It’s Always Been a Craig Finn Album
Kevin Nelson – There’s a two-verse stanza from “Fletcher’s,” on Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn’s latest album Always Been, that hits like a knowing punch in the gut for any of the many transplants to this city.
Kevin Nelson – There’s a two-verse stanza from “Fletcher’s,” on Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn’s latest album Always Been, that hits like a knowing punch in the gut for any of the many transplants to this city.
Andrea Bartunek – On his most recent album Cicada Exoskeletons, Seattle hip hop artist Tim Stiles continues to flex his intelligent and lyrically eloquent underground rap skills.
Nicholas Anderson – There’s a moment about thirty seconds into the first track, “No Celestial Hope,” on Dryland’s new EP Dances With Waves, where vocalist Bradley Lockhart howls the song’s title. If it’s not a concise thesis statement for the work that follows, as well as a succinctly accurate representation of our current predicament, I don’t know what is.
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.
Lance Sobotka – Tacoma is a wild place. Its musical history is every bit as rich as its Emerald City sister’s (in fact, some would say a lot of the “Seattle” bands that went on to be famous were actually from Tacoma or at least the South End. Nirvana. The Sonics. Look it up.)