Photos: Sound Off! Semifinals #3 @ EMP

The third semifinals for this year’s EMP Sound Off! brought winner Emma Lee Toyoda just one step closer to winning the entire competition. One Above Below None, Mystery Machines and Righteous Minds made it through as well to the finals. By the way, Mystery Machines have a song called “Vlad Putin,” who has apparently moved […]

News & Photos: Sound Off! Semifinals #1 @ EMP

Sound Off!, the annual band competition for artists under 21, turned 14 in 2015! Open to musicians from Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia (or, as we know it, the Pacific Northwest), the event began this year with Bleachbear, Champagne Babylon, Nightspace and Super Soaked competing in Semfinals #1. And the winner of this round? Bleachbear, […]

Photos: Sound Off! 2013 Semifinals #2 @ EMP

Puyallup, Washington’s SHEBEAR beat the competition in Sound Off! 2013‘s Semifinals #2, which were held at EMP on February 16th. The only definite band they’ll face in the finals is Semifinals #1 winner, the Fame Riot; Dave B. and Maiah Manser secured wild card spots. Tomorrow, February 23rd Semifinals #3 goes down at EMP at […]