Charlie Zaillian

Charlie Zaillian is a Seattle-based journalist. Formerly music director at Olympia’s influential KAOS-FM, he currently writes for The Seattle Times, The Big Takeover, and American Songwriter, among others. You can read Charlie's published work here.
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Fountain, a post-punk band from Victoria, B.C. were the talk of the Sled Island music festival in Calgary last weekend. (Photo courtesy of Candace)

The next wave of post-punk is breaking in Western Canada

by Charlie Zaillian
Post-punk bands from smaller Western Canadian burgs few Americans could even pinpoint on a map stole the show at last weekend's Sled Island Festival.
Jun 29, 2016

Seattle-bound Beijing bands reimagine rock for the Western world

by Charlie Zaillian
Beijing bands birthed from post-Cultural Revolutionary China are carving their own rock history in the West.
May 14, 2015

Viet Cong’s loaded band name a cautionary tale to indie artists

by Charlie Zaillian
What’s in a name? For Viet Cong, who plays a sold-out show in Seattle this Friday, way more than they thought.
Mar 25, 2015
Things get a little bit weird with Swedish psychedelic band Goat, one of more than a dozen international acts currently signed to Sub Pop. (Courtesy photo)

Sub Pop’s music shop an unlikely fit at Sea-Tac

by Charlie Zaillian
Your world tour of alternative music departs from Sea-Tac — but you won’t even have to get on a plane.
Oct 23, 2014

Vancouver Calling: Voices from Canada’s indie music scene

by Charlie Zaillian
The first few times my Seattle-based band went to Vancouver, Canada to play D.I.Y. gigs, the city felt perfect. Apparently, our B.C. buds enjoyed non-stop kick-ass shows with cross-genre bills and supportive crowds free of haters and assholes. That’s all true, but it’s a bit more complicated. While Vancouver is beautiful, its rents are high, its […]
Jan 15, 2013