Timber! Early Bird Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!Early Bird Tickets for Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2019 go on sale tomorrow at 9am and here are 3 reasons to set your alarms: 1. These will be the least expensive weekend passes available. 2. There are a LIMITED amount of Early Bird passes available. 3. Early Bird Purchasers get early…
One of the true joys writing about music offers is the chance to meet new musicians and bear witness to their creative evolutions. Over the years, I’ve seen café coworkers go on to sign record deals and tour the world. I’ve watched friends open for Hall of Fame rock musicians. And I’ve heard demos turn…
It’s a universal given. If you’re a thinking, feeling human being, you’ve either been in love, or are in love now. Maybe you’re one of those lucky, happy few who managed to find that heady, joyous sensation reciprocated. Or maybe you bravely allowed your heart to reside unguarded on your sleeve, only to have it…
To any Portlanders who haven’t made the trek up to Leavenworth, WA—it’s worth it. There’s amazing bratwurst and delicious beer, both local and imported from Germany. Even without a kickass music festival, it’s a fun place to visit. So adding some of the best indie bands to a weekend is kind of a no-brainer, if…
Rachel Angerman, lead singer of Seattle band Hel Mary, possesses one of this town’s most distinctive voices. It resides somewhere between a siren’s song and a low gothic purr, and she can deploy it in the service of narcotic allure, or dark malevolence, with equal effectiveness. Faint echoes of other voices thread through her dusky…
For five years now, Seattle singer/songwriter Nick Foster has been recording hand-crafted, finely-wrought folk songs with an air of disarming ease, and intelligent lyrics that hit home with bracing immediacy. The Glowing Heart, Foster’s 2013 debut, was an ingratiating serving of rough-hewn Americana. He then stripped things down to (mostly) spare acoustic songs with…
“To be honest, I haven’t talked to a lot of people about this yet,” says Blake Madden, co-host of the upcoming dinner party event, The Chanukah Party. “I found out the news about the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh the day before I processed the order for 200 posters in Seattle with a menorah on them.” The…
Three days ago, I received sonic deliverance from the autumn’s cold snap, and from the mundane necessity of my day job. It came through my earbuds while I was en route to work, in the form of a 3.5-minute adrenaline burst delivered—remarkably—by the latest iteration of a rock band formed before I was born. The…
During the holidays, Seattle’s rife with great live shows. And those shows often include bills brimming with sharp local talent. But to stand out from the holiday-themed live music pack, sometimes it’s vital to give an audience something more than just great music. Enter Seattle on Ice, which hits the Neptune Theatre next Thursday December…
Hi Everyone, Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival returns to snowy Leavenworth WA January 25-26, 2019 for another amazing weekend of music, wintertime fun and hot toddies. If you’d like to not just come to Timbrrr! but be part of the crew that helps make the whole thing happen, now is your chance to sign up to…
No, I don’t have some clever post-Thanksgiving angle for this new-release rundown, aside from the fact that I’m damn thankful for these new releases by PNW bands, all of which merit much praise, induce much joy, and should probably be on your Black Friday shopping list. hERON, Desolate Paradise (Concuss Music): I lent an enthusiastic shout-out…
Down North is one of the most energetic bands in Seattle. Fronted by singer Anthony Briscoe, who is known for wearing bright pink pants on stage, the group is a hard working, soul punk machine. Briscoe, who is blessed with an electric voice and shocking amount of energy, is backed by a crew of pinpoint…
