Sound Off!, the annual band competition for artists under 21, turned 14 in 2015! Open to musicians from Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia (or, as we know it, the Pacific Northwest), the event began this year with Bleachbear, Champagne Babylon, Nightspace and Super Soaked competing in Semfinals #1. And the winner of this round? Bleachbear, […]
Back on August 17, 2014, Dirty Heads and Pepper made a summer visit to Marymoor Park. Dirty Heads, who combine all kinds of genres, go back on the road in mid-March. Their latest album, Sound of Change, included a song with Tech N9ne. Also on the bill was Katastro, a Tempe, Arizona rock band. All […]
Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit paid tribute to Judy Garland at the Triple Door on February 19th. It was interesting to listen to Judy’s songs beautifully sung by Jane with her own style. She was accompanied by her talented band – Michael Kanan (piano), Neal Miner (bass) and husband Rick Montalbano (drums) – who frequently performed […]
Meghan Trainor @ the Neptune, 2/14/15 Show Review & Photos by Kirk Stauffer The long line of tweens, teens, parents, and couples stretched around the corner of the Neptune Theater waiting for the doors to open. Many of the girls were dressed in typical Meghan Trainor outfits – complete with bows in their hair. Seattle […]
Seattle’s La Luz and Codeine’s Chris Brokaw were just two of the acts we photographed during Bumbershoot‘s final day of the 2014 festival. La Luz, who describes itself as surf/doo-woop on its Facebook page, has proven itself as a true breakthrough band of the last couple years. May it continue so strongly. Brokaw played a […]