We have a song premiere from Seattle’s Vicious Petals! The track, “C. Burns,” is straight off the Ryan Hadlock-produced (ahem, the Lumineers) debut LP, Main Street Lights, and it does indeed recall Billy Joel. I mention this because the group’s presser mentioned Joel, and, while sometimes comparisons in press releases just don’t vibe with what […]
Band: Tennis Tennis‘ Alaina Moore & Patrick Riley Song:“Ladies Don’t Play Guitar” Why You Want to Listen: Denver, Colorado’s duo Tennis (Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley) has released a brand new track. The song, “Ladies Don’t Play Guitar,” kicks major ass. Singer/songwriter/keyboardist Moore says: “Ladies Don’t Play Guitar” was the first line I wrote after […]
Muse @ KeyArena, 12/12/15 Photos by Dagmar Matthew Bellamy of Muse British trio Muse appeared (with an awesome light show) at KeyArena in December 2015. I’m a firm believer in “rather late than never,” but even with that, I apologize for not sharing my Muse photos earlier. The extraordinary group, who played a superb set […]
Day three of Capitol Hill Block Party adds the Red Bull Sound Select Stage (at Neumos) to the mix. Red Bull Sound Select presents shows worldwide with local curators; Seattle’s curators include Sub Pop and Good to Die Records. We love that here at Back Beat Seattle. And, I think I say this about every […]
Show Preview: Ana Popovic @ Jazz Alley – Tuesday June 28th Ana Popovic – photo by Kirk Stauffer Ana Popovic is in Seattle! She’s got two nights at Jazz Alley (sorry about the late notice, and that you might be missing her first show, which is tonight), where she’ll play her second show as well […]