Music City has become known for its vast landscape of ho-hum artists, all starving to be heard and pierce the ever-widening barrier to entry into the national scene. Among those, very few possess an original thread of self dependency and cross-generational charm that creates a ripple effect outwards to the mainstream. The Eskimo Brothers are here to prove exactly why you do not need to make pop-leaning music to appeal to the masses. As evidenced by their recent outing…

Let’s face the facts; unless you’re a serious player, great seats for the current Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour will likely cost you a month’s rent or a mortgage payment. That’s life in 2013. However, for those of us can’t afford to plunk down that sum, we can take solace in knowing that we can hear the Stones music live and not by a local ragtag group of wanna-be musicians. Stones Fest LA featured a number of accomplished rockers and…

Editor's Note: Our Zach Klassen was on hand at Sasquatch! this year. Here are his dispatches from the event. DIIV If I had any doubts about DIIV before, I now realize it is only because I hadn’t seen them live. Sure, most bands benefit from a live setting, as the tension from an audience can steer energy into different areas of the performance. But it’s rare to come across a band like DIIV who can channel that energy in such…

Oh, to be in the Northwest over Memorial Day weekend! Over the mountains in Eastern Washington, there were thousands of campers (including our own Zack Klassen) enjoying Sasquatch!'s ever diversifying line up and back in Seattle, others were celebrating the Pacific Northwest with its 42nd Annual Northwest Folklife Festival. While festival season is certainly is off to a strong start with Coachella and Sasquatch!, the solo gigs showcasing local talent have not been overshadowed and are still keeping non-festival folks…