fun., a super trio of former band members from The Format, Steel Train and Anathallo, began in 2008 as an inspiration from singer/songwriter Nate Ruess. Ruess moved from Arizona to New York, and contacted musicians Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost. They got to work on album one, Aim and Ignite, an immediately appealing and stirring […]
Holy smokes, I lived through Black Lips‘ show. I went into it knowing it would be a wild event, but when Neumos filled up with super fans crawling all over each other, running up onstage, amassing in a bacchanalian orgy – okay you get the picture. The balcony was closed, not because of ticket sales, […]
Two weeks ago, patrons at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern were privy to a rare performance by Gruff Rhys, a true mad scientist of modern music. Better known as the frontman for Welsh experimental-pop group Super Furry Animals, Rhys is an accomplished and innovative artist in his own right, and was in Seattle as part of a […]
Cage the Elephant brought their tunes from albums Cage the Elephant and Thank You, Happy Birthday to Showbox SoDo on Friday night. Right after the band finishes up some major summer tour dates they hit the road with Foo Fighters. Pretty damn good. Photographer Matthew Lamb was at the Seattle show and offers up some […]
Photographer Simon Krane caught Architecture in Helsinki and Hooray For Earth at Neumos last Monday evening. I love these photos he got. Australians Architecture in Helsinki’s latest, Moment Bends is out now, while Hooray For Earth’s True Love just came out last week. Check out Hooray For Earth’s cool video for the title track here. […]