stage acts. Click on … More »

Sub Verses, the freshly-released sixth studio album by New York-born psych outfit Akron/Family, begins with “No-Room”’s charging drum line, quickly saddled by a frenetic guitar … More »

The first day of a festival is an interesting thing. It’s a discovery day. The day you arrive, get settled, and, finally, when the gates … More »

Even after more than a decade as a musician, folk artist Devendra Banhart is still trying to perfect the way he creates. For his latest … More »

With the recent success of Aussie artists like Gotye and Kimbra, it’s no surprise that Adelaide’s indie rock band Atlas Genius, and its debut album … More »

XXL just named Shelton Harris one of the 15 Seattle rappers you should know, alongside the likes of Sol and Fresh Espresso. And it’s no … More »

One of the most important parts of a musicians’ mindset is confidence. If you aren’t constantly terrified of your instrument, there is an ease-of-mind that … More »

Before the final song of the band’s two and a half hour long set at the Tacoma Dome on Monday night, Fleetwood Mac guitarist and … More »

Monday, May 20 Black Moth Super Rainbow The latest from the deliberately mysterious Pittsburgh psych-pop collective is last October’s beguiling <em>Cobra Juicy</em>. With The Hood … More »