“Having only seen Bandolier live, I can tell you that the band carries an infectious energy with it. The music is meant to be accompanied by hordes of smiling young people - the kind you used to see on American Bandstand. It's nourishing in that great way only pop music can be. It fills a hole that - pre-rock 'n' roll - we never quite knew existed.”

-Rev. Adam McKinney, Weekly Volcano

“18.  Bandolier - Don't You Think / Bandolier
I am so excited to see what's next for this Seattle band who crafted a scrappy. lovable flirting song against an unintimidating soundscape of reverb.”

-Imaginary Liz, Three Imaginary Girls

“Bandolier writes pop songs, and I mean that in a good way. They are floating somewhere in the ephemeral songspace between ’50s bubble gum and modern indie, and making a kind of music that is far too rare on much of the local scene: music made of different instruments which you can actually hear. It is, put simply, musical. A hollow-body electric guitar sound that fails to utterly overpower the rest of the band. The sharp pop sound that doesn't come out of anything but a Rickenbacker bass. Noisy keyboard mashing eschewed in favor of constructed counter-melodies. A drummer with the skill to be interesting but the restraint to lie back instead of driving the volume to extremes (a frequent problem with mixing at the New Frontier). And two lead singers who can, who would guess it, actually sing. Not wail or scream or growl or moan, but just genuinely sing.”

-Joe Izenman, Weekly Volcano Spew blog

“Though the New Frontier Lounge didn't boast a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, Bandolier filled the space with a mix of '50s pop, modern indie rock, twirling and fun. Building on the strong foundation of Lino Fernandez's guitar (you can hear every note) and vocals and intensified by the whole cast integrating bedroom pop (many times couples hugged and kissed during their set) cries of their own...”

-Ron Swarner, Weekly Volcano’s Spew blog