CHBP Infographic

By Christine Mitchell on July 21, 2016

Crystal Desert Announces BLACK SUMMER Single Series

By Christine Mitchell on July 16, 2016

Crystal Desert is fixing to cast its web of tightly-wound, screaming with face jammed into a corner, sublimely dark punk rock over the entire earth....

Ghosts I’ve Met celebrates ‘Night Repairs’ release at The Crocodile

By Christine Mitchell on July 14, 2016

The Crocodile, that hallowed bastion of grunge shows, played host to music of a much more subdued sort last Thursday night. Ghosts I’ve Met celebrated the...

Review: ‘Four Corners;’ Bands Hit High Dive Saturday

By Christine Mitchell on June 20, 2016

Four local PNW bands trade tracks on the split LP Four Corners, a self-released project featuring Asterhouse, Actionesse, Crystal Desert, and The Pro-Nouns. The bands...

Fisherman’s Village ’16: Winning

By Christine Mitchell on June 2, 2016

The third annual Fisherman’s Village Music Festival featured nearly eighty Pacific Northwest bands, and a significant portion of those bands hailed from the festival’s hometown,...

Fisherman’s Village Music Festival: Band Q&A

By Christine Mitchell on May 19, 2016

Fisherman’s Village Music Festival begins this Friday, so it’s time to (re)acquaint yourself with a few of the artists performing over the weekend. We undertook...

Everett Festival & The Stereo Wire Band Together

By Christine Mitchell on May 14, 2016

Everett’s Fisherman’s Village Music Festival begins in less than a week, and it holds great promise in its lineup, from tried and tested Seattle bands...

Bumbershoot’s Glamorous Lineup Announcement

By Christine Mitchell on April 26, 2016

Bumbershoot’s 2016 lineup was announced with plenty of flair this week with a free bingo party at the Showbox, featuring Full Tilt ice cream bars,...

Diarrhea Planet: Gale Force Rock

By Christine Mitchell on April 15, 2016

Take note: If a man approaches you on the street, indirectly hitting on you, a good way to deflect him is to say that you’re going...

Dude York Takes 5 at Chop Suey

By Christine Mitchell on April 10, 2016

The all ages set came in full force to Capitol Hill’s Chop Suey for a rocking bill that included Everett’s Fauna Shade and Seattle’s own Naked Giants, and Dude...

Ellie Goulding Rising

By Christine Mitchell on April 5, 2016

At one point during Ellie Goulding’s set at KeyArena last Saturday, she explained her special connection to the Pacific Northwest. When the Brit visited the...

Thunderpussy Night Two: Electric Boogaloo

By Christine Mitchell on March 27, 2016

What does a band do after playing an energetic, shenanigans-laden, sold out show on St. Patrick’s Day, the most drunken night of the year? Many...