Photos: Train @ the Gorge

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Huge apologies to Train and everyone who helped set up photographer Jonathan Leung with a photo pass for Train’s Gorge 2015 appearance. It’s all an error on my part for somehow thinking I had posted these photos, while I had not. The snaps feature Train during the Picasso at the Wheel Tour (this show happened to be the tour’s final date). Unexpectedly, the group’s most recent releases are Christmas in Tahoe, a Christmas album, and a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin II, called Train Does Led Zeppelin II. Train brought The Fray and Matt Nathanson along for the entire Picasso at the Wheel Tour.

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Demi Lovato @ KeyArena

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Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas recently played at KeyArena during a stop in their Future Now Tour. Nick was up first and Demi was clearly the headliner, as they took turns on the stage throughout the show. They both appeared for “Stone Cold,” with Nick on piano. Later in the evening, surprise guest Bea Miller came out and sang with Demi, Nick did a few songs on his own, and the show wrapped up with Demi back on stage for three more songs. LA-based Chord Overstreet opened.

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Photos: KISW’s Pain In The Grass – Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Anthrax (Part 1)

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KISW always puts on a great show with their metal festival called Pain In The Grass, bringing out metal heavyweights like Disturbed, Anthrax, and Alter Bridge. They filled the second stage with slightly less-known acts like Radkey and 9Electric.

The party-like atmosphere of the show was fantastic. Fans were completely kitted out with black leather and lace. It was like Comic Con for the metal set.

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Music: Song Premiere – “C. Burns” by Vicious Petals

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We have a song premiere from Seattle’s Vicious Petals! The track, “C. Burns,” is straight off the Ryan Hadlock-produced (ahem, the Lumineers) debut LP, Main Street Lights, and it does indeed recall Billy Joel. I mention this because the group’s presser mentioned Joel, and, while sometimes comparisons in press releases just don’t vibe with what you hear, in this case, you can hear some fine Joel inspiration. There’s the effective vocals of Cooper Smith, plus horns and piano. And an incredibly infectious melody. Smith, who shares songwriting duties with the other half (but not lesser) of Vicious Petals, Ayako Okano, moved to Seattle from Memphis. Okano has likewise become a Seattleite; in her case, she made that trip from Japan. The song, which Ayako aptly describes as “a piano party,” is a tribute to a late friend of Cooper’s.

Main Street Lights comes out on August 26th, with a release party set for August 27th at the Sunset. Join them.

Vicious Petals by Steve Korn
Vicious Petals – photo by Steve Korn

~Dagmar