Show Review & Photos: Arctic Monkeys @ KeyArena
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Arctic Monkeys @ KeyArena Review & photos by Dagmar Arctic Monkeys are viciously important. The way they attack their instruments, well, you can hear it on record and live they take over a room – gently when they need to, a bit harder when it suits them. I first saw them at the Crocodile in [...]
Photos: Kool and the Gang @ the Tacoma Dome
“I am the genie of sound/everybody get down!” commands the genie in the disco funk Saturday Night Fever song “Open Sesame” and title track of Kool and the Gang‘s 1976 album. Just as I had the privilege of taking photos of Van Halen on Saturday evening, I took photos of Kool and the Gang, another [...]
Photos: The Lumineers @ Neumos
A wonderful friend of mine turned me on to The Lumineers – a band I had heard of but not yet seen – when she asked me if I wanted to join her for their Seattle show. I am on a mission to see shows and listen to music those close to me recommend, and [...]
Photos: Hotels @ Columbia City Theater
Hotels celebrated the release of their EP, Cinemascope I, the first in a trilogy of music they’ve called Film Noir Pop, on April 27th at Columbia City Theater. Have I said lately how much I love this band? The show featured hypnotic sounds and guest vocalist Adra Boo of Fly Moon Royalty, plus the excellent [...]
Photos: Van Halen @ the Tacoma Dome
My favorite Van Halen song is most likely “Running with the Devil.” I took photos of the first three songs of Van Halen’s show on Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome and what did they play second? “Running with the Devil,” of course. So while I didn’t get to have my own little freak-out to [...]