Photos: Sum 41 @ the Neptune Theatre

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Making a stop in Seattle before Halloween, Sum 41 brought its Don’t Call It a Sum-Back tour to the Neptune Theatre. We’re happy to see the Canadian band back in action after singer-guitarist Deryck Whibley spent some time in the hospital recently, and one good thing to come of his treatment is the new Sum 41 album, 13 Voices. Whibley shared: “I had to learn how to do everything again – my motor skills, learning how to play guitar again. . . I couldn’t even walk at the time. . . I don’t think I would have recovered as quickly, or even at all. Writing music gave me a purpose.” Thank you, Sum 41, and to photographer Monica Martinez for the photos of them and openers, Senses Fail.

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Senses Fail – all photos by Monica Martinez

Photos: The Head and the Heart @ the Paramount

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Seattle’s own the Head and the Heart headlined three nights at the Paramount from November 5-7, 2016! We got photographer Dana Pleasant in to cover the last show, which was all part of the group’s Signs of Light tour. Loving those palm trees and neon lights they’ve got on stage with them. That Hawaiian shirt is also out of sight!

The sextet released Signs of Light, their first album on Warner Bros. this September, and it’s already their highest-charting recording yet. Well done! They’re gearing up right now for a huge tour, which will find them invading Europe this winter, and back in Seattle for an appearance at Deck the Hall Ball on December 6th. Congratulations to this beloved band for their success.

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Head and the Heart – all photos by Dana Pleasant

Photos: Andra Day @ Showbox at the Market

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Grammy nominated this year for Outstanding New Artist, Andra Day recently played at Showbox at the Market. Her tour made a stop in Seattle in support of her Grammy-nominated Best R&B Album, Cheers to the Fall. Surrounded by a four-member band plus two backup singers, Day played a long set filled with soul, jazz, R&B and blues. The show was streamed live by the Melodic Caring Project. LA-based sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey opened.

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Show Review & Photos: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox SoDo

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox SoDo, 10/20/16
~Review & Photos by Dagmar

Black Rebel Motorcycle’s first and second releases, B.R.M.C. and Take Them On, On Your Own brought excellent psychedelic music into the 21st century. Those two albums were my introductions to the band, who, with their ability to create psychedelic and bluesy music, has remained a favorite of mine. The show last month in Seattle paid special attention to those albums with the setlist predominantly featuring tracks off them.

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club‘s Peter Hayes

I’m pretty sure everyone in the audience was wearing black (really, no joke) at their Seattle show last month. I mention this because, while Seattle audiences wear a lot of black, the BRMC crowd wore black times ten. This is fine with me (whenever I shop for clothes, and if it’s not black, I want to know if it comes in black. It’s automatic). So I felt very at home in a BRMC fanbase: we’re all into an almost goth psychedelia.

The trio, Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Leah Shapiro, played several of my top early BRMC songs such as “Spread Your Love,” “Awake,” “Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘n’ Roll (Punk Song)” and “Six Barrel Shotgun” along with newer tracks “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo” and “Let the Day Begin, plus unreleased tracks “Bandung Hum” and “Haunt.” What a fantastic setlist. And hearing these musicians play and watching them perform is a an extraordinary experience. There’s talent, and then there’s talent shared in this band. The word intense might get overused, but BRMC owns that word. Completely.

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More Photos of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox SoDo

Setlist – Seattle, October 20th 2016:

Bandung Hum – unreleased
Rival – Specter at the Feast
Beat the Devil’s Tattoo – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
Let the Day Begin – Specter at the Feast
Ain’t No Easy Way – Howl
Berlin – Baby 81
Haunt – unreleased
Shuffle Your Feet – Howl
In Like the Rose – Take Them On, On Your Own
Conscience Killer – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
US Government – Take Them On, On Your Own
Red Eyes and Tears – B.R.M.C.
Awake – B.R.M.C.
Six Barrel Shotgun – Take Them On, On Your Own
Spread Your Love – B.R.M.C.
Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘n’ Roll (Punk Song) – B.R.M.C.

Photos: Bumbershoot – Day 2 w/ JoJo, Explosions in the Sky, Black Joe Lewis & More

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Singer and former child star JoJo (Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque), all grown up and now on the Atlantic label, was another wonderful artist Bumbershoot on its 2016 lineup. Her new album, Mad Love – her first in ten years – is out now. Texas’ loud instrumentalists Explosions in the Sky and Black Joe Lewis represented their state. The Front Bottoms, an indie band from the small New Jersey borough of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey singer Donna Missal, and Nashville duet Escondido brought additional variety to Bumbershoot. And last, but not least in this post is Seattle’s Lemolo, who plays St. Mark’s Cathedral (accompanied by a string orchestra) on December 2nd.

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