Photos: Bumbershoot 2011 w/ School of Seven Bells, Butthole Surfers & Kore Ionz

School of Seven Bells, Butthole Surfers, Kore Ionz . . . what do these bands have in common? They played Bumbershoot this year, for one thing. And another thing, one of Back Beat Seattle’s photographers, Simon Krane, captured shots of these disparate bands. School of Seven Bells Butthole Surfers Kore Ionz

Photos: Bumbershoot 2011 w/ Eisley

That’s right, three Back Beat Seattle photographers stormed the set Eisley performed at this year’s Bumbershoot. Eisley’s another band we absolutely love here, so this makes total sense. Enjoy some photos by Kirk Stauffer, Nicky Andrews and Simon Krane: Eisley – photos by Kirk Stauffer Eisley – photos by Nicky Andrews Eisley– photos by Simon […]

Weird Al at the Puyallup Fair

Over the decades, there have been tons of musical parodists, but none as famous as one.  You’ll be hard-pressed to find a fellow American who hasn’t heard of Weird Al Yankovic.  From his early parodies of Queen and Michael Jackson, to his recent jabs at Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, Weird Al has managed to […]

Photos: Dead Sara @ the Neptune

Dead Sara opened for Bush last Thursday night in Seattle with a performance at the Neptune Theater. The quartet from Los Angeles played a passionate set that got me totally into them immediately. My favorite song was “Lemon Scent,” with its awesome guitar riff. Actually all their songs had such great guitar work, and the […]