HAIM – sisters Alana, Danielle and Este Haim (L-R) – played to a near-capacity crowd at the WaMu Theater. Backed by drums and keys, the rambunctious siblings are on the road in support of the sophomore release, Something to Tell You. Seattle was the second stop on their three-month Sister Sister Sister tour that includes […]
California-based performers dominated Day 5 of SXSW 2018 – Cam, Madison Malone and Pearl Charles – plus Merci Raines and Violetta Zorini from Louisiana and Italy respectively. Portraits of four of these five to follow. Cam @ Trinity Warehouse / California / Official Showcase ************************************************************* Madison Malone @ Kebabalicious / California / Day Party ************************************************************* […]
Explosions in the Sky @ the Showbox, 9/22/17 Review by Meredith Smith Photos by Alex Crick Explosions in the Sky Explosions in the Sky at the Showbox Takes Us to Church Explosions in the Sky’s songs, silent but for noise, are stories, epic tales with rise and fall, the drumbeat a cascade of twinkling stars […]
Day 4 of the six day SXSW 2018 music festival and we’re past the halfway point. Standouts were Elise Trouw, Gordi and Amy Shark. I also covered Amy Shark when she was in Seattle in early March. The Queensland, Australia singer-songwriter won 2 ARIA awards last year, and graced the cover of ELLE Australia‘s May […]
Mitski @ the Neptune – 4/8/17 Photos by Casey Brevig Memory Lane Series, part 28 Mitski Little Big show hosted the wonderful Mitski at the Neptune in the spring of ’17. She’s totally cool. An incredible songwriter and lyricist, Mitski will tour America again this year, with Europe shows also arranged. Some of her dates […]