On a visit to Seattle in October, Nashville’s Bully headlined Barboza. Bully’s debut album Feels Like has received awesome reviews, and they’ll begin 2016 with a huge tour. And great job in making the cover of Nashville Scene‘s Year In Music Issue. All Seattle photos by Simon Krane:
Canadian electro-pop artist LIGHTS and her band recently played at the 18th annual Snow Cap Party at the Pyramid Alehouse in Seattle. This was one stop on their co-headlining tour with the Mowgli’s. As always, LIGHTS mingled with the crowd and during one song she was given a nice drawing from a fan. In the middle of their set, they slowed it down with several seated acoustic songs.
LIGHTS has visited the Seattle area several times, including a much-loved set at Bumbershoot in 2012. Singer-songwriter Valerie Poxleitner-Bokan has fine tuned her live performance, which, from the beginning has been appealing. Exquisitely tattooed, including one tattoo in German (‘Jetzt und immer die Segen von der Vater und bleibst Unschuldig bis Er kommt), Poxleitner-Bokan’s voice always meshes with her likewise charming songs. New mom Poxleitner-Bokan and her band completed the tour just yesterday!
LIGHTS
Artist: Carly Rae Jepsen
Song: “Last Christmas”
Why You Want to Listen: Jepsen does a lovely cover of Wham’s “Last Christmas.” I am big fan of Christmas music, and this song has always been a favorite. Oh, and psst: Jepsen will be in Seattle on February 29th!
Hailing from California, the Mowgli’s played the 18th annual Pyramid Alehouse Snow Cap Party in Seattle. They are currently on tour co-headlining with LIGHTS in support of their third album, Kids in Love, released earlier this year. Five of the seven members sang and offered up some great harmonies. Probably best known for their song “San Francisco,” which reached #13 on Billboard’s alternative chart a few years ago.
Mowgli’s
LA-based Phoebe Bridgers, while on tour with Blitzen Trapper, made a stop at the Neptune Theatre. The 20 year old was my best “new find” at Bumbershoot 2015 and I was pleased that she was playing in Seattle again. Marshall Vore joined her on drums and vocals for several songs. Phoebe recently released “Killer” – an EP produced by Ryan Adams. You can get a nice sampling of her music HERE.
Phoebe Bridgers