Hoodoo Gurus at the Neptune Theatre

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Sidney Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus came full circle by playing their debut album start to finish 42 years after its release during what will likely be the band’s last visit to Seattle Monday night at the Neptune Theatre.

Dave Faulkner, Brad Sheperd, Richard Grossman, and Nik Rieth treated an amped audience to the entirety of ‘Stoneage Romeos’ followed by a generous selection of hits and deep digs from their lengthy catalog. That the Gurus play with the same passionate intensity four decades after their college radio/indie rock salad days is a thing of wonder and could stand as an inspiring example to other bands that are in it for the long haul.

This fan will continue to hope for a Hoodoo Gurus return to these shores sometime in the future but, if that doesn’t come to pass, they will have bid farewell to America with their guitars blazing, their drums pounding, and their heads held high.

Photos: Kacey Musgraves @ Climate Pledge Arena

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Kacey Musgraves @ Climate Pledge Arena – 9/20/2024
Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Kacey Musgraves played a sold-out show at Climate Pledge Arena during a stop on her “Deeper Well World Tour”.  The country music singer-songwriter and seven-member band performed 21 songs that spanned all six of her studio albums.  During the show, Kacey and two band members moved to the B-stage in the middle of the arena for several acoustic songs and were joined by opener Nickel Creek on “Kill Bill”.  The show was streamed on Amazon.

Kacey Musgraves  – Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Cool Cover: Larkin Poe’s Bloom

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Cool Cover: Larkin Poe‘s Bloom
Details: This one’s a simple – yet really oh so cool – concept of Larkin Poe just hanging out with an amp amid flowers all over the floor. I also like the font used in the album’s design; it’s similar to Larkin Poe’s previous albums/singles. Bloom is set for a January 25th, 2025 release.
~Dagmar

Larkin Poe‘s Bloom

The Sonics at MOPOP

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Filmmaker Jordan Albertson presented his new documentary ‘Boom: A Film About the Sonics’ at Seattle’s MOPOP in early September with a screening, a Q&A session, and a concert featuring the Sonics and Girl Trouble.

The Sonics are a crucial link in the Pacific Northwest R&R chain and their impact and influence reverberates to this day. It’s hard to imagine Pearl Jam, Tad, Mudhoney, and all the rest had the Sonics and a handful of other Northwest affiliated garage bands not blazed the trail in the early 60’s and the ripples don’t stop at the Washington state border. The Sonics have been cited by bands such as the White Stripes, the Cramps, LCD Soundsystem, the Stooges, and the MC5 as forefathers to what we think of as contemporary rock & roll. It’s not the least bit hyperbolic to argue that the dangerous attitude and vibe that gives punk and garage music its swagger can be traced directly back to the Sonics.

The original Sonics lineup has been augmented by fresh faces such as Evan Foster of Boss Martians and Jake Cavaliere of the Lords of Altamont but the sound of the current edition of the group is as focused and sharp as ever. At MOPOP, classic Sonic cuts such as the Witch, Have Love Will Travel, and Strychnine were as bracing and as edgy as the day they were first carved into wax.

Tacoma’s favorite sons (and daughter) Girl Trouble opened the show with a lively, fun, and well-received set that paired perfectly with what was to follow.