Photos: Bumbershoot – Day 1 w/ Walk the Moon, Mac DeMarco, the Both & Wu-Tang Clan

Posted on 11/15/2014 by BBS

After exploring the schedule for Bumbershoot, a few of the artists photographers Abby Williamson and Simon Krane selected to cover on day one included Walk the Moon, Mac Demarco, the Both and Wu-Tang Clan. By the way, the big breakthrough from Cincinnati, Walk the Moon are set to release their second album with RCA in December (oh hi, present alert!), and music fans are also thrilled to see the joining of Ted Leo and Aimee Mann to form the Both. Mac DeMarco’s April Fool’s Day 2014 release, Salad Days, failed to win the Polaris Music Prize, but. . . well, whatever. Wu-Tang played their set after Elvis Costello, which was just a peculiar “pairing” at the festival.

Walk the Moon‘s Nicholas Petricca – photo by Abby Williamson

Mac DeMarco – photos by Abby Williamson

The Both – photos by Simon Krane

Walk the Moon – photos by Abby Williamson

Wu-Tang Clan – photo by Abby Williamson

Walk the Moon – photos by Abby Williams

Photos: Frankie Rose @ Barboza

Posted on 11/14/2014 by Kirk

Frankie Rose played at Barboza last week nearing the end of her headlining west coast tour. Joined by her band put together with New York performers specifically for the tour, Rose performed numerous songs from her second full-length album, Herein Wild, as well as Interstellar released in 2012. One reason I enjoy Rose’s music is that she is a former member of two of my favorites – Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls.

Frankie Rose

Photos: Bumbershoot – Day 1 w/ the Afghan Whigs, G-Eazy, Cumulus & Modern Kin

Posted on 11/13/2014 by BBS

It may seem unlikely that, now it feels like winter in Seattle, just a bit ago there was some warmth in the city, when the Afghan Whigs performed at Bumbershoot. Plus we had G-Eazy and Pacific Northwest artists Cumulus and Modern Kin on the festival’s stages. A few important updates on these artists: The Afghan Whigs released their first album in sixteen years with Do to the Beast; G-Eazy returns to Seattle for a sold-out show at Showbox SoDo on November 24th; Cumulus plays the Sunset Tavern with Shelby Earl on December 4th, and Modern Kin has some live dates scheduled for the end of November!

The Afghan Whigs – photo by Simon Krane

The Afghan Whigs – photos by Abby Williamson

The Afghan Whigs – photos by Simon Krane

G-Eazy – photos by Kirk Stauffer

Cumulus – photos by Abby Williamson

Modern Kin – photos by Simon Krane

Show Review & Photos: Margaret Cho @ Tacoma Comedy Club

Posted on 11/10/2014 by BBS

Margaret Cho @ Tacoma Comedy Club, 11/5/14
Show Review & Photos by Geoffrey Gribbin

Margaret Cho

On a rainy evening in Tacoma, Washington Margaret Cho takes the stage, her gritty humor and raw edginess are spared not. She immediately dives into her routine with a vengeance, including references to her fallen comrades. Her closeness to Joan Rivers and Robin Williams have her visibly shaken as she recounts stories with them – including talk of the funeral for Joan Rivers, with countless comedians in attendance. Howard Stern delivered a tearful eulogy, and we feel as though we are almost there with them all.

At times this evening seems cathartic for Cho. For a rockstar lifestyle now at an impasse by divorce and drug addiction, including stories of drug use with Anna Nicole Smith, Cho is embarking on a new journey of rediscovery of who she is in a world overrun with headlines of women haters and anti-homosexual sentiment. She proudly proclaims herself the biggest fag hag she knows to the cheers of the audience.

Her routine is sprinkled with feminism but in general is raunchy to the core. At one point Margaret declares she would like to kill with a gun all rapists, Catholic priests, most football stars, and numerous celebrities who have inflicted abuse upon the innocent people of the world. Some she would give a ten yard running head start. Click, click, boom.

The quote of the evening boils down to this: “There is no I in team, but you can’t spell psycho without Cho.”

Margaret Cho

Show Review and Photos: Mudhoney with Girl Trouble @ Olympia Film Society

Posted on 11/09/2014 by BBS

Mudhoney with Girl Trouble @ Olympia Film Society, 11/7/14
Show Review & Photos by John Rudolph

Mudhoney

Two of the most enduring Northwest bands, Mudhoney and Girl Trouble played to a packed house at the vintage Olympia Theater and Olympia Film Society on Friday night. In many ways, the show was a reunion. The Olympia Film Society celebrated 31 years of the Olympia Film Festival and Mudhoney and Girl Trouble played the Film Society like they did 25+ years ago.

My oldest friend, John Nelson and I reunited after a 25 year hiatus and we enjoyed the trip down memory lane. John and I reminisced about growing up in England together and about the fun times we had until we lost touch 25 years ago. Mark Arm, lead singer of Mudhoney, reminisced about his past as a musician and his long relationship with the members of Girl Trouble.

As it turns out, Arm and I attended the very first Girl Trouble show at Ft. Steilacoom Community College Battle of The Bands in 1983. The young Mudhoney and Girl Trouble fans may say the same thing 30 years from now.

The crowd was rowdy, the bands were raucous, and the setting couldn’t have been better. It was very much an old-school punk show. I started my coverage of the show from the front against the stage. Once the mosh pit started I knew it was time for this older, beat-up body to move to the balcony. The crowd was in full contact from the first note of Girl Trouble to the last note from Mudhoney.

Both of these bands rocked it out hard. In addition to the requisite moshing from the crowd, a younger, female fan jumped on stage and danced like a go-go dancer. Girl Trouble’s Kurt Kendall removed his shirt, showing no shame, and all was right with the world again. All in all, it was a very successful reunion and a great concert.

Girl Trouble

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