From Red Red Meat to fatherhood, Califone twist their experiences into fascinating forms.
Olympia indie vets get back to bass-ics in Enemymine.
Harry Smith’s famed anthology gains another volume and offers a parable from our past.
Think you’ve heard it all? Guess again.
A publisher from the heyday of ‘zine culture reemerges with the book-style
The Sun City Girls are Seattle’s biggest cult band, with 70-odd albums that run the gamut from fascinating to infuriating. They’re also changing the face of aural ethnography with their Sublime Frequencies record label. So why haven’t you heard of them?
A box set celebrates a forgotten incubator of musical activism, Dylan, and a movement.
A literary American songwriter, Richard Buckner wrestles with the meaning of death.
Midwest music and arts collective Destroy All Monsters attacks CoCA.
Bored with your stateside musical surroundings? Try these exotic rock gems.
Weird spelling and quiet music: the Carissa’s Wierd story.
Atlanta’s Dust-to-Digital and Seattle’s Sublime Frequencies labels mine lost archives of glorious sound.
A local rock writer, weaned on punk, wakes up to music fueled by a higher power.
Putting the term ‘power trio’ in a different context.
