Portland, Oregon’s Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside and California’s Thao & The Get Down Stay Down were at Neumos for a show on March 7th. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside have been described as rockabilly, and has had some marvelous album art for their albums, including Untamed Beast. Thao & The Get Down […]
Ben Folds & Nataly Dawn @ Showbox at the Market, 2/4 Review & Photos by Abby Williamson Ben Folds The line was all around the block. A Monday night, and there was a line around the entire block from 1st to 2nd and Pike. Several people walked by me and asked what the line was […]
On Tuesday evening at the Paramount, there was more green in any one place besides a St. Patrick’s Day parade or perhaps a bar on St. Patrick’s Day. Green shoelaces, green hair accessories, green pants, green shoes . . . green Flogging Molly shirts, naturally!. The Los Angeles septet Flogging Molly, specializing in Celtic punk, […]
Great Big Sea, the folk-rockers from Newfoundland, really got the crowd going at the Moore Theater last week as everyone stood for nearly the complete show. It’s their 20th anniversary tour, hence the XX backdrop. Founding members include Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar, banjo), Séan McCann (vocals, bodhrán, guitar, whistle) and Bob Hallett (vocals, fiddle, accordion, […]
Indie rockers Passion Pit and Matt & Kim sold out the Paramount Theater this past week. Fronted by Michael Angelakos (lead vocals, keyboards), the five-member Passion Pit hails from Cambridge, MA and all members attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Rounding out the band were Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Xander Singh (synthesizer), Jeff […]