New Music

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Return with Epic Video “Downtown”
By Greg Roth on August 27, 2015
is back with an epic video that includes a nod hip-hop and Seattle Mariner yesteryear. The Seattle Hip Hop duo takes it to the streets....
New Music Preview: La Luz – ‘Weirdo Shrine’
By Kriston McConnell on August 20, 2015
Seattle has a vibrant music scene. It’s the home of many big name bands, as well as dozens of stellar groups most of the country has...
New Music Preview: Sundries’ The Wave, release party Friday 7/31
By Christine Mitchell on July 30, 2015
Sundries’ debut album, The Wave, calls to mind a half-tame, half-feral animal; one that has been burned a few too many times to trust the...
SMI New Music Preview: The Mama Rags (Video)
By Greg Roth on June 10, 2015
The Seattle retro rock outfit The Mama Rags know how turn up the heat in a live setting. It is all about the drums, bass,...
It Was a Wilde Night at Barboza!
By Robin Fairbanks on May 15, 2015
EP Cover by: Catrina Hall Photography Megan Wilde is a force to be reckoned with. She hit the Barboza stage on Friday May 8th in...
SMI New Music Tuesday Preview: Yonder “Harborview”
By Greg Roth on May 5, 2015
When it comes to discovering new music in Seattle, we at SMI are always looking for something interesting, and we think we found it in...
SMI New Music Preview – Sarah Gerritsen and the Shadow Catchers
By Brandon Taylor on April 30, 2015
Just three short years after she started writing music – and one year after the release of her first EP – Americana singer-songwriter Sarah Gerritsen...
CHAOS Reigns as Seattle’s Furniture Girls Release Latest CD
By Mocha Charlie on April 12, 2015
SODO Pop in Seattle’s SODO district was rockin’ last Friday night as The Furniture Girls released their CD, CHAOS, at a private event for family,...
Shark The Herald celebrate album release at The Cannery
By Christine Mitchell on March 31, 2015
One of the best things about loving local music is seeing bands come into their own, and Everett’s Shark The Herald is doing just that....
Shark The Herald: debut album premiere, release party Friday
By Christine Mitchell on March 24, 2015
By Christine Mitchell “Escape Route,” the opening track off Shark The Herald’s debut This is That…and That is for You (Soniphone), is a slowburner that starts...
Death Cab for Cutie Debut New Songs at The Crocodile
By Katrina Charles on January 25, 2015
Death Cab for Cutie is back! Just a week after announcing the release of their new album, Kintsugi, a few hundred lucky fans were treated...
Planes On Paper: The Ruins EP and release party announced
By Christine Mitchell on December 7, 2014
Planes On Paper’s folky music is deceptive in the best possible way. The Ruins (out Jan. 1), the band’s second EP, immediately embraces the listener...