One’s from France and one’s from New York. The duo, Mr. No and Bryan Black, calls themselves MOTOR. On Halloween in Seattle they opened for Gary Numan; their set was a pulsating whir. This was a great Halloween experience. MOTOR @ Neumos – all photos by Dagmar Gallery of MOTOR @ Neumos
Recently Of Montreal brought Janelle Monáe out on the road as their opener. I took some photos of her very entertaining set at the Paramount, where she had women dressed as nuns dancing on the stage with her. There were also scary Venice Carnival masks involved. Janelle Monáe – all photos by Dagmar Gallery of […]
I had the gracious opportunity to interview comedian/singer Jade Esteban Estrada while he was on tour through the pacific northwest. A little backstory; while I was a theatre/communications student at Yakima Valley Community College, I had taken one of his acting workshops, and learned a great deal from him. Jade had made a stop in […]
Robyn’s second opener on Sunday night (after Natalia Kills) was Maluca, yet another powerhouse. As a performer Maluca managed to grip my brain like a vise. Oh, and that was actually a good experience. “El Tigaraso” is her breakout track, but I’m going to encourage you to get the China Food Mixtape here. Maluca – […]
Välkommen till Seattle, Robyn. On Sunday the Swedish artist Robyn had a very busy day with an appearance at Easy Street Records and a full live show at Neumos. Photographer/writer Suzi Pratt and I checked out the evening show, while photographer Simon Krane caught Robyn’s set at Easy Street. My favorite moment of the show […]