The What's Next stage is more about the perception of out-of-towners than locals. This isn't to say that bands on this stage are has-beens (far from it!) but let's face it, we've known these bands ...

For a double-whammy dose of some of the most exuberant, intelligent indie rock currently heard in Seattle — and increasingly, nationwide — head to the Crocodile Saturday, where the well-respected ...

Every weekday from March 8 to March 19, Song of the Day will showcase a track by an artist playing the South by Southwest music festival. For NPR Music's full coverage of SXSW — complete with ...

There's been a lot of talk about what makes certain men a 'man's man.' There are magazines, ideologies and many movies devoted to those of this designation: Playboy, Maxim, Esquire, Rambo, Bob Vila, ...

There’s no shortage of ups and downs in Rachel Flotard’s life. “One day I’m on Letterman backing up Neko [Case], and, like, the next day I’m at Safeway with coupons, trying to figure out what I can ...

The band Visqueen has been out of the public eye for a while. Rachel Flotard, the group's lead singer and songwriter, had more important things to deal with than putting out an album: Her father was ...

Out of the thousands of albums released annually in the U.S., I review exactly one per week, or 52 per year. At that rate, I miss more than a few along the way, including major releases of 2009 such ...

On Saturday at the Neptune Theatre, local band Visqueen plays its last ever concert. Though Rachel Flotard is the very public face of Visqueen, it’s hardly the end of the singer’s career in music, ...