Show Review & Photos: Concrete Blonde & Jim Bianco @ the Showbox

Show Review by Shana Restall Crick Photos by Alex Crick Concrete Blonde The music of Concrete Blonde comprised a sizeable portion of the soundtrack to my college years. I was fortunate to be able to see them perform on June 24th at the Showbox during a stop on their “20 Years of Bloodletting” tour. Opening […]

Show Review & Photos: Discs of Fury… A Rock Opera!

Never have I experienced a show like last Saturday’s at the Crocodile.  Discs of Fury tell a mystical story of epic proportions and have serious musical chops to back it up. There’s a hero, the typical mix of mythical characters, guitar licks galore, and of course a talking tree. Really, what else do you need? […]

Photos: Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles & Past Lives & the High Dive

A fantastic lineup played the High Dive on Saturday night: Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles and Past Lives. Dum Dum Girls have a massive summer ahead of them with dates in Europe, and you can see them in the NW when they have a date with Vampire Weekend at Marymoor Ampitheater on August 29th. Crocodiles have […]

Show Review & Photos: The Brian Jonestown Massacre & Federale @ Neumos

The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been known for putting on wild shows ever since their 2004 collaboration with The Dandy Warhols in the documentary Dig!.  Their Sunday night show at Neumos was much tamer than expected, despite the audience’s encouragement for someone from the band to speak or even crack a smile.  Perhaps the only […]