I know nothing about Joey DeMarco yet, except that his upcoming record, Dead Channels, that I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of, has already become my summer chill-time jam. It's pretty fantastic.

Former drummer of Dr. Dog plays all the instruments on this homage to all classic forms of rock n roll.

Anacortes, WA Island Folk.

Our favorite BBC News Reporter and clever British songsmith...

Krab Legz is Dimitri Manos (Golden Boots, Dr Dog, American Monoxide) and Ben Schneider (every band in Tucson). They play songs about seafood.

LABRYYYNTH is a side project of Tucson based Golden Boots.

Lavender Country's ST album from 1973 was the first known queer country album. RIP Patrick...

Fuzzy verbed-out noise Country

Solo project of Little Wings/'Be Gulls guitarist, Lee Baggett. Disciple of the Neil Young vein of 60's California folk sound.

Beautiful female-fronted country-pop from Dallas.

A personal hero of PIAPTK, Little Wings is the freaky folk project of artist Kyle Field. Weird and mesmerizing, simultaneously childlike and wise beyond his years. Absolutely incredible. And damn... what a beard!

Luna are an American dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by singer/guitarist Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500. Described by Rolling Stone as “the best band you’ve never heard of”, Luna combined intricate guitar work, traditional rock rhythms and poetic lyrics.

Matt Hopper is a singer/songwriter and guitarist for The Roman Candles. He began playing guitar in high school near Hatcher Pass, AK. Hopper maintains a current band in Boise, ID and Anchorage, AK while often using musicians from a diverse variety of music scenes. It would be safe to label Hopper a "north-westerner". Hopper has been performing original songs for over a decade, and has released over 8 albums of original full length and extended play collections of songs on compact disc. He has warmed up stages for artists as diverse as Dr. John, Everclear, Todd Snider, Gin Blossoms, Young Dubliners, Portugal. The Man, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Barenaked Ladies, Heartless Bastards, Soledad Brothers and toured with He has toured with Cold War Kids, Kate Earl, Old Believers, The Devil Whale, Drew Grow, Peter Piek, Lucky Fonz III, Dentia Odigie, Kat Jones, Anatomy of a Ghost and many more.

Co-Ed arty Post-Pop weirdos from Olympia, WA.

From Folkways Records and The Greenwich Village Folk scene of the early 60s to Aughts Indie Rock darling, it really doesn't get more legit than Michael Hurley.

Michael Nau is the songwriter behind Cotton Jones Basket Ride and Page France.

San Juan islands dwelling doom folk.

Michael David "Mike" Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.

He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects.

CMJ New Music called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player."[2] In November 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea.[3]

Olympia, WA via North Texas one-man band. Currently in retirement to focus on running a ltd ed vinyl label.

Witty Olympia three part harmony pop.

The long running project of Kenny Thompkins. Originally recommended to me by Michael Nau, I fell hard for Kenny's soft rock indie psych folk...

Portland based songwriter/artist/filmmaker.

The only band I've ever worked with based solely on a demo. Weird, spastic, blooze punk from Denton, TX.

Antique-folk band from Portland who double as M. Ward's backing band.