Country singer Cam started her set with a bang – the new single “Diane” – which NPR listed in their The 100 Best Songs Of 2017. The sold-out show at the Crocodile Café was near the finale of her The Best Coast Tour. Meet and greet participant Kelsey came onstage to sing with Cam. Logan Mize and Dirty Bird opened.
Cam
Dirty Bird
Logan Mize
Sound Off! Finals @ MoPOP, 3/11/17 & Sound Off! 2018 Begins
Photos by Simon Krane
Memory Lane Series part 25
Jason McCue
A belated congratulations to the final four competitors in Sound Off! 2017. Folk artist Jason McCue, a transplant from Philadelphia, won first place. He followed up that win with numerous shows in Seattle last year. Coming in second was R&B singer Falon Sierra, who also had a huge live presence in the area. At third and fourth places were, respectively, the electronic Torpoise (another prolific live act), and rock quartet The Good Weird. These wins open up many opportunities, and you can see the 2018 Sound Off!, starting on Friday, February 9th, at MoPop.
Falon Sierra
Jason McCue
Torpoise
Falon Sierra
The Good Weird
Jason McCue
St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) brought her “Fear the Future Tour” to the Moore Theatre in support of her fifth studio album, Masseduction. The sold-out show was performed in two acts, with a few minutes in between for a costume change. Instead of having a backing band, Annie played her electric guitar to prerecorded music. Tuck & Patti opened, and Tuck commented that Annie was his niece and former tour manager.
St. Vincent
Tuck & Patti
Show Preview: Walking Papers w/ Vauedville Etiquette @ the Crocodile, Sat. 1/27/18
~Dagmar
Walking Papers – photo by Dean Karr
Rhythm and blues-rock band Walking Papers returned last week with the release of WP2, the follow-up to their 2013 fabulous debut, Walking Papers. Every single person I played that debut to loved it, even though each one had different music tastes. It was amazing! You don’t need to be into rock music to enjoy this band, although I would doubt your love of rock if you said you didn’t like them. So how is WP2? Unquestionably fantastic. Talking about the album, singer/guitarist Jefferson Angell said: “This record has exceeded my expectations of what I thought that might be. . . It perfectly captures the raw, explosive energy of a band primed from extensive touring while at the same time achieving the polish and elevation that comes from experimenting in the studio.” Some of my fave tracks include “Red & White,” “Yours Completely,””Before You Arrived,” “This is How It Ends,” “My Luck Pushed Back,” and, “I Know You’re Lying,” but it’s a 10 out of 10 album. To celebrate W2, Walking Papers headline the Crocodile this Saturday, January 27th. The show has now sold out, but I always always always always tell people to keep looking for tickets. I rate Walking Papers as a band I aggressively recommend seeing live. I’ve seen them at the Sunset, and I’ve seen them at the Crocodile. They know how to rock.
Details and tickets here.
Artist: The Vaccines
Video: “I Can’t Quit”
Why You Want To Watch: The truly great Vaccines have a new album coming out! It’s called Combat Sports, and I really need this band right now. The British band really does stand as a strong example of how awesome pop music can be. The Vaccines also discussed the plan behind this video: “We wanted to make something immediate and direct, and not overly conceptual. We wanted the audience to be involved in the video, to do some of their own investigating and speculating. I like the idea that there could be discussions going on as to what happened in the video long after it is made”. I hope a tour is in the works – they are amazing live too.
The Vaccines