The Fastbacks may well be the last, best unsigned band in America. Nineteen years after its formation, the Seattle-based quartet that no less a sage than Greil Marcus has called “the best punk rock ...

Just last month, the well-traveled Guns N' Roses bassist and financial guru Duff McKagan told us about his days in the late '70s Seattle punk scene playing in bands like the Fastbacks. Now the band, ...

Today, it’s tough to imagine a time when Seattle was an isolated musical backwater, but — as The Fastbacks’ Kurt Bloch can attest — three-and-a-half decades ago, that was the case. Sitting outside a ...

The history of the Seattle band Fastbacks borders on the inexplicable: The group has been together for nearly 20 years, cranking out amazingly energetic pop-punk music—penned by gifted ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. Sometimes interviews begin in an absurdly niche place. Take a listen to the Young Fresh Fellows’ ...

Do you remember the last time you sat in the dark and just listened to music for hours? I do. It was last Friday night, cozy on my boyfriend's couch, listening to the indie jams y'all recommended ...