
photo by Morgen Schuler Hey Marseilles opened the day up on the main stage with a great set of Seattle's favorites. Their vast instrumentation and soaring melodies drew a large crowd for a show so early in the day. As always, their songs sounded fantastic. photo by Morgen Schuler photo by Morgen Schuler photo by Morgen Schuler photo by Morgen Schuler [...]

Did you know that Record Store Day (April 21) is less than two weeks away? Are you ready? What have you done to prepare yourself for it? Today is a perfect day to make a test run to your local shop, where you can scout for the best positions and flex the required muscles by filling up your basket with some of this week's worthwhile new releases. At the top or your stack (or maybe the bottom, as it's likely to be the first thing you grab today), should be the anticipated full-length debut from the soulful-beyond-their-years [...]

I really did my best this week to only have stuff that doesn't suck. But my best is not very good so there probably is some total crap in here. Please do let me know ASAP so I can ridicule the album in public. Oh, and there is also a picture of a cast iron pot to look at. Alabama Shakes: Boys and Girls Alex Winston: King Con Ancestors: In Dreams and Time [...]

This week provides an abundance of secret-genius artists we couldn't be more happy to bring to the spotlight, including Dante Vs. Zombies, Eight and a Half and Sucre. It's really a week to keep an eye on mergers of groups we love mixing it together. The electronic-rock trio of Eight and a Half release their self-titled debut off of Arts & Crafts and from what we heard it's wonderful, so get the album . They've got Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene), Dave Hamelin (The Stills) and Liam O'Neil (The Stills), whom have put forth something [...]

The line-up for this years Sasquatch Festival came out on Thursday night and it is a pretty decent looking list. Even though there is roughly a -12% chance that I will be able to attend this year, I thought it would be kind to preview some songs from artists that I would be excited to go see. This is just a small sampling so head over to The Official Site for more info about bands playing and how to get tickets. Enjoy! Free mp3: Active Child - Hanging [...]
Delta Spirit - The Flood Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes Justin Townes Earle - Black Eyed Suzy Brown Bird - Bottom Of The Bottle Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long The Decemberists - Of Angels And Angels David Wax Museum - That's Not True River City Extension - Today, I Feel Like I'm Evolving M. Ward (featuring Zooey Deschanel - Rave On Elvis Costello (featuring Emmylou Harris) - Scarlet Tide Freelance Whales - The Great Estates The Head And The Heart - Rivers And Roads