Everett’s Fisherman’s Village Music Festival is a week or so away, and we’re pretty excited to see some incredible bands descend on Everett May 16-18. Cruising the Facebook comments on a Fisherman’s post, one statement was a constant:

Who are these bands?

If you’re not knee-deep into music like some of us at the Live in Everett office (five of us are in bands), seeing an unfamiliar name or 20 might be daunting, but we’re here to help. While we didn’t have room for every band on the lineup, we tried our best.

Here’s the For Fans Of for Fisherman’s Village.

The Headliners

Travis Thompson

For Fans Of: Chance the Rapper, Vince Staples.

Wolf Parade

For Fans Of: Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse.

The Coathangers

For Fans Of: Sleater-Kinney, Thee Oh Sees.

Laura Viers

For Fans Of: Neko Case, Metric.

The Locals

We got some quotes from Everett artists about what they sound like.

THE PORTERS

“Neil Young meets Norah Jones.”

TELLERS

“Neko Case meets Explosions in the Sky.”

SLEEPOVER CLUB

“Sonic Youth in standard tuning.”

goawaysun

“The PNW Princess Chelsea and Liz Phair if they had been fed memes and electronic music growing up.”

FUZZ MUTT

“Green Day, the Pixies and Wavves rolled into a sweet egg roll of musical whimsy.”

HAVE PATIENCE

“The Early November, Jimmy Eat World and Death Cab For Cutie.”

BAD OPTICS

“Sad Oingo Boingo meets angry Joy Division.”

I WILL KEEP YOUR GHOST

“M83, CHVRCHES and The Cure.”

OLIVER ELF ARMY

“The Vaselines meets Cheap Trick.”

SPHYRAMID

“Jimmy Edgar, Ross From Friends and Bicep.”

Our Friends to the south

Seattle is known for music, too… who knew? 😛

WIMPS

For Fans Of: Fastbacks, Tacocat.

Pickwick

For Fans Of: Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys.

CHONG THE NOMAD

For Fans Of: Kero Kero Bonito.

SLOUCHER

For Fans Of: Pavement, The Pixies.

WEEP WAVE

For Fans of: Driving through the desert.

ACTIONESSE

For Fans Of: Primus, insanity.

Listen

We put together this playlist of bands mentioned to help you cozy up to some new favorites before Fisherman’s.

Plan

Now that you’re a Fisherman’s music expert, plan your watching accordingly. There’s a lot to see!

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Fisherman’s Village Music Festival
May 16-18
Everett, Wa

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Henry J is the Managing Editor of Live in Everett and plays bass in Oliver Elf Army and Bad Optics.