Photos: Bumbershoot – Day 3 w/Twin Shadow

Twin Shadow had one of the fullest photo pits (and largest outdoor crowds) I saw at Bumbershoot last year. Photographer Simon Krane was there as well, and so Back Beat Seattle had two photographers to capture pictures of the very photogenic Twin Shadow and band (yes!!!). Want more Twin Shadow? He’ll return to Seattle on April 23rd to headline Neumos.

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Twin Shadow – photo by Simon Krane

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Photos: Wolfmother & Electric Citizen @ the Neptune

Australia’s Wolfmother hit the Neptune in Seattle on July 31, 2014. The very rocking trio released its first album in five years, New Crown, also in 2014. Welcome back, Wolfmother! We missed you. With them was Electric Citizen, a Cincinnati, Ohio band including husband and wife Ross and Laura Dolan. All photos by Monica Martinez:

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Video: Johnny Marr’s “Dynamo”

Artist: Johnny Marr
Song: “Dynamo”
Why you want to watch: “Dynamo” features Marr in a salmon colored top and what, I think, has become one of his things: silver nails. The song is off his second album, Playland – another of my favorite albums of 2014.
Details: Johnny Marr had to cancel several North American tour dates last year, but here’s a bit of what he is like live = awesome!

Photos: Brooke Fraser @ Crocodile Café

Seattle was the first stop on Brooke Fraser’s Brutal Romantic Tour. The sold-out show was also her first show in three years. Brooke and her three-member band played songs off her new album, Brutal Romantic, which was released last November, as well as alternate versions of her older songs. The style of her music has changed and she sounded great on every song – new and old. There was a lot of interaction with the audience and early in the set Brooke commented that her leather outfit was very comfortable and referred to them as “cow pajamas”. LA-based Dark Waves, fronted by Nick Long, opened.

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Photos: Lucy Woodward @ Admiral Theater

You can never get too much of a good thing. This was the fourth time I’ve enthusiastically covered Lucy Woodward for Back Beat Seattle – but who’s counting. It started with a one-hour scenic ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle to Bremerton. The audience at the Admiral Theater had just finished dinner when Lucy came on. They put down their forks and listened intently through both her sets. Great rapport with the crowd. She’s been on the road for the past year as a backup singer for Rod Stewart and now has some time for her own headlining tour. Backed by a six-member band, Lucy sang songs off her most recent album, Hooked!, as well as prior albums and covers. “Babies” got the biggest laugh of the evening as Lucy sang the final line. . . “Will someone knock me up now.” Stay tuned for her new album, which will be released early this year. I’m always impressed with your performance – thank you Lucy.

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