James Vincent McMorrow, an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin came to Seattle in August. Now, Wikipedia claims McMorrow is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. How that happened, who can say? We can say that McMorrow is on a very interesting label, Vagrant, home to the 1975, Band of Skulls, PJ Harvey and others. You can hear […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Béatrice Martin, who is better known by her stage name Coeur de Pirate, played at Neumos during her North American and European tour. Her debut performance in Seattle was in support of her recently released album, Roses. Montreal-based, she sang most of her songs in French with several in English. Singer-songwriter and actress […]
On the summer evening of August 4th, Toronto, Canada’s METZ had the top slot at Neumos. METZ, signed to Sub Pop Records and known for playing exciting punk shows, tour the world beginning on October 16th. Photographers Casey Brevig and Monica Martinez covered the Seattle date, which also had Big Ups and Trash Fire on […]
The co-headlining Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa made an unusual pairing (okay, they’re both from the Midwest), and an appearance at White River Ampitheatre in August. The Boys of Zummer tour took them, literally, all over the United States. Also, Fall Out Boy just announced their line of Halloween shirts. Awesome! And did you […]
Local country radio station The Wolf (KKWF 100.7) recently held their Hometown Throwdown at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. The weather was perfect for the all-day outdoor event. The music begin with Mickey Guyton, followed by The Cadillac Three, The Swon Brothers, Craig Campbell, Jana Kramer, and Maddie & Tae. Headliners Big and Rich hit the […]