Photos: Pain In The Grass @ White River Ampitheatre

KISW presented Pain In The Grass 2015, with Slipknot and more, at White River Amphitheatre to a raucous sold-out crowd on August 23rd: Slipknot Lamb of God Three Days Grace Theory of a Deadman Bullet For My Valentine Stitched Up Heart Photographer: John Rudolph

Photos: Rock It Like A Redhead @ 1927 Events

Here’s something a bit different for Back Beat Seattle … Rock It Like A Redhead. Redheaded sisters Stephanie and Adrienne Vendetti, founders of How To Be A Redhead, brought their event to Seattle after stops in Nashville and Austin. What started out as simply coverage of redheaded rock stars Katrina Stone and Shayne Leighton, turned […]

Photos: Kelly Clarkson @ KeyArena

Kelly Clarkson brought her Piece By Piece Tour to Seattle last week with three opening acts. Country/pop singer-songwriter Abi Ann kicked off the evening and is poised to go far with her music career. Next up was Eric Hutchinson, playing both piano and guitar with his band. The five-member a cappella group Pentatonix, 2011 The […]

Photos: Wolf Alice & Gateway Drugs @ the Crocodile

Brits Wolf Alice visited Seattle to headline the Crocodile in May. One of many interesting details about this band is they released their first EP, Blush, on White Lies’ Jack Brown’s label, Chess Records. Everything is connected! Now they’re on RCA with My Love Is Cruel, and are working on the conquering of America. All […]

Photos: Other Lives @ Neumos

Well look what we have here! It’s Other Lives at Neumos! The Stillwater, Oklahoma band made a visit to Seattle, and we sent photographer Dana Pleasant to cover the show. Other Lives, enjoying over a decade as a group, will appear in many European countries this fall. Other Lives