Always a favorite here at Back Beat Seattle, We Are Scientists was one of the many bands who performed at this year’s Bumbershoot. It’s been a very busy year for the group, who have toured extensively, and released their fifth album, TV en Français. Big Star’s Third and Falls also made appearances, as did Mission […]
Back on April 29th Manchester Orchestra headlined the Neptune Theatre. Somehow, again, due to fault of the editor and editor alone, these photographic scorchers by Josh Daniels did not see the light of day here. Until now. The Atlanta, Georgia band released their first albums after the departure of Jonathan Corley, Cope and Hope, in […]
Showbox at the Market turned 75 years old this year! One of the shows held at the venue was headlined by Seattle punk/grunge/rock band the Murder City Devils, who released a brand new album in August called The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again. That album came out just one day before their […]
Somehow, due to the fault of the editor, these marvelous shots of Maximo Park and Eternal Summers from May did not get featured. Massive apology on that to the bands, publicists & photographer Steve Campagna. Maximo Park’s 5th album, Too Much Information, is definitely more great stuff from the band. Also, they just got an […]
Slowdive & Low @ the Neptune, 11/4/14 Review by Nick Nihil Slowdive Admittedly I hadn’t actually listened to Slowdive before their show, an assignment I picked up at the last minute, but the way folks seemed to wax nostalgically eloquent upon their ambient, shoegazey glory, I figured they’d probably be up my vine. Plus, Low […]