Swedish folk/indie artist the Tallest Man on Earth was the headliner on an August evening at the Moore. Kristian Matsson (that’s the Tallest Man on Earth’s real name), a singer-songwriter with a moving voice, recently performed a lovely rendition of Annie Lennox’s “No More “I Love You’s” for MyMusicRx, a web site that shares music […]
Gentlemen of the Road Stopover brought its incredible lineup, including Mumford & Sons, the Flaming Lips, the Vaccines and so many others, to Walla Walla in August. A record label and events promoter, Gentlemen of the Road’s Stopovers take place internationally. For more on Gentlemen of the Road’s history, I recommend you listen to a […]
What a huge variety of bands photographers Simon Krane and Kirk Stauffer covered during Bumbershoot‘s second day! On tap was rock from, among others, Social Distortion and Fox and the Law, plus the rad new wave goth hybrid that is Eliot Sumner. And then there was bluegrass band Punch Brothers, reunited punk rock band Dead […]
James Vincent McMorrow, an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin came to Seattle in August. Now, Wikipedia claims McMorrow is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. How that happened, who can say? We can say that McMorrow is on a very interesting label, Vagrant, home to the 1975, Band of Skulls, PJ Harvey and others. You can hear […]
On the summer evening of August 4th, Toronto, Canada’s METZ had the top slot at Neumos. METZ, signed to Sub Pop Records and known for playing exciting punk shows, tour the world beginning on October 16th. Photographers Casey Brevig and Monica Martinez covered the Seattle date, which also had Big Ups and Trash Fire on […]