Seth Sommerfeld

Spokane

Music Editor at Inlander

Sometimes Writing | Mostly Dancing to Mitski Music & Screen Editor at @TheInlander | Podcasting at @EveryonesWrong_

Articles

Indie rock band Full Color Dream has a Bellingham soul

1 week ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge Full Color Dream crosses the Cascades for some INW gigs. |Courtesy photo Were the cities of Spokane and Bellingham to hold metaphorical hands across the Cascadian divide and stare deeply into each others' eyes, they might whisper these words in a simultaneously hushed coo... "We're not so different, you and I." Sure, Spokane's a few times bigger, but they're more spiritually similar than many might think.
Spokane Spring Sports Roundup

1 week ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge Kai Brown photo The Spokane Chiefs celebrate their series victory over the Winterhawks. CHIEFS OF THE ICE After enduring years without a single playoff win, the Spokane Chiefs are on the precipice of championship glory once again. Last week Spokane's beloved junior hockey team made a statement by capturing the Western Hockey League Western Conference title with a 4-0 series sweep against the Portland Winterhawks.
Spring 2025 Album Roundup

2 weeks ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

Sat., May 3, 8 p.m. Narrow By Date -All Dates- Thursday, May 1 Friday, May 2 Saturday, May 3 Sunday, May 4 Monday, May 5 Tuesday, May 6 Wednesday, May 7 Thursday, May 8 Friday, May 9 Saturday, May 10 Sunday, May 11 Monday, May 12 Tuesday, May 13 Wednesday, May 14 Thursday, May 15 Friday, May 16 Saturday, May 17 Sunday, May 18 Monday, May 19 Tuesday, May 20 Wednesday, May 21 Thursday, May 22 Friday, May 23 Saturday, May 24 Sunday, May 25 Monday, May 26 Tuesday, May 27 Wednesday, May 28...
Looking at the issue of packaging and product waste in Washington's cannabis industry

3 weeks ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

Narrow By Date -All Dates- Thursday, April 24 Friday, April 25 Saturday, April 26 Sunday, April 27 Monday, April 28 Tuesday, April 29 Wednesday, April 30 Thursday, May 1 Friday, May 2 Saturday, May 3 Sunday, May 4 Monday, May 5 Tuesday, May 6 Wednesday, May 7 Thursday, May 8 Friday, May 9 Saturday, May 10 Sunday, May 11 Monday, May 12 Tuesday, May 13 Wednesday, May 14 Thursday, May 15 Friday, May 16 Saturday, May 17 Sunday, May 18 Monday, May 19 Tuesday, May 20 Wednesday, May 21 Thursday, May...
Laura Jane Grace's Graceful Punk Fury

3 weeks ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge Pinelopi Gerasimou Photo Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals play The District Bar on April 25. While fronting the band Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace become one of the fiercest voices in punk rock in the early 2000s with standout albums like Reinventing Axl Rose and Searching for a Former Clarity. That ferocity only ratcheted up after Grace came out as a transgender woman in May 2012.
A personal reflection on Laura Jane Grace and music as a tool for understanding

3 weeks ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge Pinelopi Gerasimou photo Laura Jane Grace has become a trans punk icon. Music is humanity. Experiencing music provides a window to the beauty in the world and helps us sort through all our messy emotions — love, hate, bliss, sorrow, rage, sadness, humor, discomfort — in a cathartic way. Even when done in solitude, music creation offers a way for a person to unpack and work through the din of thoughts cluttering their own brains.
Some Spokane scene staples are riding the wave of newfound appreciation for '70s/'80s yacht rock

4 weeks ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

Language is a living and breathing organism. It ebbs and flows as generations come and go — holding up certain linguistic rules while discarding others as fresh slang and world events reshape our verbiage. And nothing has reshaped our modern lexicon quite like the internet. The world wide web not only created enough new terms relating to itself to fill a dictionary, but it also cranked the speed at which we share new slang and meme syntax up to warp speed.
After meeting in Hamilton, genre-blurring duo Mermaid now tour as a band while touring with the acclaimed musical

1 month ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge Lucia LeDoux photo The harmonic duo of Campbell and Quarrels are a land-dwelling Mermaid. The nomadic life of a performer in a touring Broadway production isn't the easiest to manage. The combination of never feeling settled while often being away from the ones you love and while also trying to deliver a stellar performance of the same show again and again can be emotionally and vocally taxing on the actors.
Comedian JB Smoove brings his infectious riffing energy to the stand-up stage

1 month ago | inlander.com | Seth Sommerfeld

click to enlarge JB Smoove is a fast-talking force of nature. The uproariously funny comedian is best known for his iconic role as Leon on Curb Your Enthusiasm, but his relentless energy and extremely quick wit shines wherever he happens to pop up. He destroys it as a late-night talk show guest, always brings it as big screen comedic relief (like in the MCU Spider-Man films) and provides zest to a host of voiceover roles like Frank the Plant on Harley Quinn.
After meeting in Hamilton, genre-blurring duo Mermaid now tour as a band while touring with the acclaimed musical

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Seth Sommerfeld

What Is Kafkaesque?: The Philosophy of Franz KafkaIt’s difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without the word “Kafkaesque.” Yet the term would have meant nothing at all to anyone alive at …