The sold-out Seattle show was Phoebe Ryan’s first stop on Tove Lo’s Lady Wood tour. Her latest single, “Dark Side,” was released three days before, and she played it live for the first time at the Showbox SoDo during her 30-minute set. Fun fact … Phoebe’s flight to Seattle was cancelled but she was able […]
Seattle was the second stop in the North American leg of JoJo‘s Mad Love Tour, in support of her third studio album with the same name. She was accompanied by a four-member band plus two backup singers for a rich, full sound. New York-based Stanaj opened. JoJo Stanaj
Sound Off! began its sixteenth year on Friday, February 10th. The competition, which included Cult Bride (indie/folk), Fluencie (dance), Jason McCue (folk) and Mission 253 (pop), was the first held under the building’s new name, MoPOP. EMP is no longer! Long live MoPop. Jason McCue won semifinals one, while Fluencie came in at runner-up. All […]
Seattle was the first stop of Tove Lo’s Lady Wood tour, in support of her latest album by the same name. Lo, a Swedish artist who followed up her 2014 debut album Queen of the Clouds with 2016’s Lady Wood, is a rare and powerful talent. Appropriately, the name Lo means lynx in Swedish. What […]
Former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley finished his solo Space Invader tour at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle before heading to South America. “Space Ace” has been a solo artist since 1984 (with brief stints in KISS); he and his band performed and sounded great. His longtime fans reacted with approval of the 40-year rock […]