Reverb Fest 2012 included so many fantastic local acts, and we got Rod Tipton in the festival to take some pretty pictures. Our final photos of Wheelies and Spoonshine make us even more eager for next year’s Reverb Fest! The Wheelies Spoonshine
Saturday night, Paula Boggs of the Paula Boggs Band invited me to join her at the Skylark Cafe in West Seattle. My wife and I had a great time and the band made us feel very welcome. The Paula Boggs Band is a local Jazz/Blues band that’s beginning to make a splash on the national […]
alt-J & Wildcat! Wildcat! @ the Crocodile, 12/17 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar alt-J‘s Joe Newman Britain’s – and this year’s winner of that country’s Mercury Prize – alt-J had their first headlining show in Seattle on December 17th, bringing with them Wildcat! Wildcat!. A quartet, alt-J is an unusual band and one I’d […]
Toronto songstress, now living in Nashville, Lindi Ortega recently headlined at the Q Café. She was wrapping up her nationwide tour in support of her latest record, Cigarettes & Truckstops, which was named by Spin magazine as one of the best country albums of 2012. Sincerely, Val (Seattle) and Samsel and the Skirt (Portland) opened. […]
California’s Kreayshawn just released her debut album, Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay, in September, and she’s already a headliner. And she should be. Any song with the lyrics I got all the syrup in the catchy, awesome “Breakfast (Syrup)” should be heard far and wide. That’s what we think. Kreayshawn brought her Group Hug Tour with Honey […]