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CHARLES BRADLEY
With a social security check in sight, this former James Brown cover artist doesn’t do the splits. No need, the well-earned grit and soul in Charles Bradley’s voice and bravado will keep you floored. He sings with an unmatched emotional sincerity...  [continue reading]



OKKERVIL RIVER
Intricate stories that span throughout albums, deep brooding lyrics that unravel and reveal sometimes dark assertions on the human soul; organs, soft string instruments, trumpets and acoustic guitars, soft crackling vocals — ohh I’m swooning! One band...  [continue reading]



FOUR TET
There is meaning and purpose in Four Tet’s music. His style remains ambiguous, though some might think and dismiss it as techno on first listen. Yes, it’s electronic, but the complicated and sometimes disguised layers of hip-hop, jazz, folk and soul...  [continue reading]



TORO Y MOI
The one man, multi-instrumentalist wonder, Chaz Bundick made his first album debut as Toro Y Moi (French term for “Bull and Me”) in 2010 with Causers of This. He quickly won the hearts of fellow experimental music fans with his albums’ deep tracks, layered...  [continue reading]



GRYNCH
It’s gotten to the point where borderline everyday someone says, ‘What’s up,’ to me who I don’t know,” Grynch said. “It’s weird, but it’s cool, because I’m like, ‘Man that’s crazy.’ I have people come up to me like, ‘Man! I had a Volvo! That was the first...  [continue reading]



GROUPER
Grouper—a.k.a. Portland, Oregon’s Liz Harris—released her first album in 2005, Way Their Crept, to limited but enthusiastic acclaim and has steadily garnered attention until she released Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill in 2008, the... [continue reading]



DAVID BAZAN
Whenever David Bazan’s name pops up on the schedule for a festival I make sure to make his performance a priority. Why is that? Because, although I have seen him play dozens of times over the years, each performance is new and...  [continue reading]



NEKO CASE
Neko Case is my kind of woman: fiery and sassy and with talent to back up her bodacious attitude. Her powerhouse of a voice sets her apart from other singers, and her twangy roots meddled with indie rock and pop meld together into a sound that is delectable...  [continue reading]



BALKAN BEAT BOX
And so goes the story of Balkan Beat Box, a band that, with its music alone, redefines the entire genre of “world music.” Mixing Mediterranean musical styles with those of traditional Balkan, hip-hop, Jamaican dub, Mexican and Middle Eastern with...  [continue reading]



ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
Oneohtrix Point Never is the solo project of Brooklyn-based electronic musician Daniel Lopatin. The name of his project is a play on that of a radio station in Boston, Magic 106.7, a station that specializes in soft rock and easy listening, which are...  [continue reading]



LIGHTNING BOLT
Lightning Bolt, on the surface, seems simple enough. Two guys, Brian Gibson on bass and Brian Chippendale on drums, are responsible for making enough noise to fill stadiums. Their music is an all out aural assault, yet it’s not all just free improvisation and noise...  [continue reading]



MODESELEKTOR
The German duo of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, known as Modeselektor (taking their name from a function on the Roland RE-201), have a strong aversion to labels and being tagged as belonging to any certain style or school. This ...  [continue reading]



WAVVES
Describing the aesthetic of his project, WAVVES, Nathan Williams says “everything kind of sucks, so just have fun with it”. His lyrics, although sometimes indecipherable due to his lo-fi recording techniques, reflect this sentiment while the music itself...  [continue reading]



TOMAS ‘FLOEX’ DVORAK
The subject of Groovemine’s first-ever interview podcast, Tomas ‘Floex’ Dvorak is a remarkably talented electronic music composer residing in the Czech Republic, known to many people for his video game soundtracks to Machinarium and...  [continue reading]

THE SIGHT BELOW
Ambient may be one of the easiest types of music to make, and arguably the hardest to make well. Amidst a veritable horde of sonic texturers, manipulators, and laptop artists, a handful always manage to stay a few steps ahead, creating new paradigms almost...  [continue reading]



HORSE FEATHERS
Portland band Horse Feathers can hold captive a packed audience at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern for an entire 50-minute set. This is a big feat for any band, but especially one that plays soft, wispy music with no drummer. Additionally, a previous performer that...  [continue reading]



GRAND ARCHIVES
Grand Archives brings me back to breezy summer afternoons spent in my great aunt’s backyard. Drinking lemonade and watching the cows graze...  [continue reading]



THE LONG WINTERS
Listening to The Long Winters is like watching a series of short films. Every song paints a picture, bringing life to new characters. There’s Honest...  [continue reading]



KING KHAN
King Khan hits the stage wearing a shimmering gold smock and a feathered headdress. He aims to shock and mixes his costumes just like his garage-soul-funk...  [continue reading]



YEASAYER
Yeasayer bases its music on the importance of harmony, guitarist Anand Wilder said in an interview with Pitchfork, that’s what makes the...  [continue reading]



SHE & HIM
She & Him, incognito in name but not in personalities, came together accidentally, through a movie set meeting on The Go-Getter, and quickly became...  [continue reading]



THE NATIONAL
With four full lengths and two EPs under its belt, The National is gearing up for the release of it’s fifth album, High Violet. The band released its first album, a self-titled...  [continue reading]




A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW
The definition of a shoegaze band is one that hardly makes eye contact, introspectively playing their music, letting it exist without too much explanation. While...  [continue reading]



BLUE SCHOLARS
Blue Scholars have emerged out of the erupting Northwest hip-hop scene with soulful beats, poetic yet political rhymes and a reputation for dynamic live performances...  [continue reading]



LOS CAMPESINOS!
“Los Campesinos”means “the peasants” in Spanish. For the Welsh indie-pop septet that is treated as royalty in the eyes of the critics, the name for this... [continue reading]



THE MALDIVES
I'd been hearing a lot about The Maldives for a while these past few months. Being relatively new to Seattle it can be overwhelming trying to figure...  [continue reading]



SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
Like many bands before them, School of Seven Bells were born as the result of a late-night revelation. Benjamin Curtis connected with sisters Alejandra...  [continue reading]



MIIKE SNOW
We've been hearing songs from this Miike Snow all summer long of 2009. "Who is this new guy?," we wondered silently to ourselves several times as...  [continue reading]



DIRTY PROJECTORS
In 2002 David Longstreth released The Graceful Fallen Mango under his own name. A year later, The Glad Fact reintroduced his experimental rock...  [continue reading]



SISTER FA
Sister Fa entered this world in the early '80s in Dakar, the vibrating capital of Senegal. She took her first steps in music back in 2000 by getting acquainted with the local rap...  [continue reading]




JOHN VANDERSLICE
John Vanderslice's albums have gained critical acclaim for their melodic quality and sophisticated narrative lyrical content. In 2000, he gained national media...  [continue reading]



THE HORRORS
The Horrors have their origin in the early 2000s where they became interested in obscure vinyl and DJing. During trips to London and on the Southend circuit, Rhys "Spider"...  [continue reading]



ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
Their very name, “Ancient Astronauts” implies a mash-up of the distant past and the far future; traits exemplified in their melding of old school hip hop, funk, and...  [continue reading]



FLEET FOXES
Founding members Robin Pecknold & Skye Skjelset grew up listening to the music of their parents. Robin notes, “The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, The Zombies...  [continue reading]



M. WARD
M. Ward's rise to international renown has been something of a slow burn. Initially a well-kept secret of his peers in the Portland folk scene, his star continued to...  [continue reading]



RA RA RIOT
In 2006, at Syracuse University, Milo Bonacci (guitar / architecture) had an itch to start a new band, something different from the bands he'd played in most of his life. Bonacci...  [continue reading]