Smoker Dad + Mac Cornish + Chico Detour

Growing up in the shadow of the Santa Cruz mountains, Mac spent her days strolling through the redwoods and tracing her footsteps on the grounds of her grandfather's cattle ranch in the North Bay. Such a setting that would provide her with an undying appreciation and respect for all things old in age and of the earth. Mac discovered her love for music digging through her parents' record collection, emerging and adorning herself with not just the tunes, but the entire look and aesthetic of the music Mecca, Laurel Canyon. Drawing inspiration from Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons, Jackson Browne and Buffalo Springfield, she began forging her own songs and style from her bouts with love, loss, tragedy and tranquillity. These days, Mac resides in Nashville, TN, where she can be found on the stages of dives and honky tonks, warming the hearts of locals with tales of old pickup trucks and summer drives forever. Inspiring crowds to grab hold of their neighbor, dance and twirl and stomp their feet. When she performs, she pins her heart to her collar and shares her wit and charms that transcend the stage and grab hold of the hearts of all who bear witness. A true gem of the west, heart, mind, body, and soul. ___________________________________________________________ Some bands revive garage rock. Chico Detour treats it like a living language. The Seattle quintet writes lean, reverb-soaked songs built on repetition, crooked hooks, and an instinct for tension over release. Their music carries the spirit of early surf, garage, and psychedelia without settling for imitation, pushing familiar forms into stranger territory where melody, groove, and raw energy do the heavy lifting. The result feels less like nostalgia than a world all its own: immediate, hypnotic, a little unsteady, and impossible to fake. Released on Seattle’s Den Tapes, Wash It Down captures the band at its sharpest yet. Across six tightly wound tracks, scratchy aggression collides with bright, melodic optimism, earning praise from Shindig! for “testing the limits of surf’s predictable structure” while drawing comparisons to a forgotten soundtrack from somewhere between a beach party and a midnight crime scene. That same commitment defines Chico Detour onstage. From the first count-off, there’s no easing in and no letting up. Every song drives forward with total conviction, trading polish for pressure and momentum over restraint. After standout performances at Treefort Music Fest, regular support from KEXP, and sold-out hometown headline shows, Chico Detour has become one of the Pacific Northwest’s defining new garage psych bands. Now, with a growing audience far beyond Seattle and a relentless touring schedule, they're taking that crooked little universe wherever the road points next.