Seattle

“We’re so excited to play as many new songs as we can fit in, maybe all of them…  We’ve just been practicing the new record for the release show, the 25th at Schubas in Chicago,” says Julia Steiner, vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist for Chicago post-country (a term championed by...

“The best reaction is the fans, and the fans felt like the new songs could stand up to the old songs.  The new songs can hold their own in the set,” says Janet Weiss, drummer, co-founder, and one-half of Portland indie rock duo Quasi, of the songs on band’s...

This Friday, December 9th, Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley will kick off a tour as Shoshin (初心) Duo in Atlanta, which includes a December 16th stop at our very own Union Transfer.  Last month the experimental metal band and EarthQuaker Devices released the third incarnation of the...

‘90s Seattle grunge legends Alice In Chains recently announced a double-headlining summer amphitheater tour alongside Breaking Benjamin and opening act Bush, including an August 11th stop at Camden’s Waterfront Music Pavilion.  However, for those particularly dedicated fans (and those who prefer something a little more intimate than 25,000-capacity sheds),...

“Music turns my pain into a process. There is peace and healing to be found in the process,” says Emma Danner in her latest press release.  Better known as Red Ribbon, Danner is referring to her second LP, Planet X, which drops this Friday, June 11th.  The album, which comes courtesy...

Although Kaylee Elizabeth’s debut album is just dropping this Friday, June 11th, the Seattle-based singer/songwriter is not exactly new to music.  Kaylee is one-half of sister-brother folk duo The Native Sibling.  After the band’s last album, 2019’s Hammer is Heart, Kaylee began working on songs that were a little...

Although Chastity Belt’s recently released self-titled LP isn’t exactly a “reunion album,” it does capture the spirit of the Seattle-based, Hardly-Art-signed, alt rock quartet after a brief hiatus, working on other projects and exploring extra-curricular sounds.  Chastity Belt was co-produced by the band and Melina Duterte (better known as...

“I love it when people are skeptical about our name,” says Whitney Petty, lead guitarist of Thunderpussy. “Older women — and I just mean older than me — are like, ‘What is this music? My kids like it and it’s so vulgar,’ or ‘My kid wears their T-shirt and...

Last month Seattle trio Wimps, hailed by The Stranger as, “Almost-catchier-than-the-Beatles,” released their third LP, Garbage People, likely the best punk album of the year.  The album, which dropped courtesy of Kill Rock Stars, resembles many of the label’s most legendary accomplishments (perhaps none more so than Bratmobile), in...