Show Review & Photos: Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright @ the Paramount

Rufus Wainwright played an emotional and moving show at the Paramount last night in Seattle. The singer-songwriter wrapped up his tour with his sister, Martha Wainwright, in a performance that was so revealing and sensitive. For the first half of the show, he played songs from All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu in a […]

Photos: Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven @ Neumos

David Lowery did two shows in a row the other night at Neumos in his bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. Plus the tour is still going – I think it’s very cool to pull this off. In case you didn’t know, Cracker, whose most recent release is last year’s Sunrise in the Land of […]

(Photos) American Idol Tour 2010 @ KeyArena

I have to be honest. I wasn’t a big American Idol fan, and never followed the show each season as most people do.  I never followed any of the prior seasons as I never understood what the big hype was. However, that all changed this year when my girlfriend and my former roommates got me […]

Photos: Wayfinders, Hotels, Katie Kate & Steel Tigers of Death @ the Comet

Back Beat Seattle had its first show at the Comet on Friday night and I want to say thank you to the bands who played, to all the people who came to the event (we had some serious competition with Digable Planets across the street at Neumos) and to everyone at the Comet who made […]