Interview & Show Preview: Beats Antique @ Showbox SoDo, Sat. 1/28

Beats Antique put a little of everything in their music and then mix it all up. Horns, drums, Eastern and Balkan influences, and sounds of the circus absorb into their sound like nothing else you’ve heard. And it is gorgeous. The Oakland, CA trio visits Seattle this Saturday, January 28th for an appearance at Showbox […]

Videos: Adam Lambert, Gringo Star & Dead Sara

If you missed Adam Lambert on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, here’s video of Lambert performing his new song, “Better Than I Know Myself.” Adam Lambert’s second album, Trespassing, will see a March 20th, 2012 release. Adam Lambert – photo courtesy of adamofficial.com     Gringo Star, a quartet from Atlanta, has […]

Photos & Video: Company of Thieves, Motopony, Roman Holiday & Three for T @ the Vera Project

Another fabulous lineup at the Vera Project went down on November 20, 2011 with Company of Thieves, Motopony, Roman Holiday, and Three For T. Photographer Jason Tang contributed his wondrous shots of all four bands, and what great subjects they are! Tang also got a video of Company of Thieves performing “Death of Communication.”

Interview & Show Preview: Thomas Dolby @ the Triple Door, Mon. 10/10

Brit musician and composer Thomas Dolby appears at the Triple Door on Monday, October 10th for what is set to be part lecture part performance. The event, THE FLOATING CITY: A Dieselpunk Dystopia, will focus primarily on Dolby’s newly released album A Map of the Floating City – his first since 1992’s Astronauts & Heretics […]

Interview & Show Preview: Gomez @ the Showbox Market, Tues. 9/27

Gomez, an eminent and groovy band from Great Britain who continually defies classification, will be in Seattle tonight for a headlining show at the Showbox. I had the good fortune to see their two Seattle dates last year at the Crocodile, and both shows were supreme. The band has a new album out, Whatever’s On […]