Black Star & THEE Satisfaction @ Showbox SoDo Review & photos by Ellie Mansfield Black Star, which is composed of Mos Def and Talib Kweli are always animated and full of life. Their enthusiasm and intensity never wained and neither did their clear pleasure of interacting with the audience. Showbox SoDo is a tight venue, […]
Seeing Rachael Yamagata at the Crocodile Café was a real treat – it’s been nearly 3 years since her last visit to Seattle. She’s in the middle of her US tour supporting her new album, Chesapeake. If you liked her first album, Happenstance, you’re sure to enjoy Chesapeake as well – both were produced by […]
Grimes, the Canadian one-woman electro-pop group fronted by Claire Boucher, opened for Austra last week at the Crocodile Café. The band/Grimes/she/Claire/they will be back in town at the Sunset Tavern on 2/20/12.
Mastodon headlined Showbox SoDo on November 6th, with support from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang – that is one super amazing triple bill. The Hunter, Mastodon’s 2011 release, features one of the best album covers of the year. The always excellent Alex Crick contributes some cool shots of the show: Mastodon The Dillinger […]
We’re close to wrapping up the band portion of our Uproar Festival coverage – courtesy of Heather Fitzpatrick and Geoffrey Gribbin – with photos of Bullet for My Valentine and Black Tide. The Welsh quartet Bullet for My Valentine is currently working on their fourth album, while Black Tide will return to Seattle on December […]