Photos: SXSW 2017 in Austin, Texas

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Back from another March pilgrimage to Austin for the SXSW Music Festival. An additional day was added to the festival this year, resulting in six solid days of music – Monday to Saturday – nonstop each day from noon until 2am. I saw 70 performances in Austin during that time. This included the official showcases in the evening that your purchased badge admits you to, as well as the many, many free day parties put on by record companies, publicists, instrument manufactures, countries, publications, and everything else related to the music industry – complete with complimentary food and drinks. The official shows had 2000+ performers hailing from 60+ counties appearing in 100+ venues. This was my eighth SXSW and every year I declare a Best New Find. This year it’s Maggie Rogers and she’ll soon be a household name. And without further ado, here’s one photo from each of the 70 performances:


Maggie Rogers


Bridgit Mendler


Whitney Rose


Alexandra Savior


Charlotte Cardin


Phoebe Bridgers


Darci Carlson


Tei Shi


Ariel Abshire


Sofia Reyes


REMSY


Valerie June


The Wild Reeds


The Aces


Charlie Faye


Gurr


Maggie Koerner


Sunny Sweeney


Laura Carbone


Holly Macve


Mignon


Nicole Atkins


Crystal Clayton


Billie Eilish


Little Hurricane


Frankie Rose


Alice Wallace


Jane Ellen Bryant


Sara Watkins


Moving Panoramas


Jain


Kate Nash


Rebecca Loebe


Forth Wanderer


Lo Moon


Marie Miller


Annie Hart


Vera Blue


Elle Exxe


Baskery


Cari Quoyeser


Masha


Tameca Jones


Alyse Black


Bonnie Whitmore


Alice Jemima


Beth Brown


Kingsbury


Let’s Eat Grandma


Barbara Nesbitt


Jess Williamson

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Show Review & Photos: Kaleo w/ Judah & the Lion @ the Showbox

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Kaleo with Judah and the Lion @ The Showbox 4/8/2017
Photos by John Rudolph

Kaleo played a sold out performance at the Showbox Saturday night to a very enthusiastic crowd of all ages. Some young and some young at heart danced all night. The party got started with a fantastic performance by Judah & the Lion, who grabbed the stage and never let go until the very last song.

Judah has a very unique sound combining alt-country, dance, and bluegrass that had the capacity crowd bouncing and screaming.

Kaleo followed Judah & The Lion with JJ Julius Son’s deep sultry voice dominating the stage. He has such a cool voice for the blues. Kaleo’s set was a little less colorfully lit for most of his songs, which made sense given his style. He changed that up with his falsetto on his hit “All The Pretty Girls.”

Kaleo is one of those bands that I could listen to all day – so much so that I bought their album, A/B.


Kaleo


Judah and The Lion

Show Preview: deadmau5 @ WaMu Theater, Fri. 4/21 & Sat. 4/22

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Preview: deadmau5 @ WaMu Theater, Fri. 4/21 & Sat. 4/22
~Dagmar


deadmau5 – photo by Matt Barnes

The brilliant deadmau5, producer of electronic house and all things awesome and electronically-based, has two shows lined up for us in Seattle: Friday, April 21st & Saturday, April 22nd. Thank you. Really, thank you. That should be enough to persuade you that you need to see these shows.

But. . . maybe you have not heard deadmau5? Joel Thomas Zimmerman is deadmau5’s person/behind stage name, and he’s got an intriguing group of people he’s worked with. Great examples include My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, who provided vocals to “Professional Griefers,” KASKADE on the track “I Remember” (if you know any deadmau5 song immediately, most likely it’s this one), and Rob Swire singing on “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff”. If you’re asking, so far in my deadmau5 fan life “aware” just might hit the top of my deadmau5 favorites.

These dates are just part of deadmau5’s Lots Of Shows In A Row Tour, and I’m looking right now to see about Seattle tickets. They are no sold out. Check tomorrow though, as we might be lucky and more tickets will be released? Maybe? Just maybe? And, if you have tickets, have a blast.

Now, I leave you with the smashing “Snowcone”:

Friday Ticket Link
&
Saturday Ticket Link

Photos: Julie Byrne @ Neumos

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Touring with Whitney, Julie Byrne played at a sold-out show at Neumos in support of her sophomore album, Not Even Happiness. Flanked by Eric Littmann (synth) and Jake Falby (violin), the New York-based singer-songwriter captivated the audience with her beautiful voice and songs. Julie lived for awhile in Seattle and it was evident that she had numerous friends in the crowd. She’ll will be back in town at the Capitol Hill Block Party in July.


Julie Byrne

Show Preview: FYOHNA @ Chop Suey, Tues. 4/18

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Show Preview: FYOHNA @ Chop Suey, Tues. 4/18
~Dagmar


FYOHNA

FYOHNA, the Los Angeles pair Katarina Gleicher and Elliot Glasser, visit Seattle for a show tomorrow at Chop Suey. Their performance will be a bit of a taster of their self-titled debut, which is available on April 28th (yes!!). I would say if you enjoy some gorgeous vocals and cool beats (there, I said it), you will love this band. Earlier today, they sat down with local news show New Day NW, and performed “Ghost Heart.” I also see the word trap in their Facebook profile. Too good. Great stuff.

They’ll open for Seattle’s KREEA (3rd of a 4-band lineup), so do get to the venue early! Doors at 8, and tickets and more details are available here.