Show Review & Photos: The Joy Formidable & The Lonely Forest @ The Crocodile

Tuesday nights, in general, are tough nights to get a crowd into a venue to see some live music. After all, most people have work or school on Wednesday morning, and Tuesday just isn’t close enough to Friday to call in sick. So when you have a couple of up-and-coming bands from fairly obscure places […]

Show Review & Video: Robert Plant and the Band of Joy @ the Paramount

He could tour on the strength of the Led Zeppelin back catalog until the end of his days, but 45 years into his career Robert Plant is still a musical chameleon. Plant continues to mix multitudes of diverse musical styles into unique, new and exciting sounds. His Americana/bluegrass collaboration with Alison Krauss in 2007, Raising […]

Show Review & Photos: Two Door Cinema Club @ Showbox Market

Showbox Market was a perfect venue for Two Door Cinema Club’s show on Tuesday night. The theater has great visibility from pretty much every spot, and you need that visibility with Two Cinema Club’s shows. The band moves so quickly and it’s great fun to watch them gamboling to their music. Plus the Showbox’s floor […]

Show Review & Photos: Lewis Black @ the Paramount & Mount Baker Theatre

Lewis Black is a comedian so great we wanted to cover him twice. On April 9th Black performed at the Paramount in Seattle, and then the following day at Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. Enjoy some excellent shots by photographers Matthew Lamb and Paul Israel, plus a review of the Seattle date by Lamb: Live […]

Show Review & Photos: My Chemical Romance @ Showbox SoDo

I think a lot of people aren’t open-minded enough for My Chemical Romance. They want to brand them as just another emo band and then move along. The group stands out though as hefty, violent romantics. They sing about life and death in ways that sensitive people understand immediately. My Chemical Romance’s connection with their […]