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We’re just over two weeks out from the official drop date of Seattle pop rock band Verlaine‘s full length debut ‘The Open Sea’, and a few days past the band’s successful album release party. Verlaine has been getting plenty of love for their new album, and are kicking into high gear with a few Spring and Summer shows already lined […]

Eyes and ears all over have rightfully been on Sideonedummy‘s recent signee, Toronto quartet Pup. Poised for a 4/8 release of their debut self-titled, this young band expertly mixes the fun of sunny pop with claws-out punk riffage in the vein of Californians Joyce Manor or New Jersey genre landmark Dads. The band made a big splash […]

The first I heard of Seattle’s Moneta was six years ago. I fought a crazy cold to see Sherwood at Chop Suey, and one of the opening acts was Moneta (and maybe Madison Drive?). I remember liking the poppy rock I heard, but I was too busy meeting my San Luis Obispo heroes to stop […]

Over the last few weeks, eclectic Seattle collective Kings Kaleidoscope has generated a ton of buzz over their next release, the ‘Live In Color’ EP. Under a new deal with BadChristian Music, the 10-piece Mars Hill alum has been hard at work preparing for the 3/18 drop date. The free six-song EP was recorded live at Chief Kanim […]

You don’t just name your band Andrew Jackson Jihad and then decide to play boring music. The Phoenix, AZ veterans are celebrating ten years of bandship with a rocking folk-punk fifth album, SideOneDummy debut Christmas Island. Wacky, satirical, and delightfully demented, the gang has a dozen new songs whose long arms take root in folk-rock but tickle genres of […]

Ten years, almost to the day. 9 years, 353 days. Last Friday night, Emery kicked off the West Coast side of their ‘The Weak’s End’ 10th Anniversary tour at El Corazon. With Peace Mercutio and The Classic Crime representing Seattle and Long Beach’s This Wild Life in tow, the second half of the tour was […]

I don’t dance. Not even in the “sway with the music” sense. When I made it to Seattle’s hallowed Neptune Theater for Peace, St. Lucia, and Two Door Cinema Club, I had less than no idea what I was getting into. This was my first time at the Neptune, though I’d heard about it and […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) Last Tuesday, Reggie And The Full Effect swung through The Vera Project on the ‘No Country For Old Musicians’ tour, pushing the newish 2013 record of the same name. With Buffalo NY band Pentimento and NJ duet […]

On June 1st (June already?!), Los Angeles rapper/spoken word artist Propaganda (@prophiphop) brought his album release tour to Seattle’s Vera Project. Only a month out from sleeper hit Crimson Cord, Prop had tour support through Humble Beast labelmates JGivens and Beautiful Eulogy, and Collision artist Swoope, who couldn’t make the Seattle date. It was a night of Humble […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) On April 1st, Michigan’s La Dispute led their headlining tour through Seattle for a sold out show at El Corazon. With Baltimore band Pianos Become The Teeth and Seattle’s own duet Mansions as support, the key venue was […]