Is March too early to get your festival season started? We don’t think so and, frankly, we don't care. Treefort Music Fest, running now until Sunday, March 26 in downtown Boise, Idaho, is too good to miss. Looking at headliners alone, the festival boasts two of the biggest names in independent musi…
4AD has been on a roll this year with unique new signees that are bringing the atmospheric R&B game to the next level. I guess this isn't terribly surprising, considering 4AD has been on the forefront for, I don't know, 35 years. But between last month's sleeper hit Lo-Fang set and last week's …
With great sadness the music world learned today of songwriter Scott Miller's passing. The brilliance of his pop sensibility and songwriting were the hallmarks of his work with his power pop group Game Theory, which despite plenty of adoration from critics and loyal fans remained a cult favorite a…
Tom Kha is the collaborative effort of Seattle-based DJs Peter Merritt (aka SHTICKYKEYS) and Sasha Dorit-Kendall (aka THALO), an integral duo on the local electronic music scene for the past four years. Under their Tom Kha Music handle, they've been responsible for bringing world-class talent to Se…
Today we feature two engineers, Alice Wilder and Talaya Logan, who got their start in Seattle and both love playing with sound.
JusMoni shares her story – and by extension, a deeper story about Seattle. Moni and her peers reflect on Hidmo, the intersecting identities with her family that she channels through her performance, motherhood, and her community and social justice work.
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Hollis Wong-Wear sits down with Larry Mizell Jr. to talk about her new album, moving to LA from Seattle, and more.
Miki Ratsula recently released a covers EP which changes lyrics of some of their favorite songs to be gender neutral.
Nabihah Iqbal’s latest album, DREAMER, is a lush and atmospheric meditation on love and loss.
For almost five years now as Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ruban Nielson has been learning how to give himself away. On his eponymous debut, it was from behind the closed door of a bedroom, where we heard psychedelic funk gems muffled through the wall and wanted to know more. On 2013's II, the door cra…
"Put up your fists and your guns one time right now", Killer Mike yelled over the Showbox crowd. Across the room, hands went up mimicking the cover art from the self-titled debut from Run The Jewels. Mike nodded in stoic approval. "This is hands down the best tag team the world's got going right no…
