Aimee Mann Hot off of her new record CHARMER (featuring The shins frontman James Mercer) Aimee Mann thrilled her fans at The Neptune with an intimate performance. She joked about taking requests and the audience took her up on it. They started yelling every song ever written by Aimee over the past decades. The fun […]
Melvins Lite & Big Business @ Showbox Market, 9/6 Review by M. Crossley Photos by Rod Tipton Seminal- adj. 1. Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed. 2. Of, relating to, or having the power to originate; creative. 3. Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development. […]
MusicfestNW – 9/5-9/9 Show Reviews & Photos by Abby Williamson School of Seven Bells This year was my third MusicfestNW in a row, but my first time covering it for Back Beat Seattle. It’s an interesting festival, without food vendors, temporary stages and tents – well there are a few of those, but the majority […]
Uproar Festival, 9/22 Show Review & Photos by Heather Fitzpatrick On September 22nd, Uproar Festival again took over the White River Amphitheatre, and featured 14 bands, including this region’s “Battle of The Bands” winner, Windowpane. The first set of bands played back-to-back sets of approximately 30 minutes on two smaller stages, engaging fans to jump, […]
French DJ/producer Martin Solveig – in his characteristic athletic headband – opened for Madonna’s two Seattle dates this week. This was fortunate for us and made sense – Solveig was one of the producers of Madonna’s most recent album, MDNA (several tracks on the album, such as “Turn Up the Radio,” “Give Me All Your […]
