The Kills helped close out Bumbershoot 2011 this year with what appears to be an amazing leopard print backdrop in these photos from Simon Krane. Also appearing at Bumbershoot were two Seattle acts, Legendary Oaks and Fly Moon Royalty, whom Nicky Andrews captured in photos: The Kills – photos by Simon Krane Fly Moon Royalty […]
Well, we do love Starfucker here at Back Beat Seattle. Three Back Beat Seattle photographers, Nicky Andrews, Kirk Stauffer and Simon Krane snapped the Portland band, and Krane also got fellow Portlander Natasha Kmeto plus Tijuana’s Nortec Collective. Enjoy: Starfucker – photo by Kirk Stauffer Starfucker – photos by Nicky Andrews Starfucker – photos by […]
I am a horror – that’s what my Horrors T-shirt says. I love it. I caught the excellent British band The Horrors last week when they headlined Seattle’s Neumos. It is great that this group is back, and with a new album, Skying, I am hoping they just might make several visits to the States. […]
The word Pitbull conjures up many different images for many different people. To the folks at The Paramount on Friday night it meant a Latin-styled summer party hosted by Cuban born rapper, Armando Christian Perez (a.k.a. Pitbull). Pitbull wrapped up one of the hottest concert tours of 2011; The Samsung/ AT&T Summer Krush. The tour […]
Ke$ha‘s show at WaMu Theater last Saturday evening was sheer sexy joy. She has an elemental, brash humor to her performance and material that drew me in immediately when I first heard her music, and live she brought all that to the table with balloons, confetti and glitter.