James w/ Ed Harcourt: Photos and a review!

Photos by Jill Rachel Evans Text by Chris Senn James put on one of the most energetic, engaging and amazing shows I have ever had the privilege to attend last Saturday at the Showbox. The audience interaction was turned up to eleven right from the start as singer Tim Booth started singing the first lines […]

Photos: Frightened Rabbit & Bad Veins @ the Showbox Market

Scottish indie rock sweethearts Frightened Rabbit were back in town last Thursday, playing their second Seattle show this year, and the first on their month-long tour with Plants and Animals and Bad Veins.  The all-ages show had an excellent turnout that included a good chunk of the local photography community.  While crowd response for the […]

Photos and Review: NOmeansno @ Neumos

NOmeansno’s crowd, mostly young, mostly male, and mostly pierced, eagerly anticipated the start of the show. As for me, I had fun just people watching until Rob Wright and Tom Holliston hit their first chords. These guys rocked as hard and as fast as any band I had ever seen. Their 30 years of experience […]

Photos: Reverb Festival 2010

The 4th annual Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival was held on Saturday in venues throughout Ballard. Despite the wet weather and humid indoors, it was an excellent day of celebrating some of Seattle’s favorite local bands of a wide variety of genres including folk, rock, hip-hop and metal.  The day started off with experimental rockers Kinski, […]

Photos: Dirty Projectors and Dominique Young Unique

Dirty Projectors were in town on Thursday, bringing their experimental rock sound to Seattle along with Miami-based rapper Dominique Young Unique who opened the set.  Unique and her sassy personality took the stage armed with a DJ and captivating drummer/keyboarder, and together they put on a surprisingly short act that lasted less than half an […]