The Presidents of the United States of America played Friday through Sunday last weekend at the Showbox Market for PUSAFEST 11. We’ve got photos and a review of Saturday night on their way, but first we’ll go backwards in coverage with photos by Geoffrey Gribbin from Sunday night’s PUSA performance. I see one of my […]
Blues guitarist John Hammond will have been on the road for an incredible fifty years as of 2012, and last night he brought his rich voice and authentic style to Seattle’s Jazz Alley, recalling the gritty Deep South sounds of Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, and Muddy Waters. Hammond’s quiet, easy, and personable stage patter contrasted […]
The Dancy Party, a quartet from Washington DC, are a rabidly fun live band. I saw them open for Wallpaper a few weeks ago at Neumos and was drawn to their classic rock mixed with of course, danceability, and attitude. This was their first visit to Seattle. It should be the first of many. The […]
On Wednesday, February 16th, English post-punk band Gang of Four played to an ecstatic crowd of faithful fans who sang along the majority of the set. While only two of the original members remain, the original sound of all four remains intact. Warming up the crowd was Hollerado, a Canadian band that has been getting […]
SHiPS is a new – and very good – Seattle band partly comprised of a former member of the Lashes (Jacob Hoffman) and one from the Divorce & the Catch (Garrett Lunceford). They’re joined by Chase Forslund on keys/vox and Laurie Kearney on bass. They opened for White Lies last month at Neumos and I […]