The Long Winters show at Upstream Fest was just as amazing as we hoped it would be
The recent Long Winters show, as part of the first ever Upstream Fest, served as the class / family reunion of my dreams. A gathering…
Celebrate 15 years of Barsuk! {UPDATED!}
UPDATE: The lineup has been announced, and it's a doozy! The Long Winters performing When I Pretend to Fall, Nada Surf performing Let Go, Jesse…
A Long Winters reason to celebrate
Happy May 10, 2013! Ten years ago today, The Long Winters performed three shows in three Sonic Boom Record shops in a single day. It…
Moms
For their fifth full-length album, Moms, Portland’s Menomena underwent a significant lineup change: front man and multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf left the group in January of…
Ben Gibbard's solo record announced
Mark your calendars, Ben Gibbard fans: on Tuesday, October 16th, Barsuk records will be releasing Former Lives, the very first full-length solo LP to be…
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
The moment I hear a song written by (Nada Surf vocalist/guitarist) Matthew Caws, it takes on considerable meaning. It can be a snippet of a…
Happy hour: yesterday's live David Bazan webcast = win
Thanks to an invite from the lovely folks over at Tiny Human / Barsuk, we spent about forty-five minutes after work yesterday swooning in-person to…
Imaginary Watch This: Nada Surf covers Depeche Mode
[Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_1XboN7UGg] Craving some cover action? This new video from Nada Surf was filmed during their 2010 European tour in Nuremberg, Munich and Dresden and features…
Our favorite indie rock Seattle tour guide: John Roderick
We kinda don't know where to begin on this one as it combines so many things we love, our hearts are on the cusp of…
Ben Gibbard + Teen Feed = success!
By now, you're heard the reports on Ben Gibbard's show at the Crocodile on Wednesday night: it was pretty much an epic event. The set…