The Black Keys came through Seattle with a visit to the Paramount Theater on Saturday evening. The duo, Ohio’s Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, has had great commercial and artistic success with their albums, including this year’s Brothers. Nicole Atkins opened – you can expect a new CD out from her in 2011. Photographer Alex […]
School of Rock put on KISS with Makeup last Sunday at El Corazon. If you don’t know about School of Rock and its shows, you really should. The organization teaches kids from 2nd grade and up through high school to play music. This was my first School of Rock show as I could not pass […]
Kevin N. Murphy got some beautiful photo subjects in and beautiful photos of School of Seven Bells and Active Child, who played Neumos earlier this week. This is another great pairing of bands Neumos has brought to Seattle recently and I’m thrilled to share Murphy’s photos: School of Seven Bells Active Child
Arcade Fire‘s latest CD, the Suburbs debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. On Wednesday night they played KeyArena, the largest venue in Seattle. It’s not every day that a band often described as indie sees this type of success, perhaps this indicates a swing in popular tastes. Tucson’s Calexico opened the show – […]
I wish I had a bear on whose shoulders I could rest at shows. The Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne does have this bear I speak of and I am just a little jealous – well okay it’s someone in a bear suit – but I won’t let that ruin my joy over these photos. Coyne’s […]