Photographer Tino Tran caught the co-headlining show of August Burns Red/Between the Buried and Me in March. The pairing of those two bands was brilliant, as each one is a different style of metal from the other, with just enough of a match to be certain there would definitely be crossover fans. They’ll both be […]
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic @ the Neptune, 4/12/16 Show Review & Photos by John Rudolph George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic (P-Funk to the initiated) ROCKED a packed house at the Neptune. Many times reviewers and photographers use “rocked” as a simple go-to word to describe a band, but in this case P-Funk […]
Theatrical singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom headlined at the Paramount in support of her latest LP, Divers. She was backed by a six-member “mini orchestra” that included sister Emily and brother Pete. Newsom herself alternated between the harp and grand piano. Seattle-based Robin Pecknold, of Fleet Foxes fame, opened. Joanna Newsom Robin Pecknold
I first saw Lissie 5+ years ago and have been a fan ever since. She and her band recently played at the Columbia City Theater, one of the first stops on her North American tour, in support of her latest album, My Wild West. Coincidently I saw Lissie a few weeks ago at SXSW in […]
Troye Sivan, an Australian singer-songwriter (and actor!), headlined Showbox SoDo in February. The 2016 winner of GLAAD’s Outstanding Music Award, Sivan combined his talent with several producers, XXYYXX and Jack Antonoff among them, on his debut album Blue Neighborhood. In 2014, Time rated the then nineteen-year-old Sivan one of the most influential teens of 2014. […]