For a double-whammy dose of some of the most exuberant, intelligent indie rock currently heard in Seattle — and increasingly, nationwide — head to the Crocodile Saturday, where the well-respected ...

Rachel Flotard, one of the wittiest women in local music and frontwoman for Visqueen, shared some anecdotes about her father, who was the inspiration for her new album “Message to Garcia”: Q: It ...

The band Visqueen has been out of the public eye for a while. Rachel Flotard, the group's lead singer and songwriter, had more important things to deal with than putting out an album: Her father was ...

There's been a lot of talk about what makes certain men a 'man's man.' There are magazines, ideologies and many movies devoted to those of this designation: Playboy, Maxim, Esquire, Rambo, Bob Vila, ...

Rock bands usually get points for attitude. But Seattle's Visqueen is refreshingly attitude-free. Seated at a corner booth at Linda's Tavern on Capitol Hill, singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard, bassist ...

Earlier this month, I saw Rachel Flotard perform twice in two days, a one-two punch of shows that did an unusually thorough job of showcasing Flotard's talents. The first performance was at ...

Every weekday from March 8 to March 19, Song of the Day will showcase a track by an artist playing the South by Southwest music festival. For NPR Music's full coverage of SXSW — complete with ...

Rachel Flotard is the frontwoman of the Seattle-based band Visqueen. Read her first post about landing in Asia. Follow Flotard’s adventures in Laos on her blog.By Rachel FlotardToday has already shot ...

In "Hand Me Down," Visqueen's Rachel Flotard sings a fun, familiar ode to a love that spans generations.