Show Preview: Bloc Party @ the Neptune, Sat. 9/17

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I’ve been a Bloc Party fan ever since I heard their 2005 debut, Silent Alarm. Understand why if you see them tomorrow, Saturday, September 17th, at the Neptune. I can remember catching their very first show here, at Neumos, quite some time ago (2007 perhaps?). While waiting for doors to open, I waited in a fish and chips shop connected to the venue. As I got my dinner, the British band was sound checking. The cook/cashier said how great the bassist is. Absolutely no kidding. Bassist Gordon Moakes contributed a huge and all-things-fantastic sound to the quartet. Although he has since departed Bloc Party, that vibe lives on. Now onto their fifth album, 2016’s Hymns, even with lineup changes (you never know how that risk will turn out), Bloc Party is fabulous.

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Bloc Party – photo by Rachael Wright

Grab your tickets right here.

~Dagmar

Photos: Escondido @ the Tractor

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Escondido, a folk rock duo from Nashville, Tennessee, headlined the Tractor in April. Jessica Maros, from Vancouver, Canada, who worked with Band of Horses’ Bill Reynolds in another pairing, KUZIN, and Taylor James, a Mount Vernon, Washington-born touring band member of several bands, including Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, comprise the band. See what great combinations can be made? Escondido returned to Seattle with a September Bumbershoot appearance (we’ll have photos of that show too!), but first, Escondido photos by Tino Tran:

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Escondido – photos by Tino Tran

Show Preview: Gringo Star @ the Vera Project, Fri. 9/16

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All ages venue the Vera Project has Atlanta, Georgia rock band Gringo Star on its stage this Friday, September 16th. Let me get this out of the way first: There’s no reason on earth why you haven’t acquainted yourself with their latest album, the excellent The Sides And In Between (Gringo Star album four). Not only has it been out since August, but you can hear the work for free over on Flood Magazine (thanks Flood!!!) and on Spotify. The music is groovy and handsome and I want to live in it. I can see why the group’s press release mentions that the founding members, brothers Nicholas and Peter Furgiuele, grew up “cutting their teeth on the likes of Buddy Holly, The Animals and The Kinks.” I recommend catching the ’60s, mind-filling rock live.

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Gringo Star – photo by Vincent Monsaint

Need more information on the show? Head to the Vera Project’s event page.

Photos: Tina Dico @ the Triple Door

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Tina Dico, a singer-songwriter from Denmark, performed at the Triple Door in May. For the show, she brought fellow musician (and her husband), Helgi Jónsson, with whom she’ll have a set of September performances in Germany. Some big news since the Seattle date, and just announced by Dico on her Facebook page: she’s pregnant with her third child! Congratulations, and we’re thrilled for her and Jónsson.

All photos by Dana Pleasant:

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Tina Dico & Helgi Jónsson

Video: Major Lazer & DJ Snake “Lean On”

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Band: Major Lazer & DJ Snake

Song “Lean On” might be a 2015 release, but I will post any video I want, from any time! Totally doesn’t need to be a new video, I just have to like it.

Why You Want to Watch: The video and song features Danish musician MØ, that’s the number one point. It’s also got the American electronic supergroup Major Lazer and the French producer DJ Snake in it, also dancing in a Bollywood-inspired sequence. There’s a reason the video, to date, has over 1 billion views.

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“Lean On” Video