Question to the group. What is your favorite music festival or one you have always wanted to attend. I have done to Pickathon the last three years and it is my favorite week of the summer!

This week a new Manchester band called Shaking Hand dropped their self titled debut album. I think it's the first great debut of 2026. Has anyone heard any other great debut albums yet?

New here but this is a rad platform. My favorite discovery of the year has been Citric Dummies. What’s been your favorite this year?

Just an FYI, my friends in Eric Blu and the Soul Revue will be playing free/no cover shows every Thurs night at Tim's Tavern in White Center (for those near to south Seattle). They are a big band soul/RnB outfit with a full horn section playing classic covers and originals. Come join me and shake your groove thing. https://www.timslivemusic.com/tims-tavern-events#/events/168774

What's a favorite band that you weren't able to see live? There has to be some rules on this one, so here we go: - You must have been able to see them at some point, but didn't, for whatever reason - There's no likely way for you to see them live in the future, for whatever reason For me, there was a chance I could have seen Concrete Blonde play in New Mexico, but I only found out about the concert the day before, and there was no way I would have been able to make it up to the show never mind getting tickets. Also for me, there's bands I thought I'd never see which I've now seen four or five times, and bands that felt like they were right there which I never caught.