Remember a couple years ago when Rat Fancy gave us āpossibly the sweetest collection of āfuck youāsā ever committed to vinylā with the summer time EP, Suck A Lemon? Well, they are back and ready to help fill this summer’s playlists with garage-y C86-esque indie-pop with their new album Stay Cool (releases June 7, 2019 […]
Clyde Petersen is a Seattle treasure. Over the course of 20 years, nine albums, and countless shows and films, Clyde has earned the title of Indie Folk Hero thanks to an astonishing CV with credits ranging from film producer, writer, director, animator, visual artist, indie rock musician (Your Heart Breaks), and at least five other […]
Iām excited to give a hearty āWelcome back!ā to our Coffee with a Rockstar column. We started it back in 2003 (about 10 years before Jerry Seinfeld started drinking coffee with comedians) as a way to find out the coffee preferences (and other important details) from our favorite musicians. In this installment of of CWAR, […]
Spiritualized will be at the Moore Theatre on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (ticket & show info). āHere It Comes (The Road) Letās Goā by Spiritualized is one of my favorite songs from 2018 (more about that here). Like most every other Spiritualized song I love, it’s soothing and cerebral. Its layers of drones upon […]
Thanks to my extremely close relationship with each member of Tullycraft, I’ve been lucky enough to listen to their latest batch of songs on repeat for a while now. Iāve been counting the days until I get to discuss the bandās new songs with you and so I’m overjoyed to finally make a huge headline […]
The Seattle Pop Punk Festival {January 10-13, 2019} is more than your usual weekend of great music and festivities ā it also includes a limited edition 7ā release, Dim Sum, and amazing sets by tons of bands, including the return of some of the Pacific Northwestās most notable and important bands. (1) The release of […]
I know I’m not the only one who thinks 2018 has been one of the most challenging years as of late. Thankfully, there are a bunch of albums and songs and things that helped me smile now and again. Let’s stop trying to wax poetic about lessons learned or about hopes and dreams for 2019 […]
Remember when the “news” made claim that a Christmas song by the Shins had overtaken Mariah Careyās holiday anthem as the “the most played holiday song?” Although I love the Shins, their version of a Paul McCartney holiday song, and the idea of it being the #1 holiday song, I’ve always been a tad suspect. […]
Show Date: November 2, 2018
Last week I found myself the farthest from the stage I’ve ever been at a Los Campesinos! show. I couldn’t see much, but it didn’t matter; I was there to hear a bunch of my favorite songs and jump & dance like nobody was watching (which I find easier to do in the back of […]
The fellas at Seattleās Worst Podcast recently invited me to their garage to be a part of their latest episode!!! If the episode title doesn’t give it away, we had an absurdly fun chat. We talked about real estate, Seattle stuff, aaaanndddd a possible activity to try out when my mom visits Seattle this week. […]
