Twin Shadow had one of the fullest photo pits (and largest outdoor crowds) I saw at Bumbershoot last year. Photographer Simon Krane was there as well, and so Back Beat Seattle had two photographers to capture pictures of the very photogenic Twin Shadow and band (yes!!!). Want more Twin Shadow? He’ll return to Seattle on […]
Australia’s Wolfmother hit the Neptune in Seattle on July 31, 2014. The very rocking trio released its first album in five years, New Crown, also in 2014. Welcome back, Wolfmother! We missed you. With them was Electric Citizen, a Cincinnati, Ohio band including husband and wife Ross and Laura Dolan. All photos by Monica Martinez: […]
Seattle was the first stop on Brooke Fraser’s Brutal Romantic Tour. The sold-out show was also her first show in three years. Brooke and her three-member band played songs off her new album, Brutal Romantic, which was released last November, as well as alternate versions of her older songs. The style of her music has […]
You can never get too much of a good thing. This was the fourth time I’ve enthusiastically covered Lucy Woodward for Back Beat Seattle – but who’s counting. It started with a one-hour scenic ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle to Bremerton. The audience at the Admiral Theater had just finished dinner when Lucy […]
Chain and the Gang, Pony Time, wimps, Listen Lady @ Black Lodge, 1/10/15 Show Review & Photos by Victoria Holt Chain and the Gang D.C.’s Chain and the Gang were the epitome of calculated cool at Black Lodge on January 10th, decked out in matching silvery suits, neutral button down shirts, and pointed black stomping […]