Tagged Seattle

Last weekend, right on the heels of San Francisco’s multi-day, multi-venue Psyched! Fest, we crossed state lines for a Pacific Northwestern analogue: Freakout Fest in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The ...

Pond, the psychedelic brainchild of Mink Mussel Creek and Tame Impala,  roared through the west coast on their way to Canada this week. After being a late addition to the Desert Daze lineup and spreading thei...

Weaving through San Francisco on BART and MUNI, I arrived at a building that didn’t look like much from the outside except for the classic-looking sign announcing SYML and Dizzy. When I walked in, I was welco...

My first encounter with Eric Elbogen’s music project was, like most other things, through my sister showing me music; this day, specifically, somewhere between the years 2007-2010, were the songs “I Like ...

If you’ve seen the show 13 Reasons Why, you’ll know that its soundtrack contains a rather unexpected wealth of alternative music. Amid wide controversy over the show, I was drawn to watch its first season, ...

Tierra Umi Wilson, or “UMI,” is a 19 year old Seattle native that is making waves in the neo-soul genre; she has gained the attention of thousands of fans, artists, and producers alike. UMI has already ...

Seattle should be proud of its hip hop scene. A roll call of contemporary notables would summon names like Blue Scholars, Grieves, Sadistik -- ‘conscious’ and experimental hip hop artists who proudly wear t...