California native singer-songwriter Olivia O’Brien opened for Jack & Jack at Showbox at the Market. The stop in Seattle was near the end of their six-week tour. O’Brien’s recently released debut EP, It’s Not That Deep, has already delivered three singles: “Empty,” “RIP,” and “No Love.”
Olivia O’Brien
Making her second stop in Seattle this year, singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan headlined at Barboza. She and her signature green were on the road in support of the recently released James, her second EP. LA-based Molly Kate Kester opened.
Band: Elle Exxe
Video: “Catapult”
Why You Want To Watch: Scottish singer-songwriter Elle Exxe made her very own video! The electronic/pop musician doesn’t always appear as she does in this video; the 2D look is meant to stop judging by appearances alone:
“Too often people define and judge one another based on basic outlines – what clothes someone wears, who they’re friends with, what colour their skin is etc. Those judgements become beliefs – creating the same kind of instinct that tells you when something is flat or has depth. I wanted to mess with people’s minds in video format by creating a 2D illusion with high-contrast black and white makeup and clothing.”
Elle Exxe’s excellent debut album, Love Fuelled Hate, is out now.
Elle Exxe
Elle @ SXSW 2017 – photo by Kirk Stauffer
Toro y Moi & the Mattson 2 @ the Neptune, 11/7/16
Photos by Casey Brevig
Memory Lane Series, part 22
Toro y Moi
Details: So, this is pretty amazing: Toro y Moi (real name Chazwick Bradley Bundick) has a date named after him in Berkeley, California. As of 2017, June 21st is Chazwick Bradley Bundick Day! That’s an honor. Toro y Moi also put out a record, Boo Boo, in 2017, making it a big year for him. He’s already made two videos, “Pavement” and “Windows,” from the album with photographer Kristie Muller, but hasn’t announced any tour dates. As an opening band, Toro y Moi chose duo the Mattson2, with whom he made 2017’s album Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2.
Toro y Moi
The Mattson 2
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos played a solo set on two pianos at the Paramount Theatre over the Thanksgiving weekend. Seattle’s stop was near the tail end of her 24-city North American tour in support of her recently released 15th studio album, Native Invader. English indie band Scars On 45 opened.
