Hot on the heels of Capitol Hill Block Party’s lineup announcement, Fisherman’s Village festival announced their lineup this morning. The second annual fest takes place just north of Seattle in Everett, WA. This year’s festival goes down May 16 & 16, a few weekends before Sasquatch 2015. Fisherman’s Village features a number of Seattle acts, […]
The Capitol Hill Block Party 2015 lineup was announced this morning, with headliners of Ratatat, TV on the Radio, The Kills, Toro y Moi, Built to Spill, and Jamie XX. The three day Seattle festival takes place July 24-26 and also includes Wye Oak, Shabazz Palaces, Deafheaven, Shannon & the Clams, Com Truise, Unknown Mortal […]
Walking into Ash Reiter’s Oakland basement is the musician’s equivalent of stepping into Toys’R’US. (Note: Ash, like any good TRU patron, I only browsed the goods).The room is stocked with stringed tools of all assortments, a well-worn piano, synths, a plethora of classic amps, gig posters, mixing boards and enough percussive gear to keep the […]
As a Washington state native, it’s been a decade-long hobby of mine to watch which home turf bands rise from basements to Sasquatch stages. In the hype-wave, mega circus, blog era, this cycle has evolved on BALCO grade steroids. You could debate the pros and cons of said cycle at length. But watching bands like […]
By: Fiona Hannigan Sego, made up of Spencer Petersen and Thomas Carroll, works to find a synthesis of dueling tensions. Utah transplants in Los Angeles, the duo’s sound is full of small-town-big-city tensions, the new and the old, and the harmony between. Edgy guitar and delicious synth are brought together by perfectly catchy melodies, like in […]