Photos: Sound Off! 2018 Semifinals # 1 @ MoPOP

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Sound Off! 2018 @ MoPOP, 2/9/18
Photos by Simon Krane


Strawberry Mountain

Seattle’s psychedelic rock five-piece Strawberry Mountain came in first place in Sound Off! Semifinals #1. The semifinals, held on February 9th, included three additional Northwest acts: Dreadlight, Jawzilla, and Maiah Wynne. Congrats to them as well for getting those competition spots! By the way, Strawberry Mountain just debuted a snazzy new band T-shirt on its Bandcamp. Maiah Wynne grabbed the second place in the Semifinals, so she’s a possible wild card in the finals!

Sound Off! Semifinals # 2 takes place on Friday, February 16th at 7:00 PM at MoPOP.


Strawberry Mountain


Maiah Wynne


Dreadlight


Jawzilla

First Aid Kit @ Moore Theatre

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Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit – fronted by Johanna (bass) and Klara Söderberg (guitar) – played a sold-out show at the Moore Theatre. The sisters and their three-member backing band are on the road in support of their recently released, fourth studio album, Ruins. To the delight of the Seattle audience, they played “Crazy On You” by another sister band – Heart. Van William opened and joined First Aid Kit during the encore.


First Aid Kit


Van William

Music & Video: Bad Gyal’s “Blink”

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Song: “Blink”
Artist: Bad Gyal
Why You Want to Listen & Watch: Barcelona’s Bad Gyal, a singer who performs her music in English, Spanish and Catalan, gives us a taste of her new mixtape with the track “Blink.” The video shows Bad Gyal singing and dancing while surrounded by flowers in Mexico City- and she shakes her stuff! You like what you hear and see? Then you’re in luck, Bad Gyal visits Seattle’s Barboza on March 7th. You’ll get to see her 2018 show before SWSW.


Photo by Alexis Gómez

Photos: The Dandy Warhols & Telegram @ the Showbox

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Dandy Warhols & Telegram @ the Showbox, 12/17/16
Photos by Monica Martinez
Memory Lane Series, part 25


Dandy Warhols

Details: Portland’s got many things you can call their pride and joy; one of them is definitely the Dandy Warhols. They shared songs off 2016’s Distortland live in Seattle for the first time (by the way, if you love that album loads, you can get it live on vinyl), and the psychedelic quartet had London’s Telegram open the evening. Touring with the Dandy Warhols brought Telegram to America for the first time!


The Dandy Warhols


Telegram