I always prefer a really excellent show with only two bands. It’s rare and just fun. On an August evening at the Crocodile this happened, with Tapes ‘n Tapes headlining and The Chain Gang of 1974 opening. This was my first time seeing Tapes ‘n Tapes live and it was a superb choice. They performed […]
England’s The Jim Jones Revue played the Mural, while Seattle’s Kaylee Cole performed indoors for Bumbershoot’s second day. Photographer Kirk Stauffer grabbed photos of each act: The Jim Jones Revue Kaylee Cole
Bless Kirk Stauffer for coming back from Bumbershoot with these photos of band Warpaint. Warpaint is an all-female quartet from Los Angeles with a seductive and stirring sound. Their debut LP, The Fool, came out on Rough Trade Records last year.
Summer may be almost over, but it was a warm one at the Seattle Center! The BEST hair of Bumbershoot: photos by Amber Barni It band, Tennis gave a surprisingly rocking show. And the guitarist Patrick Riley resembled Franz Ferdinand’s frontman Alex Kapranos – never a bad thing, IMO. Tennis – photos by Amber Barni […]
Seattle finally found its blue sky, just in time for Bumbershoot: Kris Orlowski was described as a troubadour, but when I saw the cello, violin, drums, guitar, etc. –I was hooked. Wagons hark from Australia–by way of the deep southern USA. I created the genre “nerdish country” just for them.