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Brad: Welcome To Discovery Park

Brad
Welcome to Discovery Park
(Razor & Tie)
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the Seattle super group called Brad released their third album Welcome to Discovery Park.
Originally released in August of 2002 on the …

A Decade of Innocent Words: 10 Favorites Guitarists

A Decade of Innocent Words: 10 Favorites Guitarists
What is it about the guitar that people flock too? In years of music there are like 100 guitar players to one bass player. Every local band I …

A Decade of Innocent Words: 10 Favorite Male Singers

had a really tough time with this list to only have 10. In fact, I had to have 12. I broke up the singers in to male and female, even after that there were still …

Brad: United We Stand

Brad
United We Stand
(Razor & Tie)
After self-releasing their 2010 album Best Friends?, Seattle’s Brad lands at one of the best indie record companies – Razor & Tie – for their latest release United We Stand.
Once again Brad is …

MAY 2012 COVER STORY – Don’t Call It a Comeback…Or a Side Project. Brad is For Real on United We Stand

If you would have told me two decades ago when the Seattle band simply known as Brad released their debut Shame, that they’d A) still be around, b) I’d get to interview them more than …

Brad: Thought Provoking Friends

Brad is a band that formed in 1992 as a side project for Satchel singer/keyboardist Shawn Smith and drummer Regan Hagar, along with Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. With Jeremy Toback on bass, the band …

Various Artists: Sound Vs. Silence Vol. 2

Various Artists
Sound Vs. Silence Vol. 2
(Sound Vs. Silence)
Sound Vs. Silence is a label just how I like them. They have strong do-it-yourself ethics, they are from Seattle and they put out some really great music of …

JULY 2010 COVER STORY – Back in the Land of Milk and Honey (and Heartbreak): Satchel Returns

What’s that old axiom? What’s old is new again? That’s what seems to be going on right now in music, at least in the Greater Northwest music scene.
It kicked off with Alice in Chains releasing …

Shawn Smith: Continues His Groove On The Diamond Hand

Shawn Smith continues his groove on The Diamond Hand If there was ever an independent version of Prince, it would easily be Seattle’s own Shawn Smith. You may not know the name, but you have …