Reviews
The Senate, Seattle’s Rock and Roll String Band
By Hilary Field
Three voices, two acoustic guitars, one upright bass. It seems like an unlikely formula for a hard-driving rock band, unless that band happens to be Seattle’s rock ‘n roll string band, The Senate. Propelling music from the stage with intricate grooves, catchy melodies and an aggressive rhythmic punch, The Senate builds a wall [...]
The Senate: Melting faces with acoustic riffage since 2005
By BLAIN BOWMAN for LSHS Valhalla
When people think of acoustic music, they usually think of mellow. Of quiet renditions of well-loved songs, like Iron & Wine’s cover of “Such Great Heights;” of popular bands relaxing with some less strenuous instruments, like The End’s Sunday morning “Unplugged” show; of uncomplicated music, a guitar and a voice [...]
No Quorum for the Senate – What you missed and why you should pay attention
Julie Depner for the Gonzaga Bulletin 1/16/09
Chances are you missed Seattle’s rock’n’roll acoustic string band the Senate stopping by Wednesday night for Coffeehouse. This is hardly the band’s fault; they usually draw more sizable crowds than the smattering that attended. No, the blame falls on the shoulders of poor promotion (Where was the spray paint [...]
Face-melting acoustic riffage by The Senate at Evergreen Coffeehouse
By SARAH ARNEY
Arlington Times News Editor
MARYSVILLE — Paul Henderson insists that music fans should throw away all their preconceived notions about acoustic rock music before listening to The Senate, a Seattle-based band that will perform in Marysville Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Evergreen Coffeehouse.
“Throw them out the window,” said Henderson, owner of the former acoustic music [...]
Garrison Keillor
Chuckanut Radio Hour
“I’ve never heard of a rock band named for a deliberative body. . . but they are a great, great, wonderful group… brilliantly Dionysian music — you can’t play like that past age thirty.”
The Senate: Face Melting Acoustic Riffage
Amy Kenna
What’s Up Magazine
Before watching The Senate play live, try to throw all your pre-conceived notions about acoustic rock out the window. Then watch this band dismantle any leftover biases with their explosive sound, known by the masses as “face-melting acoustic riffage.” By the end of the evening you will never look at a set [...]
The Senate: June 17th Three Trees Coffeehouse
Amy Kenna
What’s Up Magazine
It’s always a little hectic when The Senate plays at Three Trees Coffeehouse. Even with a $7 cover, the Seattle-based trio (Nick Drummond and Oliver Franklin on guitar, and Andrew Pulkrabek on stand-up bass) consistently packs limited floor capacity. The venue closes shop before a Senate show to haul away furniture and [...]
The Senate Controls The Underground
Natasha Walker
Western Washington University’s Western Front
How do you classify a band with a dash of folk, a pinch of funk, a hint of metal and a heaping dollop of musical ingenuity?
“Acoustic muscle music,” said Nick Drummond, rhythm guitarist and vocalist for The Senate, who will play Sept. 28 at the Underground Coffeehouse.
The free show begins [...]
The Senate brings “face-melting accoustic riffage” to Bellingham
Devin O’Reilly
The Western Washington University AS Review, September 25, 2006
In the technology-poor, post-apocalyptic wasteland of tomorrow, bicycles will be the new Humvees. Smoke signals and semaphore will supplant e-mail as crossbows become the ultimate sidearm.
The Senate will be the most hardcore band of the future.
Three strapping lads from Seattle, the Senate’s “face melting acoustic riffage” [...]