With New Young Pony Club missing in action, Late of the Pier and Shitdisco disbanding and Klaxons still recovering from difficult second album syndrome, Brazilian quartet CSS appear to be the last true survivors of the [...]
Having released a new studio album every year since they first unleashed their experimental blend of neo-psychedelia, prog-pop and art-rock onto the unsuspecting public back in 2006, Portugal. The Man’s prolific streak came to a [...]
Queens of the Stone Age are considered - by some - one of three genuine ‘rock’ bands that can still top the charts in a decidedly un-rock Top-40 environment; the others being Foo Fighters and The Black Keys. [...]
Like any self-respecting heroin-addled grunge band, Alice in Chains are nothing if not dark. Overdoses claimed not only original lead singer Layne Staley in 2002, but also original bassist Mike Starr in 2011. The remaining [...]
Maybe it has something to do with our antiquated dance laws, but Seattle audiences have a bad rep amongst killer bands – the best out-of-town acts rarely come on weekends. Such was the case as [...]
Whatever your stance on 30 Seconds To Mars’ particularly angst-ridden brand of emo-rock, it’s impossible to question frontman Jared Leto’s dedication to the cause. After all, this is the man who put on 67 pounds [...]
Local favorites The Cave Singers ended their 31-date tour with Philly grunge-gaze outfit Bleeding Rainbow at Seattle’s own Showbox at the Market, and the welcome couldn’t have been much warmer. After the openers’ finished their set by unceremoniously [...]
If helping to invent both punk rock and stage diving while publicly rolling in peanut-butter-coated shards of glass for years doesn’t put some lines on your face (and chest), then a former nasty heroin habit [...]
Justin Vernon is no stranger to mystique. While his breakthrough debut album as Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago, tugged everyone’s heartstrings with Vernon’s oddly-masculine falsetto, the music was overshadowed by its romantic, backwoodsy legend. [...]
It’s been nearly five years since Jim James fell off the front of an Iowa stage and shook whatever demons were plaguing him out of the shadows – the catalyst that serves as the ethos for [...]
