Two exceptionally talented local solo artists added in backing bands for their Bumbershoot appearances. David Bazan never fails to hush an audience with his beautiful voice and heartfelt words; his KEXP lounge show was just one more example. Fences played his set at the EMP skychurch stage. He had some major musician swap-outs in his […]
Two amazing shows we were able to catch at Bumbershoot: the Crash Kings in their 107.7 End Session and the Dandy Warhols on the Broad Street stage. It’s incredible to be part of an End Session, and expectations of the Crash Kings were way too low; they deserve a lot more credit and looking forward […]
Bloc Party singer/guitarist Kele performed a solo show at Chop Suey on Friday evening. I say solo – he’s got a whole band with him! Kele has released a new album under his first name, called the Boxer. It came out in June and it’s great to see him recording and doing live shows even […]
The Crocodile had the Welsh singer Marina Lambrini Diamandis play their stage the other night. Actually she goes by Marina and the Diamonds – a name that includes herself and her band. She’s appropriately included jewels in the titles of 3 of her 4 releases, including the LP the Family Jewels. Photographer Alex Crick got […]
Does It Offend You, Yeah? have so many awesome songs. I don’t know which one is my favorite, though I lean strongly towards “Let’s Make Out“. The British band played Chop Suey on Thursday with Kele and photographer James Bailey was at the show and took some wonderful shots of them: Does It Offend You, […]