V. Contreras, V. Contreras (out now, self-released, musicofv.com) Already known as the powerhouse vocalist behind the Seattle Rock Orchestra, V….
Whitney Ballen, Falls (out now, self-released, whitneyballen.bandcamp.com) Whitney Ballen’s voice isn’t for everybody, but for those who love a quirky…
Fisherman’s Village Music Fest Announcement Party Thursday, March 20 When R.C. Crowther and Steven Graham first started hosting shows as…
The Soft Hills, Departure (3/18, Tapete Records, tapeterecords.de) While similarities to the melodic rock of Death Cab for Cutie exist,…
Geoffrey Castle Saturday, March 15 Watching someone play the violin might not strike you as the most exciting thing. But…
Death Vessel, Island Intervals (out now, Sub Pop, subpop.com) It’s been six years since Death Vessel’s Joel Thibodeau released his…
TacocaT, NVM (2/25, Hardly Art Records, tacocatdotcom.com) Listening to Seattle-based pop-punk act TacocaT, it’s kind of hard not to have…
Barcelona , The Melodrama EP Collection (1/21, self-released, wearebarcelona.com) This local indie-rock act last made waves in 2008, when the…
There’s something completely arresting about seeing Jessica Dobson live. The music she makes as Deep Sea Diver, aided by drummer…
The middle-aged woman with crimped hair standing in General Admission on the Key Arena floor may have been the most…
With three albums and more than three million hits on its YouTube channel, these musicians from Adelaide, South Australia, have…
The members of Smokey Brights describe their music as warm, vintage pop with a rock edge—and for good reason. You’ll…
Julia Sweeney and Jill Sobule make a great couple. You remember Sweeney and Sobule. The former was introduced to the…
For the past month, Kris Orlowski has been growing a mustache. It’s not a regal thing—the sort of facial hair…
There’s an unrestrained swag about Ben Gibbard when he performs with the Postal Service. The looseness in his hips. The…
Starting the final day of a festival with rain is never an ideal situation – even if it is in…
Yeti: Molly Siemas (Portland, Ore.) SW: Is this your first time at Sasquatch? Yeti: It is. And today is my…
In this segment, we quiz abominable festival-goers to find out what’s going through their Yeti heads. Yeti: Cameron Macphail (Vancouver,…
Near the end of day two, a bit of madness had broken out. “This feels like the Chinook salmon migration,”…
In this segment, we interview the furriest — figuratively or literally — fans at Sasquatch! to see what’s going through…
The first day of a festival is an interesting thing. It’s a discovery day. The day you arrive, get settled,…
Since it started in 2002, the Sasquatch! Music Festival has grown to be one of the most lauded, talked-about festivals…
By the time Elena Tonra cooed the opening lines of “Run” — near the end of Daughter’s set at Neumos…
