Bumbershoot 2011 was an experiment of sorts. In recent years the festival has tried to balance a mix of superstar headlining acts with engaging, exciting mid-tier talent and up-and-coming local acts. This year, for the first time in a long while, One Reel didn’t bank on superstar power to sell tickets. They tried to flesh […]
Ohio musical item, Over the Rhine – Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist – (by musical item I mean that they’re married, and they play music together) performed in the lovely outdoors of Seattle Center on Monday. We’ve got photos from Kirk Stauffer, who was a Bumbershoot trooper with Back Beat Seattle for the second year […]
The Reverend Horton Heat and Phantogram were two of the acts who performed at this year’s Bumbershoot. Each band helped close out the third, and final, day of 2011’s festival. If you missed the Reverend on Monday you can catch him when he plays El Corazon on December 30th. Thank you, Kirk Stauffer, for more […]
The Fleet Foxes performed at The Paramount on Tuesday night with The Walkmen. The Fleet Foxes took to the stage of the historic Seattle theater with wonderful humor and a folksy vibe. The Foxes were a very tight, entertaining band with an ethereal sound. To me, the only let down was the stage lighting. The […]
You don’t know The Soft Bombs? Change that. The quartet from California performed at the Sunset on Saturday night with all the groovy mood lighting you’d hope for from a band with an amazing, bewitching, trippy ’60s sound. I enjoyed every bit of their set. I honestly wish this band lived in Seattle because they’d […]