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Featured / Interviews

Rocky Votolato on the loudness of Suzzallo’s ‘The Quiet Year’

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 - by Travis Hay - Leave a Comment

Rocky Votolato sheds light into the creation of his new band Suzzallo and its debut album The Quiet Year

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Featured / Interviews / Interviews

Matty Gervais of The Head and The Heart on Rick Rubin, Soundgarden, Seattle & ‘Aperture’

May 8, 2025June 12, 2025 - by Travis Hay - 1 Comment

Matty Gervais shares some of his influences, talks about making a bi-coastal record and provides some insight into the making of “Aperture.”

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Featured / Interviews

Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson talks ‘Billboad Heart’ & riffs that sit in your bones

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 - by Travis Hay

Jessica Dobson talks about opening for Pearl Jam, what makes a good riff and the band’s unofficial fifth member, Henry.

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Featured / Interviews

‘Mini-movie’ music: The symphonic, cinematic style of SYML

March 20, 2025June 12, 2025 - by Travis Hay

Brian Fennell, aka SYML, talks about his latest album “Nobody Lives Here.”

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Featured / Interviews

Music, chemistry, romance and ‘the magic of Glitterfox’

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 - by Travis Hay

The Portland buzz band’s creative center shares the group’s origin story.

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Craig Finn announces new album ‘Always Been,’ listen to lead single ‘People of Substance’

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Travis Hay

The album is described as Craig Finn’s most narrative-driven record to date

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Featured / News

Announcing Musicology Music Club curated by Guerrilla Candy & Latent Print Records

January 13, 2025January 12, 2025 - by Travis Hay

The first vinyl subscription service to exclusively focus on Pacific Northwest artists.

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Concert photos / Featured / Photos / Seattle Icons

PHOTOS: SMooCH feat. Sebadoh, Doug Martsch, Duff McKagan & Nudedragons

December 15, 2024December 16, 2024 - by Niffer Calderwodd

Scenes from the 13th annual benefit concert.

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Featured / Live reviews / News / Reviews

Soundgarden reunites as Nudedragons to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital

December 15, 2024December 17, 2024 - by Travis Hay

The six-song set helped raise $2.2 million for the hospital.

Soundgarden reunites as Nudedragons to raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital Read More
Best of '24 / Featured

5 must-own local rock records from 2024

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 - by Travis Hay

Five records from Seattle indie bands you should be checking out

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Best of '24 / Featured

Guerrilla Candy’s 15 favorite albums of 2024

November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 - by Travis Hay

The records that soundtracked my 2024 including Japandroids, The Cure, Shannon & the Clams and more.

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Featured / Seattle Icons

Watch Eddie Vedder cover Taylor Swift with his daughter Harper Vedder

September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 - by Travis Hay

The performance happened at the Ohana Festival when Vedder mashed up a Pearl Jam cover with one of Taylor Swift’s songs.

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Concert photos / Featured / Photos

PHOTOS: Soul Coughing @ The Showbox

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 - by Laura Duffy

Scenes from the reunion tour’s stop in Seattle.

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Featured / News

Deep Sea Diver signs to Sub Pop, releases new song ‘Billboard Heart’

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 - by Travis Hay

The new song is from an upcoming album expected to be released later this year.

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Featured / Seattle Icons

PHOTOS: The Sonics with Girl Trouble @ MoPOP

September 17, 2024September 18, 2024 - by Brittney Bush Bollay

Scenes from The Sonics’ 60th anniversary concert at MoPOP.

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Featured / News

Edmonds College to offer Grunge 101 course

September 8, 2024September 19, 2024 - by Travis Hay

Here’s something for all you cob nobblers wearing wack slacks who are always swingin’ on the flippity-flop, Edmonds College is offering a couse on grunge this fall.

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A musician on stage with a guitar singing into a microphone.
Bumbershoot / Bumbershoot '24 / Featured

Bumbershoot 2024 brings big variety, small crowds & chill vibes

September 4, 2024September 18, 2024 - by Travis Hay

Bumbershoot 2024’s vibe was very chill all thanks to small crowds, eclectic arts offerings and a diverse array of music acts to enjoy.

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Featured / Seattle Icons

Watch Metallica cover Mudhoney in Seattle

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 - by Travis Hay

The band paid tribute to Seattle music history by covering The Sonics and Mudhoney’s iconic grunge classic.

Watch Metallica cover Mudhoney in Seattle Read More
Bumbershoot / Bumbershoot '24 / Featured

Bumbershoot 2024: Guerrilla Candy’s 10 picks

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 - by Travis Hay

With so many excellent acts at Bumbershoot it can be hard to choose what to see. Here are 10 you should add to your must-see list.

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Blog / Featured

Love at first listen: The story of a Pearl Jam fan’s umatchable collection

August 19, 2024November 30, 2024 - by Travis Hay

A Pearl Jam collector’s massive museum as profiled in the Everett Herald.

Love at first listen: The story of a Pearl Jam fan’s umatchable collection Read More

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Editor’s Picks

Five Seattle albums that deserve the 33 1/3 treatment

April 18, 2024March 11, 2025

Young love, romance and Given to Fly: 25 years of Pearl Jam’s Yield

December 31, 2023February 13, 2024

Which Seattle bands will be the next Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees?

February 2, 2023March 11, 2025

Chris Cornell on fatherhood & rockstardom

May 19, 2017March 11, 2025

Pearl Jam opens up to fans at intimate ‘Lightning Bolt’ Town Hall

October 7, 2013January 15, 2020

Discovering Nirvana’s lost treasures long after the band is gone

November 6, 2009September 7, 2018

Favorite Interviews

Getting RNDM: An interview with Jeff Ament

October 29, 2012September 6, 2018

Craig Finn talks about beer, the Boss & his band

September 27, 2009June 12, 2025

Death Cab’s Jason McGerr talks pyro, touring and The Open Door

April 22, 2009March 11, 2025

Brandi Carlile’s music defies categorization

October 26, 2006March 11, 2025

Interview: Dave Grohl & Rivers Cuomo

October 20, 2005March 11, 2025

Interview transcript: A conversation with Chris Cornell

October 14, 2005March 11, 2025

Robert Smith on the ‘incredible’ response to ‘The Cure’

August 26, 2004September 7, 2018

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