Photos: NEEDTOBREATHE @ Marymoor Park

NEEDTOBREATHE @ Marymoor Park, 9/1/16
Photos by Kirsey Sutton

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NEEDTOBREATHE put on outdoor show at Marymoor Park on September 1, 2016. If you notice that date, you’ll know this is also a Walk Down Memory Lane post, where we can still enjoy the show photos (but a bit late -sorry, the editor apologizes). This one’s part 17, if you’re asking.

NEEDTOBREATHE has roots in Possum Kingdom (singer and guitarist are brother; they grew up in the city), probably the same Possum Kingdom in the song by Toadies. Why am I fixated on this? First, that song is fanastic. Second, how cool would it be to say you’re from Possum Kingdom. But back to NEEDTOBREATHE. Every single NEEDTOBREATHE album (there are 6) has received great reviews. 2016’s Hard Love was another hit. These accomplishments in music are pretty rare.

We’ve also got photos of the evening’s openers, Mat Kearney and John Mark McMillan.

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Music: The Presets’ “Do What You Want”

Band: The Presets
Song: “Do What You Want”
Why You Want to Listen: This really exciting! The Presets, always one of my faves, are back with their first album since 2012’s Pacifica. This Australian duo knows how to come up with cool songs, and guess what? They’ve done it again with song one, “Do What You Want,” off an upcoming 2018 album. And I also love this photo of them with assorted gummy candies on their faces. Yum.


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“Do What You Want” – cover art by Jonathan Zawada

Photos: Lucy Rose @ Neptune Theatre

English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose opened at the Neptune Theatre in support of her third studio album, Something’s Changing. The show was near the tail end of her North American tour with punk rocker Paul Weller. Backed by her two-member band on bass, piano, electric guitar and violin, Rose played both acoustic guitar and piano. Missed the show? Rose will be back in Seattle next March.


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Photos: K.Flay @ Barboza

K.Flay & @ Barboza, 10/30/16
Photos by Tino Tran

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One day before Halloween in 2016, the wonderful and varied K.Flay performed at Barboza. This year has been very good for her, as she’s released her second album, Every Where Is Some Where, and grabbed an opening slot for Imagine Dragons. She’s also given back; proceeds from her book, Crush Me Book, benefit three organizations to help battle homelessness and child abuse. Well done. For her Seattle date, she was joined by Nightly and Layne. Here we are, with a very special part 16 of Back Beat Seattle’s Memory Lane Series.

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