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Live Review: L.S. Dunes / Pinkshift – The Showbox Seattle, Washington State 02.08.2023
By Nestor Salgado L.S. Dunes takes the stage at The Showbox in the bustling downtown Seattle area, just a stone’s throw away from the famous Pike Place Market. Post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes comprises a stellar lineup of rock musicians, namely Anthony Green from Circa Survive and Saosin as the lead vocalist, Frank Iero from My Chemical …
PREMIERE: Beverly Crusher get otherworldly on ‘Gimmie the Power’ from impending debut album
If you didn’t know, now you know: Beverly Crusher are finally getting their shit together and releasing an album. We’ve heard it, and if you’re in any way familiar with their sound, you’re gonna love it; even if you got on board as recently as when we premiered lead single ‘Scab’ back in June. It’s …
PREMIERE: Seattle’s Biblioteka stream debut album ‘Pretty Ugly’ ahead of release
They’ve been building up to something grander for a while – dealing with the mixed emotions of releasing their second EP a week into a pandemic along the way – and you’ll be happy to hear that Seattle quartet Biblioteka are anything but ‘Checked Out’. Far from it, in fact – their debut full-length crackles …
PREMIERE: Beverly Crusher line up debut with the fired-up polemic of ‘Scab’
Yes please, thank you, we’ll have plenty more of that – you’ll likely find yourself saying similar things after being tossed around by this song for two-and-a-half minutes. Meet Seattlites Beverly Crusher, who today finally give us the debut album announcement we’ve been waiting for. Said album is called Waste of Waves, lifting its title …
PREMIERE: Seattle’s Acid Tongue stream new album ‘Arboretum’ ahead of release
Though its core members are based in Seattle – that’s Guy Keltner and Ian Cunningham – Acid Tongue are no strangers to international collaboration or putting in work when it comes to their band. Last year, they released their second album Bullies right before the world shut down due to the unfolding pandemic. Yes, it …
Say Psych: Album Review: MØAA – Euphoric Recall
Exploring dark memories embedded in nostalgia, MØAA present their debut LP Euphoric Recall out now on WWNBB (We Were Never Being Boring). MØAA was first conceived by Jancy Rae when she began writing and recording demos while living in the forest near Seattle. Serving as an outlet to process a troubled past, MØAA was named after …
See: National Honor Society release new video for First Among The Last
Taken from their album To all the Glory We Never Had, out now on Chien Lunatique Records, Seattle indie band National Honor Society have released a new video for album track ‘First Among The Last’. First Among The Last has got all the traits of classic indie. Part shoegaze, part jangle pop, it’s full of …
Album Review: Low Hums – Zzyzx
There’s a happening taking place in Seattle, helmed by Low Hums’ “band-guru” Jonas Haskins. Or is it Sanoj Snikhas? Before the references to Manson Family occur though (who are back in the spotlight by virtue of Tarantino’s somewhat polarizing Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood), we are assured that Zzyzx, the fifth release from music-nauts …
See: Dude York reveal new video for Box
We’re beginning to fall in love with Seattle pop punks Dude York, ahead of their album ‘Falling’ out via Hardly Art on July 26th. Vocalist Peter Richards says the song is about adolescent disappointment and the emotional solipsism that can follow. While that may seem heavy, the music isn’t, this sort of messy Killers, all big …
See: Dude York reveal video for Falling
Seattle’s Dude York have released a new video for Falling, the title track from their forthcoming album out on July 26th via Hardly Art. The track is this lovable slice of indie pop/punk, with a nod to the likes of Best Coast and Backseat Mafia current favourites Tacocat, as they mix up this slightly wistful …