Blog: Sound On The Sound

::: Lady Lamb The Beekeeper ::: Photo by Shervin Lainez The journey that we call life. It's anti-climatic maddening, joyful, painful, obvious yet unexpected...that is if you're doing it right. You have no control of your own life. It's really just a series of events that you experience or witness poured into the manmade linear [...]

::: Sasquatch! ::: Photo by Hilary Harris Sometimes never is actually preferable to being late. Since we are so far removed from Memorial Day weekend, I am not going to bore you with what was and what could have been. The Gorge, always a picturesque venue for any musical carnival that touches down upon its [...]

Gaytheist, Portland's criminally under-hyped, supercharged supergroup is having a release show tonight at the Black Lodge in support of their album Hold Me...But Not So Tight. It will be the second full length released on Seattle's own Good to Die Records. Gentle readers, I don't have to tell you that Sound on the Sound has been relatively mum [...]

Mistaken for Strangers was meant to be a film following the National's worldwide tour in support of the release of their critically acclaimed 5th record Boxer, but in the making it departed from that original intent to be a charming story about brotherhood. Told from the perspective of National singer Matt Berninger's younger brother Tom [...]

Tonight begins a very special time of year. At 5pm Pacific Daylight Time, the Chicago Blackhawks will face off against the Minnesota Wild and the LA Kings against the St. Louis Blues as sixteen teams begin to narrow down to two, and then to one, in the race for the Stanley Cup. At nearly two months, [...]

Spring music in the past has been different for me. I always wanted something to evoke the riotous bloom of flowers, the world opening its clenched palms toward the jolly sun. The rain splattering on thirsty ground, and on the wet shins of kids running around in the park for the first time since [...]

A couple months ago, we introduced you to Timber! the new festival from our friends at Artist Home, the hosts of Slack Fest and Doe Bay Fest. The new outdoor jamboree, will be held in Carnation, Washington on a sprawling 574 acre river-side park July 26th and 27th. (Yes, sadly, it will be held the [...]

Akimbo ::: Live to Crush [Scene opens with Alyssa Milano meandering in the middle of a soon-to-be empty parking lot. There is a building that has been foreclosed on a couple of paces behind her. A few menacing Bobcat construction vehicles wait like vultures in the distance. Orange mesh fence and yellow tape serve as [...]

Ellie Arciaga and Eleanor Lonardo spent March on the road with Pickwick chronicling the band's first national tour and giving fans an intimate glimpse behind the scenes of a travelling band. This summer they'll be publishing a book of photos from their adventure called Letterbox, but first they've agreed to share some shots with Sound on [...]

On April 6th, 1963 Portland group the Kingsmen recorded "Louie, Louie" in just two takes. By their own accounts the sloppy second take probably shouldn't have been good enough, but their manager was happy with it as it was, and so that was that. Or... that was just the beginning. Probably no other tossed off [...]

"Once upon a time, Seattle opened it's legs and fucked the world, YES! Loud powerfuzz and muff shagging hair action!" - Bruce Pavitt on the back cover of Fuck Me I'm Rich, a compilation collecting the first five Sub Pop singles Twenty-five years ago today Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt moved into the top floor [...]

Damnit. Call it a first world blogger problem. A first world problem. Or not really a problem at all. But sometimes you just miss a great band. Sometimes you miss them, even when their sweet songs get sent right to you. Sometimes you listen to them, think "that's mighty fine" and then something happens, life [...]

A little bit of advice to everyone who is about to interview or even interact with someone whose work has had a profound impact on you: Do not drink three cups of coffee and skip lunch. Don’t do it, friends. You will shake, and it will seem just like your tenth grade production of Godspell [...]

Baltic Cousins ::: The Broken Horn After seeing Baltic Cousins an estimated 14,722 times in-person over the last calendar year, it was nice to get ahold of the recordings of their new stuff. While I can't decide if I prefer The Broken Horn to some of Baltic Cousins older material (still rocking the heck out [...]

Sometimes, when a record kicks you in the gut, you lose your words as if it were an actual kick. Such was the case with River Giant’s debut album, which has left me struggling for breath and words since I first saw the band live a couple months ago. I’d been passed along the [...]

All Photos by Letterbox Editor's note: The ladies of Letterbox, Ellie Arciaga and Eleanor Lonardo, are on the road with Pickwick this spring chronicling the band's first national tour and giving fans an intimate glimpse behind the scenes of a travelling band. This summer they'll be publishing a book of photos from their adventure, but [...]

"Seattle Music" (date unknown) ::: courtesy of an Edmonds thrift store bin For as long as Sound on the Sound has been around, seven years this August, we have described ourselves as some variation of your daily source for features, news and exclusive content about Seattle music. "Daily" has lead the charge in our description, [...]

Six years ago a hand-bound book and CD showed up in our mailbox postmarked Port Townsend, WA. The return address penned in shaky Sharpie: The Solvents. The submission was unique not only for the hand-illustrated ghost story that came with it, but the songs themselves. We wrote about bands playing arena rock and sweaty [...]

• Riot Act - Solvents "Ghetto Moon"

We shared this promo video for Hey Marseilles new record on our Facebook - but its just too well done (and adorable) to not share with those of you not on Facebook or who don't "like" us there. The Wes Anderson inspired promo features Hey Marseilles preparing for the release of their second full [...]

A new outdoor music festival is coming to the Northwest this July 26th & 27th courtesy of Artist Home, the folks behind a few of our favorite summer traditions: Doe Bay Fest, Slack Fest and the Golden Garden Bonfire series. Timber! will be held in Carnation, Washington at Tolt -MacDonald Park, nestled alongside the [...]