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PHOTOS / RECAP: Parquet Courts, Naomi Punk @ Neumos, Seattle, WA 6/12/13
Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts brought their late 70s/early 80s style punk to Neumos last night. They use the loud, repetitive jangle of punk as an engaging foundation for thoughtful social commentary. Their debut release from last year, Light Up Gold, includes 15 tightly packed tracks that power onward from start to... more
EPIC FESTIVAL RECAP: Sasquatch! 2013 (Part Two)
Words by Pete Merriman | Photos by Victoria Holt Part Two of our epic photo gallery and recap from this year's Sasquatch Music Festival continues below, and in case you missed it, start with Part One here... DAY 3: SUNDAY, MAY 26TH: Between Earl Sweatshirt, Killer Mike, El-P, Shad, and Danny Brown, Day... more
EPIC FESTIVAL RECAP: Sasquatch! 2013 (Part One)
Words by Pete Merriman | Photos by Victoria Holt When it comes to Memorial Day weekend, one music festival reigns supreme over all others in terms of size, vibe, curation, and booking the hottest up and comers in the music scene: Sasquatch!. Over its 12 years, the Sasquatch! Festival over... more
10 Amazing Photos from Sasquatch! 2013
Sasquatch 2013 came and went this weekend up at the Gorge Amphitheatre and we were lucky enough to have a team up at the festival to cover the happenings. We'll have a full writeup and recap coming soon enough, but ahead of that enjoy our Top 10 shots from... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Kurt Vile & The Violators, Fresh & Onlys, & Steve Gunn @ Neumos, Seattle, WA 5/12/13
“Play ‘Too Hard!’” a fan yelled out last night during Kurt Vile and The Violator’s set at Neumos. The Philadelphia band is on tour in support of their April 9th release, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. The new record features longer songs than before, delving deep into private lyrical substance.... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Lucero and Langhorne Slim & The Law @ The Crocodile, Seattle, WA 4/7/13
To be clear, Langhorne Slim (Sean Scolnick of Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is one of my top five artists of all time. Since Lucero were the actual headliners last night at The Crocodile Café, this post is going to seem a little lopsided. Slim has enough energy and talent to play his... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Alt-J & Hundred Waters @ The Neptune Theater, Seattle, WA 4/6/13
The four members of Leeds, England band Δ (pronounced Alt-J for the method of typing it on a Mac keyboard) are masters of sound creation. Their 2012 debut release, An Awesome Wave, features intricate instrumentation ranging from delicate strings and falsetto musings to full blown, rolling drums and bellowing harmonies.... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Morrissey @ The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA 3/6/13
Morrissey is a man who likes to start fights. The former vocalist for 80’s legends, The Smiths ripped off his shirt halfway through “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” sending those who had abandoned their theater seats for the front row into a tizzy. They salivated as he... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Why? / Astronautalis / Dream Tiger @ Neumos, Seattle 3/1/13
Screams reverberated through the room as Yoni Wolf of Why? took to the stage at Neumos. A young girl reached up to hand him a yellow daffodil, a simple and touching gesture. A long way from his beginnings co-founding the hip-hop underground Anticon collective of Berkeley, CA, Yoni has reached... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Big Freedia / Don’t Talk to the Cops / Radjaw @ Neumos, Seattle 2/5/13
“This is the first national bounce tour ever,” Big Freedia (pronounced “Freeda”) declared at Neumos on Tuesday night. Outside the South, the New Orleans native is the best known “sissy” bounce artist, referring to the overtly queer themes of her raps. The genre is characterized by intense bass beats, repetitive... more
CONCERT RECAP: Y La Bamba / Paper Bird / & Yet @ Crocodile, Seattle 10/25/12
Last night at The Crocodile, three beautiful bands brought their blends of melodic folk to the stage. & Yet, indie-folk rockers from Seattle, WA opened the night - their must-hear E.P. A Bud Has Bloomed will be released sometime Fall 2012. Second up were Paper Bird of Colorado, bringing double... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: David Byrne and St. Vincent @ 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle 10/17/12
Seattle’s annual City Arts Festival kicked off with the exciting new collaboration between David Byrne (Talking Heads) and St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark), performing their recent album Love This Giant. Clark’s blistering guitar work and Byrne’s theatrical style made for a highly charged, transformative event. Byrne and Clark were joined... more
CONCERT RECAP: Bloc Party @ Showbox SODO, Seattle 9/28/12
“Do you like it hard, or do you like it soft?” Kele Okereke, front man of Bloc Party, asked Friday night at the Showbox SODO. “Let’s have a show of hands… Soft?” About fifteen people raised their hands. “Hard?” The crowd roared. An ecstatic Kele yelled, “Don’t be a... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Animal Collective / Micachu and The Shapes @ Paramount, Seattle 9/18/12
Performing inside a giant recreation of the cover art from its new album, Centipede Hz, Animal Collective enticed the Paramount into a trance Tuesday night. The fantastic stage setup featured four colorful, conical sculptures surrounding the band, and rows of massive teeth above and below where it stood. After... more
CONCERT RECAP: Hot Chip and YACHT @ Paramount, Seattle 9/14/12
The Paramount Theatre was the scene of an infectious dance night on Friday. This wasn’t your typical Skrillex-inspired bro-step, however, but a night of indie pop electronica sing-alongs and bouncing melodies. Openers YACHT, made up of Jona Bechtolt from Portland, OR and Claire Evans from Marfa, Texas, were the perfect... more
CONCERT RECAP: Future Islands, Gardens & Villa, Vox Mod @ Neumos, Seattle 9/8/12
Seattle artist Vox Mod, a.k.a. Scot Porter, started off a multi-faceted evening of music at Capitol Hill's Neumos. Despite the small early crowd for a Saturday, he wore a huge grin and launched into his set, headbanging and swaying. The crowd grew exponentially as Porter's music drew them to the... more
PHOTOS: Liars / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Joan of Arc @ The Metro, Chicago 7/19/12
Liars played to an ecstatic crowd at The Metro in Chicago on this past Thursday, July 19th. Starting with the first track on their recent release WIXIW, “The Exact Colour of Doubt,” they segued to the second track, ”Octagon,” flowing seamlessly between the lighter, more ethereal former and the darker,... more
PHOTOS: Spoek Mathambo @ Lincoln Hall, Chicago 7/18/12
Johannesburg’s Spoek Mathambo (pronounced "Spook Mahtembo," real name Nthato Mokgata) brought his eclectic blend of Afro-futurism and electro-hip hop to Chicago for the first time Wednesday night, playing to an intimate crowd at Lincoln Hall. His songs range from subtly brilliant head-nodders like "War on Words," to racous, energizing anthems... more
PREVIEW / INTERVIEW: Liars @ The Metro, Chicago, 7/19/12
LA/Brooklyn band Liars, consisting of Aaron Hemphill, Angus Andrew, and Julian Gross (left to right above), are set to play The Metro in Chicago this Thursday, July 17th with Unknown Mortal Orchestra and a solo set by Joan of Arc. After seeing their video for “No. 1 Against The Rush,”... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Jesca Hoop, Dancing Years @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 6/29/12
Victoria's been traveling this summer after her graduation and she just caught this amazing show in Leeds... --Editor Jesca Hoop, native to California but living in Manchester for the last few years, played to an intimate crowd on Friday, June 29th, at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, England. As more... more
EPIC FESTIVAL RECAP: Sasquatch 2012 in Photos
Sasquatch 2012 is in the books and we've got a huge photo roundup here with all of my favorite shots from the weekend. In case you missed our previous coverage, here were my Top 10 shots when I first went through and edited everything and here is my recap... more
