Cool Cover: Oh, Weatherly‘s Lips Like Oxygen.
Details: July 2018 debut release from the Dallas quintet, its cover has shiny metallic lips on it. Look at that melting lip gloss.
Show Review & Photos: Washed Out & Yoshi Flower @ the Neptune
Show Review & Photos: Washed Out w/ Yoshi Flower @ the Neptune – 5/14/18
By Lisa Hagen Glynn
The Neptune was surprisingly packed for a Monday night, as chillwave pioneer Ernest Greene and bandmates took the stage as Washed Out. The white-clad trio melted into the backdrop for a series of nostalgic and psychedelic projections.
Washed Out
They first showcased several tunes from their 2017 visual album Mister Mellow — a funky exploration of work, ennui, and weed – before continuing with their older hits. The audience cheered at the opening bars of, “Feel It All Around,” made famous by the title sequence of the TV show Portlandia, and “Eyes Closed,” from Washed Out’s 2011 album Within and Without. Although the crowd wasn’t really the dancing type, there was plenty of enthusiastic head-nodding and hand-waving.
Los Angeles solo artist Yoshi Flower opened with a set of guitar, vocals, drum samples, and some audience participation.
Washed Out
Yoshi Flower
Phoebe Bridgers @ Crocodile Café
Phoebe Bridgers was back in Seattle to play a sold-out show at the Crocodile Café. Backed by her four-member band dressed in white shirts and narrow black ties, she’s on the road in support of her debut album, Stranger In The Alps. Harrison Whitford opened and was also a member of Phoebe’s band.
Phoebe Bridgers
Harrison Whitford
Show Preview: Glassjaw @ the Showbox, Sun. 7/15
Preview: Glassjaw @ the Showbox, Sun. 7/15
~Dagmar
Glassjaw
On Sunday evening, post-hardcore band Glassjaw co-headlines with Quicksand at the Showbox. A week into the tour, the group should still be celebrating the release of their first full-length album in fifteen years, Material Control. That album came out in December of 2017, so Glassjaw fans have had a bit of time to get into the new songs. Never heard Glassjaw before? You can head back to their other albums, but Material Control would be a great place to start as well. Tearing in at track one of Material Control is “New White Extremity,” with its nihilistic end: Nothing’s bigger than nothing. “Shira,” is also a great song, as is the Indian-inspired “Bastille Day.” If you want to know more about the stories behind the songs, NPR had a cool interview with singer Daryl Palumbo, who talked about each track. I’m particularly partial to “My Conscience Weighs a Ton.”
Important note: another New York band, Spotlights, opens. If you’re heading to this show to catch Glassjaw, they will be on second. Follow this link for tickets & more details.
Photos: Everclear w/ Marcy Playground @ Showbox SoDo
Everclear w/Marcy Playground @ Showbox SoDo, 6/22/18
Photos by John Rudolph
Led by Art Alexakis, Everclear always sound great and their performance style makes you want to pull out all your CDs and remember the ’90s’ great music. Marcy Playgorund reminded us how much we all love “Sex and Candy.” What a fun night hearing these two terrific bands live and remembering why we love bands who gained popularity in the ’90s.
Everclear
Marcy Playground