Schoolyard Heroes @ Bumbershoot, September 2014 Show Review by Abby Williamson Photos by Simon Krane & Abby Williamson Schoolyard Heroes‘ Ryann Donnelly – photos by Abby Williamson Bumbershoot usually brings together old and new bands into one collage of music all over the Seattle Center, but you don’t often get the experience of seeing a […]
King Khan & BBQ Show @ the Crocodile, 10/11/14 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar King Khan & BBQ Show‘s King Khan/Blacksnake Canada’s King Khan & BBQ Show took over the Crocodile for a date in early October. This was my first time seeing King Khan at all, whose garage rock shows are legendary. And […]
Slowdive & Low @ the Neptune, 11/4/14 Review by Nick Nihil Slowdive Admittedly I hadn’t actually listened to Slowdive before their show, an assignment I picked up at the last minute, but the way folks seemed to wax nostalgically eloquent upon their ambient, shoegazey glory, I figured they’d probably be up my vine. Plus, Low […]
Mark Lanegan @ the Neptune, 10/29/14 Show Review by Ira Leonard Mark Lanegan Mark Lanegan is a performer of such striking gravitas that I am certain he could stand at a microphone and read from a Betty Crocker cookbook and it would be compelling. Blessed with a baritone voice of unburnished gold, a natural sense […]
Margaret Cho @ Tacoma Comedy Club, 11/5/14 Show Review & Photos by Geoffrey Gribbin Margaret Cho On a rainy evening in Tacoma, Washington Margaret Cho takes the stage, her gritty humor and raw edginess are spared not. She immediately dives into her routine with a vengeance, including references to her fallen comrades. Her closeness to […]