At first, descending the stairs to the Maldives’ basement practice space in Ballard feels as if you’ve stumbled down a rabbit hole and emerged in American suburbia circa 1973. A faded tapestry of JFK ...
The trouble with the Northwest neo-folk-alt-country Americana scene, or whatever you call that back-to-the-earth aesthetic all these Portland and Seattle bands are toying with the past few years, is ...