Husband and wife musicians, Steve Tannen and Deb Talan, make up the Weepies, an indie band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. The pair visited Seattle’s the Neptune Theatre in June, and treated fans to a live introduction to new songs from Sirens, the artists’ first release after Talan defeated cancer last year. Sirens, their first release since 2010’s Be My Thrill, is a very welcome return!
All photos by Dana Pleasant:
The Weepies
Oslo, Norway’s Nico & Vinz dropped by the Neptune in June. Nico & Vinz is the pair behind the song “Am I Wrong,” which is not only awesome but if you haven’t come across it you just might live under a rock (hey, it’s OK if you do). Why would you have missed it? It was way high up the charts in America and all over Europe; it’s probably heading to Asia as you read this. Their first album was released under the name Envy, but album two, technically their debut as Nico & Vinz, hit stores in October, 2014. Called Black Star Elephant, it sounds mighty fine.
All photos by Casey Brevig:
Nico & Vinz
You would never know by looking at these photos, but the first day of Bumbershoot had real thunder and lightning hit the grounds. As the storm came and went, artists such as Smokey Brights, Elle King, Kacey Musgraves and Phoebe Bridgers performed – bravely – for festival attendees:
Smokey Brights – photos by Kirk Stauffer
Smokey Brights – photos by Simon Krane
Smokey Brights – photos by Kirk Stauffer
Elle King – photos by Kirk Stauffer
Kacey Musgraves – photos by Kirk Stauffer
Phoebe Bridgers – photos by Kirk Stauffer
Phoebe Bridgers – photos by Simon Krane
Artist: The Allies
Song: “Emma Peel”
Why You Want to Watch: There’s no fuss here, just a guy’s obsession with The Avenger‘s Emma Peel. Look for a cameo by Seattle’s now gone The Older Timer’s Cafe (which, I think is now Utilikilts in Pioneer Square). The Internet tells me that Bruce Springsteen dropped by and played there in 1980.
Details: Track comes off the Allies’ only full-length, Allies. The Seattle original power pop band released the album in 1982, with a re-release on Haunted Field Label, label of the Allies’ Dave Kincaid.
The Allies
Passport Approved, a radio show you just might have heard on local station the End, brought together several bands to tour the States. This year’s tour included, among others, Ireland’s Buffalo Sunn, England’s These Reigning Days, Canada’s Forest Blakk, and Los Angeles’ New Beat Fund, all bands Passport Approved wants you to know. By the way, Buffalo Sunn’s four out of five members are brothers. Pretty cool.
Photographer Alex Crick caught the March Seattle show:
Buffalo Sunn
These Reigning Days
Forest Blakk
New Beat Fund