Larry Mizell Jr on Thee Satisfaction:

Feelin' Alright, Thee Satisfaction, MKNG FRNDZ, The Redwood Plan, My Parade, the Get Off and Lesbianic
"It's been interesting, because we get a lot of love from the hiphop community," says Harris-White. "But it's kind of slower on the queer side—because we're hiphop, we're black. Maybe they're afraid their shows are going to get shot up, just like hiphop heads are scared their shows are going to get queered up. The thing is, fear is the same all over, no matter who you're fearing. But things are changing. We're performing at the Wildrose, and we're doing Pridefest, which is a big, big, big deal. Sure, it maybe took a little shoving, a little 'hey, we're doing stuff, and we'd like to, y'know, be a part of our community!'"

In Up & Coming:

Osaka Explosion, Daniel G. Harmann & the Trouble Starts

(Jules Maes) Daniel G. Harmann's newest release, the Our Arms EP, finds the stalwart Seattle musician expanding and further electrifying his beautiful downer ballads with the help of his band, the Trouble Starts. In the past, Harmann has sometimes played things lo-fi and spare, and while his foggy singing and his sad songs certainly don't suffer from that treatment, they tend to land with a little more satisfying weight this way. The songs are still sleepy-headed and soft, but they're wrapped up in warm, buzzing guitars against far-off echoes, with hard-hit drums holding everything down. It's mope rock for sure, but it's pretty lively mope rock. ERIC GRANDY

Thunderbird Motel, Antique Scream, High Class Wreckage

(Blue Moon) There's nothing on Thunderbird Motel's new record, Rock It Til the Wheels Fall Off, that you haven't heard before—blistering guitar solos, spoken-word intros about "feelin' sneaky," quick blasts of rock and roll with cocky lyrics about being an 18-wheel trucker and the kind of guy your "momma told you not to let in the door." But typical blues-tinted rock be damned, these dudes still deliver the goods. They're gritty, gnarly, and dirty—they're named after a motel on Aurora Avenue, for chrissakes. And just like that establishment, the sole reason they exist is to ensure that you have a good time, at least for one night. MEGAN SELING

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