#The Shins

PLAYING SEATTLETomo Nakayama Finds Rebirth in Dream Pop with "Melonday"

For more than a decade, songwriter Tomo Nakayama has been a staple of the Seattle music scene—first as leader of the eight-piece chamber pop group Grand Hallway, and more recently as a solo artist known for his tender and nuanced indie folk. But, after a prolonged period of feeling uninspired over...

Alexa Peters

PLAYING DETROITThe Return of FAWNN

Photos by Alicia Gbur. Clockwise from top left: Christian Doble, Michael Spence, Matt Rickle, and Alicia Gbur. Whilst record shopping, my eye caught a gig poster featuring none other than one of my longtime favorite local foursomes, FAWNN, and I thought to myself, "these assholes should take that...

Jerilyn Jordan