As the leader of Grand Archives, guitarist Mat Brooke proves that he has a sunnier disposition than his previous cohorts in Band of Horses or Carissa's Wierd [sic]. His new band serves up breezy, ...

Nothing silly or south-of-the-belt happening on Grand Archives’ second album, Keep In Mind Frankenstein; this one floats high above the clouds, the work of bearded angels on the Sub Pop label. Grand ...

With a '70s-friendly sound that recalls The Beach Boys and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Grand Archives makes wistful indie-pop that's as lovely as it is hummable. Through bandleader (and former Band ...

The story usually goes something like this: band meets, jams in the garage, plays a few shows at the local watering hole, records a three-song demo in the basement studio of the bass player’s creepy ...

A simple truth of rock is that bands birth more bands. Such is the case with Seattle based Grand Archives whose fellow Sub Pop-er Band of Horses brought them into the world via their now-former ...

Some bands have been slugging it out around Seattle — playing rinky-dink joints, sinking money into self-produced CDs, desperately trying to get noticed by any half-decent label — for years. Years! So ...