The amazing LIGHTS brought her Little Machines Tour to the Showbox at the Market on November 15th. She featured songs from the recently released Little Machines, her third studio album, as well as the 2012 Juno-nominated for Best Pop Album of the Year, Siberia. (LIGHTS herself won a 2009 Juno in the Best New Artist […]
Seattle’s Pickwick and Kishi Bashi, plus D.C.’s the Dismemberment Plan had spots at this year’s Bumbershoot Festival. Pickwick, who, on Facebook, lists the Space Needle as their home, are absolutely hometown favorites. After releasing their first album in 12 years, called Uncanney Valley, punk rock outfit the Dismemberment Plan has made all their fans very […]
Schoolyard Heroes @ Bumbershoot, September 2014 Show Review by Abby Williamson Photos by Simon Krane & Abby Williamson Schoolyard Heroes‘ Ryann Donnelly – photos by Abby Williamson Bumbershoot usually brings together old and new bands into one collage of music all over the Seattle Center, but you don’t often get the experience of seeing a […]
Always a favorite here at Back Beat Seattle, We Are Scientists was one of the many bands who performed at this year’s Bumbershoot. It’s been a very busy year for the group, who have toured extensively, and released their fifth album, TV en Français. Big Star’s Third and Falls also made appearances, as did Mission […]
Back on April 29th Manchester Orchestra headlined the Neptune Theatre. Somehow, again, due to fault of the editor and editor alone, these photographic scorchers by Josh Daniels did not see the light of day here. Until now. The Atlanta, Georgia band released their first albums after the departure of Jonathan Corley, Cope and Hope, in […]