Videos: Hey Champ, Brandon Flowers, The Gaslight Anthem & The Strange Boys

Hey Champ appears in one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time: their video for “Neverest”. Just watch. I don’t want to ruin the surprise. The band appears at Capitol Hill Block Party on Sunday, July 25th (8 pm, Neumos stage). Hey Champ Brandon Flowers gets tied up in “Crossfire,” featuring […]

Show Review & Photos: Concrete Blonde & Jim Bianco @ the Showbox

Show Review by Shana Restall Crick Photos by Alex Crick Concrete Blonde The music of Concrete Blonde comprised a sizeable portion of the soundtrack to my college years. I was fortunate to be able to see them perform on June 24th at the Showbox during a stop on their “20 Years of Bloodletting” tour. Opening […]

Photos: Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles & Past Lives & the High Dive

A fantastic lineup played the High Dive on Saturday night: Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles and Past Lives. Dum Dum Girls have a massive summer ahead of them with dates in Europe, and you can see them in the NW when they have a date with Vampire Weekend at Marymoor Ampitheater on August 29th. Crocodiles have […]