Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds @ the Paramount, 4/7 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar Certain audiences at shows seem to have an otherworldly and peculiar relationship with the band they’re enjoying. Some fans seem possessed by and obsessed with the music, and the artists. That’s how I felt about the black-clad audience at […]
Night Moves @ the Neptune, 4/5 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar On Friday evening Night Moves had the opening slot for fellow Minneapolis artists, Poliça. The trio – with their intense and extraordinary music – has become a favorite band of mine. And that happened after just seeing them play live once (also at […]
Night Moves, a trio from Minneapolis, released a groovy album on Domino Records called Colored Emotions this year. The album, utilizing keys, guitar and the beautiful voice of singer/guitarist John Pelant, captures a pure rock sound. I’d call it gentle rock, a rock that’s been missing from music. I’d like to take a road trip […]
Duff McKagan @ the Moore, 3/26 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar “It’s so easy, easy/when everybody’s tryin’ to please me baby” are lyrics in Guns N’ Roses track , It’s So Easy, off their 1987 debut, Appetite for Destruction. Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan chose the track as the title for his 2011 […]
Django Django @ the Neptune Show Review & Photos by Dagmar Yes, Django Django’s show in Seattle was astonishing. The British quartet hit the Neptune as headliners with a frenzy shared by the audience. When people talk about energy being palpable, this was a case of energy you could feel and see through the entire […]