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5 New Seattle Albums to Check Out

Seattle's released some excellent music already this year, whether you need a riffing rap LP or a cello-backed rendition of a 400-year-old folk song.

03/04/2021 By Stefan Milne

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4 Seattle-ish Albums for the End of Summer

New releases from Naked Giants and Chong the Nomad.

08/26/2020 By Stefan Milne

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4 Seattle-ish Albums to Listen to This Spring

Car Seat Headrest, Perfume Genius, Tomo Nakayama, Shabazz Palaces. This is what 2020 sounds like.

04/30/2020 By Stefan Milne

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Guayaba’s Fantasmagoría Is an Eerie and Eclectic Wonderland

The local rapper and singer’s new album packs manifold influences—bossa nova, Edith Piaf, Three 6 Mafia—into an “opera of the bizarre.”

11/21/2019 By Stefan Milne

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3 Local Albums to Listen to This October

New releases from Lisa Prank, Lemolo, and Great Grandpa.

10/10/2019 By Stefan Milne

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3 Local Albums to Listen to This September

New releases from SassyBlack, Chastity Belt, and Somesurprises drop soon.

09/12/2019 By Stefan Milne

Album Review

Tacocat’s This Mess Is a Place Is Polished Work from a Local Gem

The Seattle quartet’s new album arrives Friday and is streaming now on NPR.

04/30/2019 By Stefan Milne

Album Review

Pedro the Lion Returns on Phoenix

David Bazan, recording as Pedro the Lion for the first time in 15 years, sifts through his childhood days in Arizona and dredges up a literate, textured record.

01/18/2019 By Stefan Milne

Album Review

Death Cab for Cutie’s Thank You for Today Is Pleasant and Underwhelming

Seattle indie royalty return for a ninth album—slick, nostalgic, and lacking.

08/15/2018 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Iska Dhaaf's 'Even the Sun Will Burn'

The duo's full length debut made for a rocking (and melancholy) March.

04/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Dude York's 'Dehumanize'

Dude York's lively LP highlights a January chock full of great new Seattle tunes.

02/03/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: La Luz's 'It's Alive'

On its first LP, La Luz offers up surf rock that suits Seattle.

10/30/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: We Are Loud Whispers' 'Suchness'

Seattleite Sonya Westcott and Japan's Ayumu Haitani exchange emails to create a soothing electropop album.

05/31/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Vox Mod's 'Syn-Æsthetic'

Vox Mod whisks listeners away to otherworldly electronic realms.

04/30/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Erik Blood's 'Touch Screens'

No need to be coy: The new album from the Seattle producer/songwriter is all about pornography.

08/31/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Ali Marcus’s Americana Hotel

We highlight a June release that belongs in heavy rotation.

06/29/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Craft Spells’ Gallery

We highlight a new local album that belongs in heavy rotation.

05/30/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Impossible Bird’s Self-Titled Debut EP

We highlight an April album that belongs in heavy rotation.

05/01/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Eighteen Individual Eyes’ Unnovae Nights

We highlight another new local album that belongs in heavy rotation.

03/30/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Music We Love

Seattle Sound: Deep Sea Diver's 'History Speaks'

In our new monthly feature, we highlight a local album that belongs in heavy rotation.

03/02/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Met

Album Reviews

5 New Seattle Albums to Check Out

4 Seattle-ish Albums for the End of Summer

4 Seattle-ish Albums to Listen to This Spring

Guayaba’s Fantasmagoría Is an Eerie and Eclectic Wonderland

3 Local Albums to Listen to This October

3 Local Albums to Listen to This September

Tacocat’s This Mess Is a Place Is Polished Work from a Local Gem

Pedro the Lion Returns on Phoenix

Death Cab for Cutie’s Thank You for Today Is Pleasant and Underwhelming

Album of the Month: Iska Dhaaf's 'Even the Sun Will Burn'

Album of the Month: Dude York's 'Dehumanize'

Album of the Month: La Luz's 'It's Alive'

Album of the Month: We Are Loud Whispers' 'Suchness'

Album of the Month: Vox Mod's 'Syn-Æsthetic'

Album of the Month: Erik Blood's 'Touch Screens'

Album of the Month: Ali Marcus’s Americana Hotel

Album of the Month: Craft Spells’ Gallery

Album of the Month: Impossible Bird’s Self-Titled Debut EP

Album of the Month: Eighteen Individual Eyes’ Unnovae Nights

Seattle Sound: Deep Sea Diver's 'History Speaks'