Before the last leg of her acoustic tour kicks off in Seattle, Canadian singer-songwriter Lights plans to enjoy a little…
Along with a penchant for glow-in-the-dark anything, Free Energy lead singer Paul Sprangers is also a big fan of the…
After becoming an independent artist in 2011, Aussie singer-songwriter Lenka saw the perfect opportunity to achieve a longtime goal: to…
Following the collapse of the label Poptones (under the Universal Records umbrella) shortly after the release of its debut album…
After years of playing Las Vegas casinos, Sin City’s own Imagine Dragons has had a seemingly meteoric rise thanks to…
If you’re looking for new road trip music, might I suggest Los Angeles’s Youngblood Hawke? The indie pop band makes…
Despite having been together for more than a decade, Ted Malmros, bassist for Stockholm’s Shout Out Louds, says the band…
With the recent success of Aussie artists like Gotye and Kimbra, it’s no surprise that Adelaide’s indie rock band Atlas…
Even after more than a decade as a musician, folk artist Devendra Banhart is still trying to perfect the way…
XXL just named Shelton Harris one of the 15 Seattle rappers you should know, alongside the likes of Sol and…
Though they only formed two year ago, Los Angeles-based folk duo The Milk Carton Kids have already made quite a…
When we called British singer-songwriter Kate Nash, she was preparing for a flight to Argentina for a festival and club…
When we called Local Natives’s Ryan Hahn, he was warning a bus mate about bumping their head because of their…
Casey Crescenzo, creative force behind indie rock band The Dear Hunter, says his latest album, Migrant, is about trying to…
Drummer John Wicks is a proud Seattleite. After recalling a time when bands from Los Angeles were not often well-received…
Tom Krell, the mastermind behind experimental/soulful pop project How To Dress Well, says he’s the kind of person who doesn’t…
Welsh alt-rockers The Joy Formidable took a somewhat scientific approach to naming their new album, recalling Julius Wolff’s theory that…