Stop The Future
It seems like the conventional critical wisdom on The Epoxies in to peg them as a throwback 80's new wave nostalgia act and safely file…
alotisalot
From early-Wire angular to Beat Happening twee, local Seattle four-piece Crown Aruba cleverly scoop the cream from several styles to deliver an infectious debut that…
Saturn Missile Battery
I'll admit, I had to make myself listen to Saturn Missile Battery by The Public a few times before I could really start to hear…
Amusement Parks on Fire
Amusement Parks on Fire is self-described as creating "atmospheric punk rock space blues for the 21st century". Listening to their new self-titled release, it's easy…
Banner Barbados
On their debut self-titled EP, unsigned Seattle locals Banner Barbados triumphantly strum their bar-chords on a disc so full of everything underground rock and roll…
Guero
For the record, I prefer "Gwhere-oh" as opposed to "Where-oh." According to the second track on Beck's newest record, the pronunciation is actually closer to…
Fiction
My first thought upon listening to Fiction, the debut full-length by local Seattle darlings Key Note Speaker: "I bet these guys throw a rockin' fun…
Hopewell & the Birds of Appetite
Jason Russo, lead singer and founder of Hopewell, says of their latest release, Hopewell & the Birds of Appetite, "(it) locates the spot where the…
A House Full of Friends
The A House Full of Friends compilation pulls together two-discs worth of artists whom have performed at some point or another in a small SE…
Fantastic Wounds
A sharp little machete from Seattle locals Schoolyard Heroes, Fantastic Wounds maintains the acrobatic inter-instrumental dynamics and savagely clever, at times genuinely affecting modern-life-as-horror-movie lyrics…