Red Fang: A Benchmark For Beard Rock
Red Fang w/ Helms Alee and Wild Throne Neumos, Seattle, WA 12.29.15 Portland, Oregon’s heavy-riffing Red Fang made a triumphantly sold out return to Seattle’s Neumos for one of three special “10th Anniversary NorthWest Extravaganza” shows tonight. And they brought...
Concert Preview: Ever-so-android
Preview: Ever-so-android The Vera Project, Seattle, WA 01.15.16 Gritty synthesis and grungy guitars, Ever So Android create a dark, distorted electro-rock that has been uniquely grabbing ears. The Seattle duo of Hope Simpson and Drew Murray will perform at The Vera...
Concert Preview: G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out Tour
Preview: G-Eazy w/A$AP Ferg and special guests Marc E Bassy and Nef the Pharaoh When It’s Dark Out Tour WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA 01.07.16 Get ready to throw some bras folks, G-Eazy (née Gerald Gillium) is coming to town. With the December 2015 release of his...
SMN’s Top 15 of 2015
We had a hard time narrowing the massive list of our favorite Seattle shows of the year, but we polled the ranks and came up with the list you've all been waiting for. Thanks to all the bands, all our contributors, and all the fans that made 2015 a year of top-notch...
Planes on Paper: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Planes on Paper w/ Smokey Brights and Cataldo Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA 12.19.15 Cohesion: the action or fact of forming a united whole, and something that can be a struggle for any musical act to obtain. It can't be faked, it can't be manufactured. It can only be...
Album Review: Strange Faces – Stonerism
Strange Faces Album Review: Stonerism Young Chicago band Strange Faces has produced a debut album, Stonerism, that draped a thin plastic sheet over my eyes, a lo-fi filter through which I saw their garage-punk world. The four-person band started as a solo 2013 project...