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, […]
Seattle’s rap innovators Shabazz Palaces have announced a run of new tour dates beginning last week in Europe and running through the States to Chicago in early February. They’ll be touring with Seattle’s THEEsatisfaction and Portland’s Helio Sequence. If you haven’t caught Palaces’ brilliant Black Up album, it’s embedded below. Shabazz Palaces Tour Dates 11/02 Copenhagen, Denmark: […]
The Helio Sequence’s new album Negotiations started streaming earlier this week and it’s already found a welcome spot in my brain. A large part of Helio Sequence’s allure, for me personally, is Brandon Summers’ lyrics which complement the “feel-good” tones of Helio so well. At the time I first streamed the album earlier this week, the Negotiations lyrics […]
Man, what a great few weeks for new albums. Plenty of great records have been released for streaming lately, with Grizzly Bear’s Shields just finishing its xth stream on my computer since Sunday night. Since Portland’s Helio Sequence announced their new album Negotiations at Sasquatch this spring, we’ve been antsy to hear it. MusicFestNW in Portland this weekend only […]
Photos of Gardens & Villa, Menomena, Aan, Radiation City, and Helio Sequence from Friday of MusicFestNW 2012 in Portland, Oregon. And check out our video of Helio Sequence’s “Harmonica Song” from last night as well. Wednesday and Thursday coverage also online. Gardens and Villa: It’s remarkable to look how far Santa Barbara’s Gardens & Villa have come since releasing their latest […]