Video: The 1975’s “Love Me”

Artist: The 1975
Song/Video: “Love Me”
Why You Want to Listen/Watch: The band looks and sounds gorgeous in the video, which is a great and sexy parody of stardom. I love the blue eye shadow, the hot tub, and the dancing. Also, it was directed by the wonderful Diane Martel, who was at the helm of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” Goldfrapp’s “Ride a White Horse,” and Ciara’s “Love Sex Magic” – among many others.
Details: “Love Me” is the first single from the band’s second album, I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, set for a February 2016 release.

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More details from singer Matthew Healy himself:

“With Love Me we wanted to capture the neon-hued enthralling acquisition of success and excess, the screaming momentum, the sexy daze. Everything is REDICULOUS! But, is it? The only art worth any investment is art that makes one feel personally addressed. A simple truth, or set of truths, that galvanises an awareness and passion within an individual and in doing so immerses the individual into a sense of shared experience and community founded upon that same personal connection or experience. Too many artists care what others think. We are for the ‘community’! A non-linear observation on everything that has been and what will become. A lack of understanding of the world we are living in. The post-ironic notion of the modern world. Selfie mythologizing. Creating how we consume. Fragments of culture. Not settling for what you’re given. WE’VE JUST COME TO REPRESENT A DECLINE IN THE STANDARDS OF WHAT WE ACCEPT.”

Photos: Motion City Soundtrack @ the Showbox

While going through the archives, I came across photographer Alex Crick‘s photos of Motion City Soundtrack. These are from very early this year, and I apologize the lovely photos did not reach light of day on Back Beat Seattle until now. Panic Stations, the new release from the Minneapolis, Minnesota band, was produced by John Agnello. Agnello has also worked with Andrew W.K. and Sonic Youth.

~Dagmar, editor

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Photos: DIR EN GREY @ the Showbox

DIR EN GREY, a fantastic metal experimental band from Japan, visited Showbox at the Market on Monday evening. The group put on a tremendously entertaining and vigorous performance for some of the best fans I have ever seen. The audience had huge smiles and pumped fists during the entire show, and enjoyed songs such as “Merciless Cult, “OBSCURE,” and “UROKO.” While many of us may not have understood a word of most songs (most lyrics are in Japanese, and singer Kyo sure can howl), it was a performance to marvel at. Thank you, DIR EN GREY, for an awesome evening, and a fantastic new album in Arche. My only regret is that I couldn’t get photos of drummer Shinya.

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DIR EN GREY – photos by Dagmar

More Photos of DIR EN GREY @ Showbox at the Market

Photos: ZZ Ward @ the Neptune Theatre

ZZ Ward and her band brought their Love and War Tour to the Neptune Theatre on October 9th. The bluesy R&B singer played the sold-out show in support of her recent EP, Love and War, as well as her upcoming This Means War LP. ZZ mentioned they almost cancelled the show because she was sick, but you’d never know it – her soulful voice sounded as strong as ever during the high energy set. Opening were San Diego-based The Young Wild followed by Marc Scibilia and his band.

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Photos: Colleen Green @ Lo-Fi

Colleen Green, and her band, came up from Los Angeles to play the Lo-Fi this September. With a self-described genre of “Whatever U Want,” Green released I Want to Grow Up on Seattle’s Hardly Art label in 2015. Fans and future fans in Seattle, be on alert: Green returns for a show at El Corazon on December 21st.

All photos by Casey Brevig:

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