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Due to a bout of ADD we recently misplaced our new favorite track by Seattle Washington’s THE TORN ACLs, but last night its been rediscovered and placed in the pill cup for today’s Dose. This is one of the...

Out Like Pluto is not here to revolutionize music, but they do want to make you dance. Have a listen to their full-length debut album or come out to a show, and it’ll be totally clear: These alt-pop rockers have a blast...

Go Periscope is a band from Seattle. They have been featured on M.T.V. Music, Alternative Press, and recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine as one of the Top 16 unsigned bands. In July this year they released Wasted...

Something a bit darker than usual today, from Seattle electronic trio Crypts. Fancy is from their debut self-titled full-length release, out in September on Sargent House. There is an excellent video to accompany the...

The Seattle band The Blakes have just released a new album. Art of Looses is another excellent release by this band, that once again prooves they can play the best rock that either will make go you back to your best...

“The Seattle-based duo Lux has sewn a unique sleeve to wear its influences on. Inspired by some of the most essential artists of the era of indie and underground music, this boy-girl duo offers its own take on...

From Last Words: The Final Recordings, the final recording sessions of the Screaming Trees. Recorded in 1999-2000 and not released until now. The last work of the legendary Seattle band definitely deserves a...

It’s the 4th of July, basically the Independence Day holiday weekend here in the US, and nothing is more historically suiting for me on this day than a bit of surf oriented garage punk, this time from...

“Pop needn’t be fluffy, and can be catchy without being insipid. That’s the mantra of Scarlet Season. The new project from Seattle artist Aileen Paron takes a songcentric pop-rock approach and infuses it...

“The Royal Bear was founded on the concept that rock music can be fun, danceable, and catchy. They understand and are not afraid to use pop hooks, drawing inspiration from pop’s past. They write songs with...

Withershins is the follow-up LP to Brooklyn/Seattle based band Smoosh’s 2006 release of Free To Stay, released on June 29, 2010. Last years new album was not released on any official record label, but independently...

The late Harvey Danger recorded this great Christmas track back in 1998 and then re-released it on an EP under their own label Phonographic Records in December 2004. Eventually the EP went out of print, but you can now...

You’ve heard this one before, haven’t you? Band X defies classification. It makes for good bio copy, but almost every time those words are uttered/typed/tweeted/etc., somebody’s full of shit. Minus The Bear, however...

From their album Our Own Devices released earlier this year. Stereo Sons are an original three-piece rock band based in Seattle, Wa. Their sound is driven by the strange musical chemistry between post-punk...

On May 28, 2009, Seattle’s HARVEY DANGER announced that “After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and far more twists and turns than we ever imagined possible, we’ve decided to put Harvey...

From their forthcoming EP “Strange Boy”, released in October. Graystar is a constantly evolving music project, a five piece band now based in Seattle, USA. At its core is Dominic James, singer songwriter from...

From the Album “im not as good at it as you” S is Jenn Ghetto, co-leader of sorely missed Carissa’s Wierd. The songs on her new album are shining with Ghetto’s singular ability to write lyrics...

From their 2009 release Good Luck Studio Jace Krause and Hannah Williams met in college during a music theory class. It was three years later when they connected again, a chance encounter during a show at Seattle’s...

Putting the days to bed, the third LP from Seattle’s The Long Winters, combines the lyrical intimacy and melodic complexity of the ultimatum EP with the guitar pop rave-ups of the bands previous full lengths. The...

Kids and Animals is a five-piece experimental indie rock band from Seattle, WA, with sounds hinting at the likes of the intricate epic rock of Explosions In The Sky, the edgy guitars and group vocals of Cymbals Eat...

Message To Garcia is a collection of Visqueen songs that represents a rock and roll epitaph to front woman Rachel Flotard’s father. After garnering countless fans, reviews, and playing shows with everyone from...

From the album House To House on Spark And Shine...

Seattle, Washington’s Throw Me the Statue is currently working on their second album, Creaturesque, available August 4 (Worldwide) and August 17 (UK), via Secretly Canadian. Originally the one-man project of...

Today’s episode warms us up a bit with a healthy dose of rock from UK, Canada, New York, Mexico City (and beyond) before our founder, Jason Evangelho takes over the controls for IR #165. The name of this episode has...

Today is obviously Mother’s Day in most parts and as a reminder-tribute, we are cuing up an oligatory track by Seattle’s “Say Hi (To Your Mom)”, titled something along the lines of “Oh”...

Written by: Jason Evangelho Bratty, spastic, melodic, indie-punk. These are all words I could use to describe Los Campesinos! (roughly translated: The Peasants) – upon a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th listen. The first time I...

Seattle, Washington’s Hey Marseilles plays simple folk songs, interweaving orchestral instrumentation with melodic musings on time and place. Having garnered favorable reviews since their formation in late 2006,...

Today’s episode starts off with a little CB chatter from a cat in New Jersey talking to his homeboy Juice in Northern California – then launches into a standout intro track by the funk and soul powerhouse, T...

The Bran Flakes are back! Six years since their last full release, Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt return with the thrillingly fun I Have Hands on Illegal Art. Formed in 1992 amidst tape and zine trading scenes, The Bran...

From Seattle, Washington What can I say. Old School Punk. Noisy and Short (1:10). Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also...

There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, Head Like A Kite’s second full-length album, and first for Mush, is an expert blend of electronic rock production and pure pop-songcraft built on a bed of pillaged found-sound from...