Best New Music 2018
Featuring Tyler Dopps, Haunted Horses, Guayaba, Pink Parts, Parisalexa, Terror/Cactus, The Sons of Rainier, Tres Leches, Bread & Butter and Head Band
May 2018
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Tyler Dopps Picks Up the Beat
How a young studio assistant became a platinum-record producer.
Haunted Horses: Punishing, Cathartic Noise
Haunted Horses isn’t afraid to leave live sets as brief, explosive statements.
News + Notes
Q&A
Guayaba: Experimental, Shape-shifting Hip-hop
Watching her perform is watching a woman disappear into an idea, an image, a sound.
News
Burien UFO Festival Sets the Phasers to Fun
The festival celebrated its fifth year with performance, films and art.
News
Kristina Dillard’s Literary Movement
The choreographer mounted a trio of works-in-progress at The Grocery on Beacon Hill in late March.
News
The New Nordic Museum Makes Its Big Debut
The 57,000-square-foot, $50-million museum project opens May 5.
News
Filastine & Nova Head Off to New Adventures
The multimedia duo played their final Seattle show at the Clock-Out Lounge last month.
News
Actor Mickey Rowe Puts His Many Skills to Work in ‘The Fool’
“I was stilt-walking and unicycling and doing magic from the time I was in third grade,” he says.
News
An Experimental Sanctuary at Studio Current
“I know this as a haven space,” says artistic director Katherine Cohen.
Feature
Pink Parts: Heavy Rock, Pissed-off and Proud
"Anger is a great motivator,” says lead singer Nicki Danger.
Profile
Parisalexa: Buoyant, Brilliant Soul
The singer-songwriter recently released a debut EP that sounds like spring.
Profile
Terror/Cactus: Cinematic Electro-cumbia
“Cumbia is appealing to me because it’s a unifying thing between countries,” says Martín Selasco, the main mind behind Terror/Cactus.
Profile
The Sons of Rainier: Vagabond Cowboy Folk
After the beard-sculpting, trend-riding folk-pop storm blew over, these are the true believers who remain.
Profile
Tres Leches: Bilingual Left-field Post-punk
Listening to Tres Leches is like watching an agile athlete evade defenders.
News
’80s Redux’: Where They Are Now
Mike Hipple's new book features interviews and photos of 40+ musicians.
Profile
Bread & Butter + Head Band: Timeless, Good-times Rock ’n’ Roll
In a time when pop and hip-hop dominate mainstream culture, playing rock music seems once again an act of rebellion.
Q&A
‘Like a Mother’: Angela Garbes on Her New Book
'Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy' comes out May 29.
