The Fastbacks may well be the last, best unsigned band in America. Nineteen years after its formation, the Seattle-based quartet that no less a sage than Greil Marcus has called “the best punk rock ...

Today, it’s tough to imagine a time when Seattle was an isolated musical backwater, but — as The Fastbacks’ Kurt Bloch can attest — three-and-a-half decades ago, that was the case. Sitting outside a ...

You don’t need me to tell you that Seattle has changed a lot since 1999. The meteoric ascent of Amazon and big tech has left parts of the city nearly unrecognizable as rent has skyrocketed, beloved ...