TORRES, fronted by Mackenzie Scott, recently played at Neumos on Capitol Hill in downtown Seattle. The show was near the front end of her Three Futures album release tour covering both North America and Europe. Paris-born, Philadelphia-based Paloma Gil and Lou Hayat of The Dove & The Wolf opened.
TORRES
The Dove & The Wolf
Two Door Cinema Club @ Showbox SoDo, 4/19/17
Photos by Alex Crick
Two Door Cinema Club‘s Alex Trimble & Kevin Baird
A springtime visit from Two Door Cinema Club was hosted by Showbox SoDo. The Northern Ireland trio is always a must-see and must-cover band for us at Back Beat Seattle, and we thank them again for being so awesome. The group just completed another US tour, but we could always do with more Two Door Cinema Club. Thanks, photographer Alex Crick, for the lovely shots of the guys. And now, part 14 of our Memory Lane Series.
Two Door Cinema Club
Band: Tove Lo
Song: “Disco Tits”
Why You Want To Watch: Tove Lo’s video for “Disco Tits” features a puppet boyfriend. That little puppet is super cute, and I love the Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo, so of course I had to check this one out immediately. It’s brilliant. Directed by fellow Swede, Tim Erem, Tove Lo admits of it on Facebook: you say I’m an iconic bitch cause I did some puppet sex yah. Now, find out what happens after she asks the puppet, “If you could pick any flavor once, would you still choose vanilla?”
San Diego-based Elise Trouw brought her one woman band to the Royal Room in the Columbia City neighborhood in south Seattle. Drums, bass, guitar and piano – she played them all, accompanied by prerecorded music and looping. Her stop in Seattle was midway through her five city west coast tour (her first!). Earlier this year, Trouw released her debut album, Unraveling, on her own Goober Records label. Given the enthusiastic response from the audience, expect Trouw to be on tour again next year with a stop in Seattle.
Elise Trouw
Foals @ the Paramount, 9/23/16
Photos by Casey Brevig
Foals‘ Yannis Philippakis
England’s Foals made an appearance in Seattle last fall. We’re always committed to sharing photos, no matter how far in time we need to go, so this photo series by Casey Brevig comes in as number 13 in our Memory Lane Series. Again, our editor apologies that this series even exists, but we’re making a huge push to get all the awesome editorial work up before end of the year. How exciting is that? Thanks to Foals for visiting Seattle, and for being an amazing band!
Foals