Earlier this year, the former Pearls & Brass drummer Daughn Gibson hit the radar with his solo debut All Hell, which found him, basically, singing old-school country in a miles-deep voice over…   Read Story »

February's Monthly Mix makes up for the grievous error in January's Monthly Mix, namely having omitted Bear In Heaven's "Reflection Of You." No offense (none taken). That song's great! Here it comes…   Read Story »

Mirroring is a new project that pairs up two women who are truly excellent at making diffuse, spaced-out, vaguely ominous home-recorded ambient music: Liz Harris, better known as Grouper, and Jesy…   Read Story »

A continually powerful live performer, Jesy Fortino, aka Tiny Vipers, recently turned in a moving, damn-near incantatory rendition of Life On Earth standout "Dreamer" in the somber, light-strewn KEXP…   Read Story »

Next week, Jesy Fortino, aka Seattle's Tiny Vipers, is releasing her second Sub Pop full length, Life On Earth. Building up and clarifying what we loved about her debut Hands Across The Void, it's…   Read Story »

Jesy Fortino, aka Seattle's Tiny Vipers, is releasing her second Sub Pop full length, Life on Earth next week (7/7). It's one of the year's best. We've already posted "Dreamer," now take a listen to…   Read Story »

This summer Jesy Fortino, aka Seattle's Tiny Vipers, is releasing her second Sub Pop full length, the Andrew Hernandez-produced Life on Earth. 2007's Hands Across the Void remains sadly underrated,…   Read Story »

We love year-end lists, it's really a shame that no one made any this month. To remedy that, we asked a handful of our favorite artists what music they dug most over the last twelve months. No Age,…   Read Story »

This live footage of Jesy Fortino strumming and singing through "On This Side," a song from last year's much overlooked Hands Across The Void, is a part of the documentary Burn To Shine 4: Seattle.…   Read Story »

We haven't been shy about digging past Gum Dropper and restaurant worker Jesy Fortino, aka Tiny Vipers, and her fantastic Sub Pop debut, Hands Across The Void. We're also big fans of La Blogothèque,…   Read Story »