Kickin’ Ass and Chewin’ Bubble Gum: John Carpenter‘s Live Retrospective at the Paramount ~Blake Madden “Underpromise and over-deliver” is a motto for service providers, not the kind of sentiment an artist should use. John Carpenter is not your typical artist. He may be the least pretentious man in show business, a director and musician who […]
Mirah & Jherek Bischoff @ the Neptune, June 8th Review by Nick Nihil Mira & Jherek Bischoff Jherek Bischoff’s lack of the enigmatic is what makes him so fascinating. Cartoonishly gangly and coiffed, his sincerity assures he is not a mere construct of irony. So is it with his art that he has keenly drawn […]
The 1975 @ WaMu Theater – April 28, 2016 Show Review & Photos by Dagmar Matthew Healy of the 1975 The 1975 lovingly joins my British Bands Seen Live in 2016 list. Last year’s list included Rixton, Kaiser Chiefs and the Wombats, meaning, by the way, that 2015 was an excellent year for visits to […]
The Used @ Showbox SoDo, 4/5/16 Show Review & Photos by Monica Martinez Growing up as a screamo-loving angsty teen, I never really thought about what songs meant. I just knew that screaming them at the top of my lungs made me feel better. A decade later, it was soothing to hear the Used’s singer […]
Tori Kelly brought her Unbreakable Tour to Seattle in support of her debut studio album, Unbreakable Smile. The enthusiastic audience seemed to know all the words to her songs – especially during the middle of her set, when she played a number of solo, acoustic songs from her YouTube days. During “Confetti,” a large group […]
