Supporting its just-released ninth LP, See the Light, Gainesville’s favorite ska-punk sons headline this year’s Fat Wreck Chords’ Fat tour,…
Friday, Nov. 22 It’s difficult to locate the stylistic thread that connects the hardcore-indebted band Helmet with experimental post-punk group…
Earth has been taking Seattle to the drone zone since 1989, pioneering their unique take on doom metal by throwing…
The last time we received a dispatch from Deltron 3030—the supergroup/future-rap trio of Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien,…
Surfer vibes join with the sounds of Seattle rock to create Lures, a trio of 20-somethings who will make you…
Saturday, Nov. 16 Lynx This Bay Area songwriter and producer amalgamates an orchestra’s worth of strings with electronic textures and…
Cataldo Seattle pop songsmith Eric Anderson recently completed his fourth full-length album under the Cataldo moniker, a moody and moving…
The title of Jillette Johnson’s debut EP, Whiskey & Frosting, describes her music perfectly. There’s the smooth sweetness one would…
To paraphrase some dude with a rad mustache, reports of Kshama Sawant’s electoral defeat were greatly exaggerated (in our defense,…
Crocodiles A lot of bands sound at least a little bit like Crocodiles, because a lot of bands borrow transparently…
Crystal Antlers The only time I’ve seen Crystal Antlers, the keyboardist drunkenly pounded out an amazing solo on the synth…
Friday, Nov. 8 Cass McCombs, Crocodile. See our write-up here . David Bazan, Chris Walla, and the Long Winters, Neptune….
The synth-popped soul being crafted by Radiation City is one of the most exciting things happening in Portland right now….
Andre Allen Anjos This RAC producer is a prodigious remixer—there are more than 150 remixes on his Soundcloud page, and…
Twenty One Pilots Some sort of love child of Matt & Kim and 3OH!3, this duo mixes tongue-and-cheek pop-infused indie…
Mazzy Star After three well-received albums, this ’90s cult band quietly parted and its two core members, Hope Sandoval and…
A man was shot late this morning at Union Gospel Mission. Several eye witnesses outside the mission on Second Avenue…
Friday, Nov. 1 White Lung Ironically, this Vancouver-based punk band wrote on its Facebook page earlier this month that this…
Black Weirdo Halloween Party Hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction uses the term “black weirdo” as shorthand to describe the ethos behind its…
Charli XCX At 21, pop/R&B singer Charlotte Aitchison is a music-biz veteran. Her first professional recordings came at age 14,…
