Seattle – Many turned out to Tractor Tavern on Saturday night to celebrate the release of local favorite The Horde and the Harem’s new EP Fairweather Friends. It was a night filled with great music, dancing, camaraderie, and costumes made from Goodwill bed sheets. The Horde and the Harem took the stage with a palpable
Seattle – Wednesday night at Seattle’s Neumos, the audience was treated to vibrant, energetic sounds of psychedelic pop rock and post-punk, thanks to Temples and Drowners. Coming from an afternoon of KEXP live studio sessions, the groups were warmed up and ready to take the stage with their too-cool-for-school attitude and infectious swagger. As Temples
Seattle — Since the release of their debut full-length album last month, Orange County-based The Colourist has been making a splash with their, as BestNewBands.com’s writer Beth McAllister put it in her review, “relatable front with an eccentric twist.” While selling out shows on their first-ever headlining tour and seeing their self-titled album take over
Seattle – Since the release of her debut single “Somebody Loves You” (and its inclusion in that one minor marriage proposal viral video), Australian artist Betty Who has been poised to become the next big pop star. And since she’s kicked off her first US tour, audiences across the country have fallen in love with
Seattle – On one of the first truly sunny days in March (Seattle isn’t just rain, folks), I was driving with the windows down and listening to 90.3 KEXP. A song started to play that instantly captivated me with its beat, attitude, and lyrics, “I am set in stone, I am Rushmore…I change for no
Seattle – Even though T-Pain was performing right upstairs at Neumos, those of us in the Barboza basement on Wednesday night had a party of our own thanks to, Miner, Cayucas, and A Weekend at the Feelies. Barboza must have invincible soundproof walls to have kept the rapper’s insistence on buying you a drank from
Seattle – Since it was a Spice Girls CD Karen Marie Ørsted received at the age of 10 that would encourage her to pursue music, it is only apropos that she would cover a song by the UK girl group. With her immensely catchy rendition of “Say You’ll Be There” making the rounds last month,
Seattle – While the rain kept the masses from coming out Wednesday night, those who did brave the downpour were treated to a night of acid rock, psychedelic pop and dream wave by local bands Low Hums, The Soft Hills, and Ephrata (Shown Above) at Tractor Tavern in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Low Hums (Below) opened
Seattle – Every now and then, a band comes along to remind us why we fell in love with good old-fashioned rock and roll. On Wednesday night, those at The Crocodile in Seattle were treated to two such bands, with echoes of Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, and The Band. True to their Texas roots, Austin’s
Seattle – Noah Gundersen has a lot to be happy about. Not only is he about to kick off his tour in his Pacific Northwest hometown, the singer-songwriter’s debut full-length album Ledges, which came out Tuesday, hit #1 on iTunes’ singer-songwriter chart. The 24-year-old took the time to speak with BestNewBands.com about recording his new