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Album Droppin’ Tuesday: Lost In The Dream from The War On Drugs
The War On Drugs preceding album Slave Ambient was an extremely rich piece of work that left a strong imprint on me. It’s one of those albums that I find myself going back to often. With that said,...
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A Look Inside: Interview with Kristoffer Lo of Highasakite
photo by Tonje Tilesen I know the band’s coming off a recent SXSW endeavor with lots of great reviews following. Was this the bands first SXSW trek? What was the experience like for y’all? We actually...
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Featured Artist: Fanfarlo
Another one where I should have trusted KEXP a little bit more, lots of love especially from John “In the Morning” Richards, but then again, that’s just often part of the journey. One of those bands...
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Album Droppin’ Tuesday: Stay Gold from First Aid Kit
Love these gals and how they do what they do. Melancholic melodies transcend so gracefully from these Swedish sisters with such beautiful interwoven harmonies. Embodying a renaissance country aura and...
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A Look Inside: Interview with PHOX
First thing I love about PHOX is how unique and vast the sound is that comes in through so many different angles, what are some of the guiding principles the band gets behind to deliver this? I think...
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Song of the Day: “Shut In” by Strand of Oaks
photo by Dusdin Condren Definitely a transformed sound from his earlier stuff, but I’m like really really digging it. I’m with John Richard’s and the cast of KEXP on this one…I just can’t stop playing...
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A Look Inside: Interview with Christopher Denny
photo by Andrew Hansen I had the chance to sit down on a pile of pallets with Christopher Denny out back the Tractor Tavern before he took the stage a few nights back. A truly open and honest dude with...
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Album Droppin’ Tuesday: Hozier, Shakey Graves, Broods, Field Report, The Barr...
So it’s taken me the full week to absorb the mass amount of music dropped this week… Hozier – Hozier Shakey Graves – And The War Came Broods – Evergreeen Field Report – Marigolden The Barr Brothers –...
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A Look Inside: Interview with Tim Williams of Soft Swells
photo by Dylan Bell Your music seems to draw from many themes from different eras: some rockabilly, surf rock, alternative, to modern indie, folk, electronic synth pop. What would you say is at the...
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Featured Artist: Hurray For The Riff Raff
Just another day, just another female folk crush to add to the mix. Really digging on these tunes…
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Song of the Day: “How We Be” by Sinkane
Wow what a jam! that real real shit…fresh beat, killer vocals…can’t help but fill the soul with an electrifying groove like this.
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Top 10 Albums of 2014
1. Augustines: Self-Titled 2. Strand of Oaks: Heal 3. Fanfarlo: Let’s Go Extinct 4. Vance Joy: Dream Your Life Away 5. Perfume Genius: Too Bright 6. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes 7....
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Esmé Patterson at Tractor Tavern 01/15/15
. A little delay in my travel to the Tractor Tavern Thursday night with some incident blockage in the 99 Battery Street Tunnel, but lo and behold my determination to get to the show lead me to follow a...
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Hurray for the Riff Raff at The Crocodile 03/20/15
photo by Andrew HansenOn a dimly lit stage guitar in hand Alynda sparked an immediate intimate setting with the audience playing a few songs solo. That beautifully tranquil voice lacing through the...
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Field Report (Solo) @ The Crocodile 03/27/15
photo by Andrew Hansen F i e l d R e p o r t contains the exact letters to concatenate the name Porterfield, as in Chris Porterfield, and that’s exactly who was representing Field Report out at the...
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A Look Inside: Interview with Fraser A. Gorman
It was pretty special to sit down with Fraser A. Gorman before the show at The Sunset, a gentleman whose record I absolutely fell in love with. He’s pretty new over here in the states, and Seattle was...
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Whitney @ The Sunset 08/02/16
Sold out packed in at The Sunset in Ballard, a pure sound from Chicago based Whitney. A unified feeling throughout the crowd, everyone there to see something special to themselves and as a group...
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