While going through the archives, I came across photographer Alex Crick‘s photos of Motion City Soundtrack. These are from very early this year, and I apologize the lovely photos did not reach light of day on Back Beat Seattle until now. Panic Stations, the new release from the Minneapolis, Minnesota band, was produced by John […]
Colleen Green, and her band, came up from Los Angeles to play the Lo-Fi this September. With a self-described genre of “Whatever U Want,” Green released I Want to Grow Up on Seattle’s Hardly Art label in 2015. Fans and future fans in Seattle, be on alert: Green returns for a show at El Corazon […]
The last day of Bumbershoot found English superstar Ellie Goulding headlining in the most wonderful shirt. In just a shirt. With Daffy Duck on it. Excellent! Also appearing were Ireland’s Hozier, whose song “Take Me to Church” seemed to take over the world for at least one year, and Seattle’s Kris Orlowski, who did a […]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s own Hall & Oates and Seattle’s Paramount Theatre made a winning combination on September 3rd. Also known as Daryl Hall and John Oates, the soul/pop duo has six Gold albums and six Platinum albums (wow!), and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Well done! All photos by […]
Eagles of Death Metal played the Showbox in Seattle on September 2nd. The group covered Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer” on its latest album, Zipper Down, which came out this month. EODM’s Josh Homme told Kerrang! that: “four out of three doctors say Zipper Down is an eargasm trapped inside a crazerbeam.” Wow! Los Angeles […]