School of Seven Bells are made up by former band members from the Secret Machines (Benjamin Curtis) and On!Air!Library!(Alejandra Deheza). They’re now two albums into their career with the 2010 release of Disconnect from Desire, and I finally saw them when they opened for Interpol on Friday night. We’ve covered them on Back Beat Seattle […]
Amos Lee was at the Moore in Seattle on January 20th. Lee’s fourth album, Mission Bell, hit stores last week, and while you enjoy some photos from the Seattle date by Dawnielle Rene’, you can listen to a recent Amos Lee appearance on NPR’s World Cafe here. Amos Lee
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals played at a sold-out show at The Crocodile on Thursday. Grace and her band members – Scott Tournet (lead guitar), Matt Burr (drums), Cat Popper (bass) and Benny Yurco (guitar) – hail from Vermont and are touring in support of their latest album, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, featuring “Tiny […]
Middle Class Rut were the openers for Thirty Seconds to Mars recently in Seattle. I thought about combining their photos with Thirty Seconds to Mars’ photos, but then decided I wanted to give them their own showcase. I really enjoyed seeing this vigorous duo from Sacramento. I didn’t know a thing about them going into […]
Last year, in April to be exact, I went to the University of Washington’s First Nations 39th Annual Spring Pow Wow. It was held on the UW campus for three days – I caught quite a bit of the final day. There were competitions in singing, dancing and drumming, as well as some moving tributes […]