Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South by Southwest, the yearly Austin, Texas, indie music festival, has a backward-ripple effect as many a band chooses to make its way there. Denver ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grunge may be dead, but Seattle is still rocking. For proof, look no further than the back room at Ralph's Corner Saturday night when Visqueen makes a tour stop before shipping out with country ...

Local musician Bill Coury, who has played with Visqueen and Thee Sgt. Major III, has opened a new pizza joint in Seward Park: Flying Squirrel Pizza Co. While still working at Starbucks, Coury spent ...

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, ...