Keith CushnerRarely do I end up at DIY house shows or in the town of Olympia, but I took a gamble to see the almightly Algernon Cadwallader on their first West Coast tour, and it was a night to remember. Just the act of getting to this was even a challenge, as...
Karla HernandezThe Fresh & Onlys' music is known for being hazy. Taking cues from San Francisco's historic psychedelic music scene, the band layers an aura of cloudiness on top of what essentially are good 'ole pop tunes.
Ryan PangilinanBrainchild of songwriter Alex Pulisci, At Our Heels released their acclaimed self-titled EP two years ago. For their debut album, Pulisci enlisted former Light This City drummer and current Heartsounds frontman, Ben Murray, to man the drums. The...
Love them or hate them, Rufio’s brand of Southern California pop-punk is equal parts melody and slick guitar noodling. A majority of their appeal lies heavily on singer Scott Sellers’ ability to convincingly sing about a myriad of topics...
Peter WoodburnThere has been a recent surge of drummer/guitarist combos playing a brash brand of lo-fi rock with punk influences. Throughout all the hype — both positive and negative — these various acts have been garnering across the nation, No Age...
Vee Hua 華婷婷My experience at Musicfest NW this year went a little less smoothly than usual. There were decisions that needed to be made, and bands that needed to be missed because they played just slightly out of the means of timely transportation (as generally...
I just want to give a quick shout to the fine folks at Almost Velvet, who’ve done a quick bio and recap into the work of Manchester’s Linder Sterling, whose early work in Manchester’s punk and post-punk scene are still relevant...
Cole RevellGrass Widow primarily play an anonymous brand of surf-tinged garage rock, and the ten tracks that make up Past Time do not stray far from that foundation. However, the group is adept at adding just enough textural variance to keep the songs from...