Recommended Listening: Kassi Valazza’s Debut Album
Ian Bremner – Portland based songwriter Kassi Valazza released a genuinely soulful debut LP Dear Dead Days back in May and has been seeing the fruits of the slow burn since.
Ian Bremner – Portland based songwriter Kassi Valazza released a genuinely soulful debut LP Dear Dead Days back in May and has been seeing the fruits of the slow burn since.
Ian Bremner – I’m not even going to pretend to digest the new Blood Orange record in just a few listens. All there is to it, is you should take a listen to Dev Hynes‘ Blood Orange moniker’s 4th album, Negro Swan.
The last time Nashville grunge-punk rockers Bully were in town, it was a one-off, pseudo-announcement/showcase gig at Ballard’s Sunset Tavern to celebrate their signing to Sub Pop Records. At it, the band played mostly to new and existing fans and employees from their new label.
Ian Bremner – On her 2016 album My Woman, Angel Olsen clearly took a step into a larger, bolder sonic direction. Olsen’s solo career started out as a lo-fi singer-songwriter with a haunting voice and the simple strums of a guitar, but My Woman managed to retain the artist’s delicate intimacy while at the same time representing a punchier, louder and more complete sound than she had been known for previously.