What qualifies Charlie Smith for this designation is the fact that he has produced four of the best albums to…
Ballard’s Light in the Attic had a banner year. Rather than filling a niche or focusing on a genre, the…
It is rare to see a music video that captures the spirit of a song without becoming a slave to…
In a town that’s seen some of its most beloved watering holes and venues shutter to make way for urban…
If you want to get to know a band, don’t ask “What’s your preshow ritual?” Instead, take them out on…
EMP’s 21-and-under music competition, Sound Off!, has an uncanny way of opening a window of sorts onto Seattle’s hottest bands…
Named after a Star Wars assassin droid, local ambient artist IG88 detected the high midi-chlorian count in R&B jedi Shaprece,…
Technically he’s no longer a Seattleite. If you really want to be specific, composer and Bainbridge Island native Jherek Bischoff’s…
At a glance, electronic music can seem at odds with the natural—which is why Manatee Commune, aka 20-year-old Grant Eadie,…
Does the world really need more Radiohead? Probably not. But one thing we could all use a little more of…
Toke up, Seattle! You legalized pot. In this dusky-green era in the Emerald City, we are blessed not only with…
Categorizing herself as alternative soul, Whitney Monge has poured everything, including her soul, into music. Spending most of her days,…
Otieno Terry was the winner at this year’s EMP underage band competition, SoundOFF!, pulling the audience in from his first…
Raz Simone’s 2014 started with a bang, with the announcement that he was the first rapper to sign to Lyor…
Great pop music nods to the past, often in the form of certain musical tropes, while feeling like the future,…
Here at Seattle Weekly HQ, we consider suggestions for this “cat-egory” with the utmost seriousness. Cats, as we know, rule…
Though the pair has lately branched out in pursuit of other collaborations and solo work, the Seattle country-folk world would…
We’ve dubbed him Seattle’s “man of pedal steel,” and for good reason. Country Dave Harmonson—when not playing with Cahalen Morrison…
For all Seattle accomplishes on the indie, folk, electro, and hip-hop circuits, its one Achilles heel is the largely lukewarm…
Over the past year, there has been almost-unanimous praise for Industrial Revelation from the Seattle music press. After the release…
