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
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
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
It’s always good to get back to SXSW in Austin for their version of March Madness! As in recent years there were 2000+ performers in 100+ venues, spread out over several square miles. I saw 60 performers/bands, took over 6000 photos, and have pared it down to the following …
Whitney Rose
Cam
Marina Kaye
Grace Mitchell
Maggie Rose
Margo Price
Dua Lipa
Pearl Charles
Kacy Hill
Niykee Heaton
Soren Bryce
Basia Bulat
Kalie Shorr
Maren Morris
Lissie
Daya
Cloves
Billie Marten
Sister Saint
Låpsley
Megan Bonnell
Aurora
CALLmeKAT
Carrie Rodriguez
Demi Louise
Margaret Glaspy
Frances
Hailey Whitters
Hinds
Alice Phoebe
Colleen D’Agostino
Jaime Wyatt
Leslie Powell
Lily and Madeleine
Miya Folick
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EMP hosted its annual Sound Off! competition on February 27th. The Semifinals #3 made Dre’zy and too Smoove the winner (and audience favorite!), and LEE the runner up. The event is always a favorite here at Back Beat Seattle. Enjoy photographer Simon Krane’s photos of Dre’zy and too Smoove, LEE, and the other two Semifinals # 3 participants Hello, I’m Sorry and Paralexis:
Dre’zy and too Smoove
Paralexis
LEE
Hello, I’m Sorry
Dre’zy and too Smoove
Paralexis
L
Hello, I’m Sorry