Who loves electronica? A lot of people, apparently. more ›

The Fleet Foxes returned to the Paramount for another double-header along with the Walkmen. Happy to be back home they played another packed house in their usual quiet manner. The venue was silent between songs while the band tuned up and switched instruments. Robin Pecknold and J. Tillman took turns with the crowd banter, stories, and gems like this one: "I'm in a very nostalgic self-mythologizing kinda mood tonight." Shows like that make for more of a living room vibe than the massive venue that is the Paramount. more ›

If you missed Fleet Foxes at the Paramount last night, never fear--they're back for seconds. Or, you can do something else entirely, like go see Explosions in the Sky. Either way, consult our events calendar before stepping out tonight. more ›

Still recovering from the various music festivals you surely attended this weekend? That's no reason to stay home. Get out with our two recommendations for a less overwhelming Tuesday night. Spoiler: FLEET FOXES ARE PLAYING THE PARAMOUNT. more ›

Each week the Seattle Office of Film + Music compiles its rankings of the top 10 Pacific Northwest albums of the week. The numbers are based on sales figures at Sonic Boom and Easy Street locations throughout Seattle. Here are the results for the week of May 26 June 1: more ›

Each week the Seattle Office of Film + Music compiles its rankings of the top 10 Pacific Northwest albums of the week. The numbers are based on sales figures at Sonic Boom and Easy Street locations throughout Seattle. Here are the results for the week of May 18-25: more ›

Each week the Seattle Office of Film + Music compiles its rankings of the top 10 Pacific Northwest albums of the week. The numbers are based on sales figures at Sonic Boom and Easy Street locations throughout Seattle. Here are the results for the week of May 11-18: more ›

Each week the Seattle Office of Film + Music compiles its rankings of the top 10 Pacific Northwest albums of the week. The numbers are based on sales figures at Sonic Boom and Easy Street locations throughout Seattle. Here are the results for the week of May 4-10: more ›

Didn't make it to either of Fleet Foxes sold-out shows? Take some solace in Morgen's incredible shots. more ›

Yesterday, Gina crushed your heart by telling you there was no way to see Cave Singers open for Fleet Foxes tonight. But we didn't want to leave you hanging, so here's a music video for you to enjoy. It's a pretty close second, right? more ›

News from some local lovers, courtesy of Gina. more ›

News on the A.W.A.R.D. Show! $10,000 grand prize winner, Oscar nominations with local ties, the Fleet Foxes sophomore album release and the Mary Poppins musical. more ›

Our local sweethearts, The Fleet Foxes, have been hard at work on their new album for a while now. They could have given exclusive posts to the bigger-name outlets for their first new single, but they didn't. The band gave the title track to its new album, "Helplessness Blues" to all of us in the blog world for your instant listening pleasure--you can listen to it right now, in this post. more ›

Drawing inspiration from Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead and Bowerbirds, The Lighthouse and The Whaler sound like a group of musicians who also have a healthy appreciation for Bon Iver as well as Seattle’s own Fleet Foxes. If you’re like us and any/all of the aforementioned bands happen to be on your shortlist, we highly recommend a trip up to Neptune Coffee in Greenwood tonight. more ›

Crazy Heart is going to win a handful of Oscars and that does our heart good. Like the town we’re lucky enough to call home, our collective Seattlest heart has a special place for thoughtfully crafted country- and folk-soaked melodies. (Think Willie Nelson or Neil Young, not Garth Brooks or Toby Keith.) When seeking to quench our thirst for rich harmonies and heartfelt lyrics, our city offers more than its fair share of options. We’d happily talk at length about our current favorites including bands with some combination of animal and/or otherwise nature-loving names*, but for now, we turn our (and perhaps your attention) to a band in the same category from the outskirts of LA. The group, a band of brothers and others, who go by the name Dawes and hail from the North Hills, California, will be at the Tractor Tavern tonight. We were able to spend some time with Taylor Goldsmith (lead vocals, guitar, lyrics) in advance of their show with Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, and Jason Boesel (of Rilo Kiley). more ›

Our predilection for local county/folk songsmiths aside, our interest was piqued when we heard that a Brooklyn band that has received praise for playing melodies in roughly the same vein would be hitting Chop Suey tonight in support of Ben Kweller. In advance of their first trip to Seattle, we were able to catch up with mandolinist and singer Danny Erker of Jones Street Station to talk about exploring “the great American genres,” and reconciling playing traditionally rural music in urban settings, among other topics. more ›

After seeing the recently announced lineups for Coachella and Bonnaroo, one thing was pretty clear: both lineups are strong, but altogether there's only a couple Seattle bands playing at either fest. more ›

According to last weekend's Saturday Night Live, this Saturday's episode will be hosted by crazy Republican (in that it's crazy she's a Republican) Rosario Dawson, along with the first SNL appearance by musical guest Fleet Foxes. Claims NME, "The Seattle indie rockers will be just the sixth band from an independent label to snag the coveted spot on the legendary US television show in its more than 30-year history." No word as to whether Robin Pecknold will pull a Taylor Swift and bring his bedazzled guitar. more ›

KEXP is counting down the top 90.3 (.3?) albums of 2008 and is asking all of us to help them out by paying them a visit and voting for your favorites. Countdown closes this Friday, December 19th. Our picks include David Byrne & Brian Eno, Drive-By Truckers, Fleet Foxes, Helms Alee, Jake One, Love Is All, Lupe Fiasco, New Faces, Santogold, The Knux, The Moondoggies, The Saturday Knights, The Black Keys, to name a few. How about you? Feel free to share in the comments! more ›

They've already garnered Mojo's #1 spot in the British mag's 2008 Top 50, as well as #2 in Uncut and Q and #6 in Paste (thanks to Stereogum for compiling this shit). Now the Fleet Foxes are getting some local year-end love too. In this month's Sound Magazine, Robin Pecknold and Co. didn't get Artist of the Year (that went to Jake One, thankyouverymuch), but the Fleet Foxes did win Year of the Year [RealRead Viewer], um, we guess for having an awesome year. more ›

In this week's Rolling Stone, the annual "Hot Issue" (and yes, the one with Britney on the cover), working at the Cha's Cha's burrito kitchen gets blurbed as a "Hot Rocker Job." Citing the "kitchen staff of insanely talented musicians moonlighting as line cooks," there are a couple quotes from a certain former employee/maybe bland Fleet Foxes frontman, along with a list of other groups associated with Bimbo's: Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, the Melvins, Hole, Minus the Bear, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and Murder City Devils. So now you know which bands gave you food poisoning. more ›

In the middle of a nostalgic discussion of Freddie Mercury and the sadly absent Great Frontmen of today's rock and roll, Spin.com's Abigail Everdell tosses a mild-to-moderate barb in the Fleet Foxes' direction: "Many talented singers today don't have the presence or style to distinguish themselves as lasting personalities. I'd group most honey-throated folk singers in here (think Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold singing for thousands while slouching in a chair)..." Zing! See what she did there? The group's eponymous debut full-length has received almost unanimous accolades in the national press, but this Seattlest has remained unconvinced that the Foxes should be granted top-tier, all-time awesome/exciting status--and it looks like Everdell agrees. more ›

Amazon has come out with their Top 10 lists for the year, and check out the hiphop picks: more ›

We know it looks like them, but we assure you this is not The Fleet Foxes. Share photos of your favorite bearded Seattle musicians in the Seattlest Flickr Pool more ›

Greenlake was alive with color yesterday. Striking red and gold leaves lit up the sky, bringing smiles to the faces of our fellow trail goers. Took a little longer than usual to make the trek, as we (and others) stopped often to take pictures. Unfortunately, we only had our phone with us, so these will have to do for now. more ›

All that talk of lumberjack chic returning to the Seattle scene got us all unintentionally heated under our (flannel) collar about our favorite local band rocking the oh-so-hot look: The Moondoggies. The next big thing out of Seattle sounds like the best of what was created at Big Pink, full of rollicking dusty blues, molasses-thick harmonies, and some straight up shit-kicking rockers. more ›

Ellen Carpenter over at SPIN.com makes a great point: plaid is so, so in these days. Look at that Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes (pictured), Tom Hobden from Noah And The Whale, or J. Tillman! Something about the gentle, guitar-stroking, whiskered man just screams "I'm humble and gruff, yet still empathetic. And I probably smell like cedar, if you get close enough." Riffs Carpenter after a Fleet Foxes show,

I could have overlooked their militantly woodsy ensembles--they are from the Pacific Northwest, after all--if half of the audience hadn’t been rocking the same look. It seemed like a joke, like one of those Improv Everywhere missions. A flash mob: Lumbercon!

Volume One was pretty cool. Two was better. Three was great. Volume Four is hands down the best. Is it simply because it's new? Because the songs are still fresh? We don't think so. There's more more to it than that. more ›

The Seattle Weekly just brought this Fleet Foxes tidbit to our attention--we didn't realize this, but the Wall Street Journal has a popular music critic, one Mr. Jim Fusilli. In an effort to cross generational gaps, he wrote a story about the Brian-Wilson-flavored harmonies in vogue with the kids today (Starling Electric, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver), and even rang up the Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold for an interview. Pecknold is always interview gold. The money quote follows: "We weren't coming at it from a jazz point of view," said Mr. Pecknold, who is 22 years old. "We wanted something simple, like old folk music." Strict, structured harmonies "can sound too lush, too '70s, too 'Hall & Oatesy,'" he added. "It's better when you experiment and find different notes to sing." more ›

Hip hop's The Saturday Knights are a Seattle band and proud of it, from Tilson's Sonics cap to the samples from the Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymal" and Band of Horses' car commercial. We weren't really dying to hear anything on Sunday night except TSK's Tilson, Barfly, and DJ Suspence, and they lived up to our expectations. New to us was Tilson's elegy for Isaac Hayes, sung over a sample from the theme to Shaft. It's hard to stay in focus, we learned, when you're helplessly dancing and singing along. Also that Tilson is a hyperkinetic son of a bitch. more ›