Magical English singer Sam Lee makes his first visit to Seattle tomorrow, Tuesday July 21st for a headlining show at the Fremont Abbey. Lee, formerly a dancer – a burlesque dancer at that! – got into the traditional music of Travellers (also called Gypsies: among the Irish, Scottish and Roma peoples) in the United Kingdom […]
Artist: The Vaccines Song: “20/20” Why you want to watch: There’s some weird stuff going on with a fellow and eyes; and it’s the Vaccines, sounding great and looking dishy in white. Details: Always a favorite of mine, the Vaccines have a hot new album, English Graffiti, and return to Seattle on August 8th for […]
One of Seattle’s coolest bands, the Mama Rags, recently did a session at FunkFarm, a Seattle music organization promoting and booking bands right here in the city. We’ve got some debut videos of the performance for you!! The Mama Rags The Mama Rags just released their first album, Hectic Electric, in June; here’s a peek […]
Artist: Raw Calibre Song: “Madman” Why you want to watch: Manchester, England’s Raw Calibre get locked up and bloodied, piñata style. This is probably NSFW. In the words of the director KC Locke, it’s “Sick in every meaning of the word.” Details: A cool-sounding grime band whose debut EP, Hierarchy comes out next month.
The instantly-attractive song “Laced,” by Australia trio DMA’s (that’s no typo – that’s how they spell their name), came to my attention quite recently. I wish I’d heard these guys earlier, but now that I know them, I will appreciate them greatly. Originally I was going to feature the video for “Laced” on its own, […]