Artist: Massive Attack featuring Young Fathers
Song/Video: “Voodoo In My Blood”
Why You Want to Listen/Watch: Rosamund Pike!! Rosamund Pike!! And the song is awesome, too. Directed by Ringan Ledwidge, the video features Pike defying gravity. Very cool.
Photos: Rachel Platten @ Showbox at the Market
Rachel Platten made a stop at Showbox at the Market last week during her Wildfire tour, in support of her latest studio album by the same name. In what appeared to be a sold-out show, the enthusiastic audience ranged from one end of the age spectrum to the other. Rachel was joined on stage by longtime drummer Craig Meyer and three other band members. Rachael commented that she was at the Showbox almost exactly a year ago as an opener and only played a short set. I was fortunate to shoot that one as well. It’s amazing how a single song – “Fight Song” – can catapult a performer’s career.
Rachel Platten
Photos: Giraffage @ the Showbox
California’s Giraffage (musical name for one Charlie Yin) had the opening slot for Slow Magic at the Showbox in December 2015. Giraffage, whose genre Yin describes as “idk idc whatever dude” on Facebook, is an electronic producer who’s remixed songs by artists such as Mapei, Tinashe and Carly Rae Jepsen, among others. We’ve loved featuring Giraffage on here before, and are very happy to have him on again! All photos by Casey Brevig:
Giraffage
Show Review & Photos: Iggy Pop @ the Paramount
Iggy Pop & Noveller @ the Paramount, Monday March 28th
Show Review & Photos by Monica Martinez
Iggy Pop – Brings us Post Pop Depression!
Iggy Pop came to Seattle on Monday, and of course he was amazing! The show started out sleepy and slow with opener, New York’s Sarah Lipstate, aka Noveller, who sounded kinda like if The Edge got really stoned and played solo. When Iggy got on, he brought the energy, kicking off his set with the classic and beloved “Lust for Life.” Although some of the audience called for Stooges songs, he didn’t play any of those. Instead, he drew from The Idiot, Lust for Life, and the new album, Post Pop Depression, making for a solid and fun set. Pop worked with Queens of the Stone Age’s front man Josh Homme on Post Pop Depression; as a big QOTSA fan this pairing got me excited! You can definitely hear a touch of the QOTSA sound in the great new songs and Pop’s & Homme’s voice sound incredible together. Watch for Pop to hit all the big European festivals this summer.
Iggy Pop & Josh Homme
Noveller
Photos: Ani DiFranco @ the Neptune
The fabulous Ani DiFranco visited Seattle’s Neptune Theatre on March 6th. Winner of numerous awards, DiFranco produced her latest album, Allergic to Water (woah, that would be an awful condition!), and began an awesome Ani’s Recommended Reading on her web site. That’s a brilliant idea, really. And, cool DiFranco alert: she’ll be on Jefferson Public Radio’s Open Air this Friday, April 1st at noon PDT. Don’t miss it, and right now, have a peek at photographer Dana Pleasant’s lovely shots of DiFranco’s Seattle show:
Ani DiFranco