"Thanks for coming out" is often a rote concert sentiment, but when Visqueen's Rachel Flotard thanked the crowd for showing up at Black Cat's Backstage on Tuesday night, she meant it. The veteran ...

“It’s like a Black Friday sale. We’re never going to see these prices again!” Flotard formed Visqueen eight years ago with drummer Ben Hooker, and they released three critically acclaimed ...

"We really do laugh our guts out," Flotard says. Visqueen -- yes, they're named for that black plastic sheeting sold at hardware stores -- came together about two years ago after the demise of ...

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 ...

Though Visqueen's set was just under 20 minutes, the group's performance was a great way to kick off NPR's opening-night showcase. Visqueen's latest album, Message to Garcia, is a towering ...

A little less than a year ago, bassist Kim Warnick announced her imminent departure from Visqueen, and more than a few fretted that the scene veteran's absence could squelch the band's manic ...

The new "Visqueen" is the band's second post-hiatus album of new material, and it features the customary gory cover (magnified for your discomfort on the inside) and brutal music. Although only ...

Seattle’s Visqueen, meanwhile, has frequently been tagged as Puget Sound’s answer to the Muffs: it’s another hard-rocking coed three-piece, featuring Kim Warnick, former front woman of the ...

Visqueen’s third full-length, “Message to Garcia,” is being released on frontwoman Rachel Flotard’s new label, Local 638, named for the NYC Steamfitters Union her father was a member of.

Muse, 30 Seconds To Mars, Metric, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend and Visqueen rocked The WaMu Theatre on Tuesday, December 15 for 107.7 the End’s annual Deck the Hall Ball. All photos by Justin Dylan ...