On Tuesday evening at the Paramount, there was more green in any one place besides a St. Patrick’s Day parade or perhaps a bar on St. Patrick’s Day. Green shoelaces, green hair accessories, green pants, green shoes . . . green Flogging Molly shirts, naturally!. The Los Angeles septet Flogging Molly, specializing in Celtic punk, […]
Did your favorite win the Sound Off! 2013 Finals? If so, that favorite was Dave B., a hip-hop artist from Seattle. Nabbing second place was Puyallup’s SHEBEAR and taking third place was the Fame Riot, a Tacoma-based glam duo – one of them had Dance Tax Free written across his chest, protesting the proposed dance […]
Ari Hest performs @ the Triple Door, 2/21 Interview & photos by Heather Fitzpatrick Growing up in the Bronx, New York, Ari Hest had been surrounded by music his whole adolescent life (his father is a college music professor), yet he had always had aspired to become a professional baseball player. It wasn’t until he […]
EMP Sound Off! 2013 held the Sound Off! Semifinals #3 on Saturday, February 23rd. And the winner was . . . As It Starts!, a Seattle sextet who lists the Fray and Death Cab for Cutie as influences. Bellingham’s Vervex got the Wild Card spot, while Gig Harbor’s Eye for Eye and another Bellingham act, […]
The excellent duo known as Pony Time celebrated the release of their album, Go Find Your Own on Friday evening at the Black Lodge. Get this album – it’s really good! Pony Time’s next show is on March 5th at Chop Suey. It’s the kick off their tour, which takes them all the way to […]