The places we find as catalysts for our inspiration are endless. For some, it’s likely unreliable reconstruction of our past, and the transition from protagonist to unreliable narrator. Maybe for you it’s a darkened tabernacle that’s inadequately illuminated by pinball machine high scores and the everyday troubles of spilled spirits and slips of the tongue….
A devoted regional following has been building around The Black Tones since their beginnings almost a decade ago. But a succession of knockout live shows in recent years (including a slot on the Paramount Theatre’s 90th Anniversary concert alongside Death Cab for Cutie), an assemblage of killer tunes, and near-deafening buzz has put the Seattle…
From where I’m sitting, Big Bldg Records is doing the Lord’s work. The Seattle nonprofit indie label, created by co-founders Rob Granfelt, Pete Jordan, and Ben Schauland, was built to give support to great fledgling musical acts. That boost comes in the form of what’s perhaps the most costly aspect of making music: Big Bldg,…
With love, dear reader, I present to you five songs I hadn’t heard until this month and one I heard months ago but really want to bring to your attention now. The tracks range from sharp-tongued hip-hop to fuzzy rock to gentle lullaby to stoner Christmas song. I dig them all dearly and I hope…
The seventh Annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival returns to deliver another weekend full of amazing musical discoveries, outdoor adventures and fun for all What’s New This Year Mark Lanegan & the Passenger String Quartet: From his beginnings as frontman for Screaming Trees, to his thriving and brilliant three-decade solo career, to fertile collaborations with Guns n’…
Seattle’s Nicolle Swims, front person for the grungy rock band Black Ends, has produced a brand new EP, Sellout, which may take over the city. The four-song masterpiece feels experimental, but that’s just the sign of a genius at work. It’s as honed, precise and exquisite as anything produced in the Emerald City this year…
Want to come to Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2019 and be part of the team that makes it happen? Become a volunteer! We have an amazing crew of volunteers who not only have a great time, but contribute greatly to everyone’s experience. Timber! takes place July 11 – 13, 2019 and volunteers typically work two 4-hour shifts during…
April marks our first series of shows presented at LOGE as Saturday shows begin at their Bend OR location. LOGE offers perfect locations and experiences for those who love travel and the outdoors and we’re excited to be bringing music to these experiences as well.
Let’s just get right to it. The below releases merit your attention. Stop, look, and most crucially, listen. Terabyte, ¥€$ (Qentaro Records): Terra Marotz—AKA producer/writer/singer Terabyte—boasts some deep PNW connections. She called Seattle home for several years, running with this town’s goth and EDM scene. She also enlisted Portland boardman Adam Straney to master her…
Seattle’s Tekla Waterfield is a thoughtful, introspective songwriter who seeks evolution and to touch new creative ground with each project she involves herself with. Her latest effort is a 10-song album, The Curtain Falls, an inspiring and uplifting album with songs born from personal experiences that range from joy to sorrow, completion to confusion. But…
It’s music time, ladies and germs! I’ve got 12 songs for you that will change the way you think about (local) songwriting. From blues artists to rappers to rock ‘n’ roll that will blow your ears back, these are the twelve best songs I laid my own on all month. They’re a collection of the…
Planet, the debut LP from Seattle band Love and Fury, marks a fertile collaboration between two of Seattle’s legit rock veterans. It’s smart but primal, wise but rawly emotional—powerful testimony that a band of functioning grownups can craft riveting, beautiful noise with the best of them. Love and Fury is the fruit of a collaboration…
