Amazon put out their "Outstanding 2011 Albums You Might Have Missed" list and the Pacific Northwest is littered throughout including a number one spot for Shelby Earl. We knew about them and we're glad everyone else is about to discover them too. more ›

Could the Labor Day weekend have been any better for a festival such as Bumbershoot, we think not. It's been a long time since we've seen the likes of such a varied array of artists so well suited to the music scene in this city. more ›

Tuesday night at the Crocodile was, simply put, a full house of smiles. more ›

Criss crossing the United States, Welsh band The Joy Formidable (TJF) park it in Seattle on Tuesday night at the Crocodile with the help of Anacortes favorite The Lonely Forest. Up until South by Southwest TJF was only getting light radio play on local stations. During SXSW they performed at KEXP’s make-shift studio in Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop on air where KEXP also captured them on video. The chemistry between Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar) and Rhydian Dafydd (bass, vocals) is what you’d expect between two people who grew up together: childish, playful and expressive the entire time. If songs like Cradle & Austere are anything like the rest of their catalog, we will be excited for the show. Ritzy Bryan seems to command the microphone and has quite a stage presence with her voice and massive guitar shredding abilities. more ›

The Lonely Forest has been around for a while now. You may or may not have heard about them yet, but you will. They started out in Anacortes in 2005 and won the EMP SoundOFF! competition in 2006 (by the way, check out Tyson's excellent coverage of this year's battle). more ›

While reading glowing reviews about their early Weezer-esque debut certainly piqued our interest, we’ll admit that it was tonight’s Neumos co-headliner’s name that ultimately prompted us to check them out in 2005. more ›

Like their Scandinavian brethren Sigur Ros, Mew creates exceedingly rich musical textures that have the ability to fill every corner of a room with dense emotion. In advance of the band’s show at Neumo’s this evening, we were able to catch up with Jonas to discuss the band’s complex sound, their sources for inspiration and approach to music as performance. (Mew will headline Neumos tonight. The Lonely Forest will open. Tickets $14 adv. All ages.) more ›

Fans of thoughtful, melodic and occasionally melodramatic rock, fear not. There is a place for you at Capitol Hill Block Party as well! With the third and final part of our "Better Know a CHBP Band" series, we present Hey Marseilles, Fences, and The Lonely Forest. The last three bands of our local spotlight are among some of your best bets for heartfelt tunes that may or may not tug at your heartstrings. Regardless of what musical choices you make on the ground, with 45 acts to choose from, you’re bound to find something that will please your ears. more ›

SWEET H.S. HOOP ACTION: Seattle will host the ninth annual Quaker Summer Slam tournament, in what is sure to be a crazy intense and heated weekend of high school basketball rivalry. If you can withstand the elements of a gym, you'll witness 32 of Washington's top prep team, we're talking serious shooter and truly a college basketball recruiter's dream. Seattlest Seth says certainly keep an eye on these rising stars Garfield's Tony Wroten and Pierre Wright, Kentwood's Josh Smith, Seattle Prep's Mitch Brewe and Franklin guard Anrio Adams. If you can't make it (or don't do h.s. gyms in the summer), follow Seth; he'll be tweeting live from the games. more ›