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 ...
Rachel Flotard, one of the wittiest women in local music and frontwoman for Visqueen, shared some anecdotes about her father, who was the inspiration for her new album “Message to Garcia”: Q: It ...
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, ...
Rock bands usually get points for attitude. But Seattle's Visqueen is refreshingly attitude-free. Seated at a corner booth at Linda's Tavern on Capitol Hill, singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard, bassist ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
(GAMES) No, you cannot bring puzzles with missing pieces to the puzzle exchange, that would be RUDE. But if you’re tired of assembling and disassembling the same Thomas Kinkade 10,000-piecer over and ...
Five reasons not to miss Visqueen at the Rocket Club on Wednesday, May 26, in no particular order: – National press (and there’s been no shortage of Visqueen attention) calls the band, by turns, ...
One of Seattle's most popular indie rock bands is losing a longtime member. After many years on the local scene, Visqueen bassist Kim Warnick is retiring and leaving singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard ...
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 ...
VISQUEEN: The All Music Guide, quoted on the Amoeba site, draws a comparison between lead singer Rachel Flotard's stylings and Kim Deal. We can see that. We can also see catching this Seattle band, ...