Grammy-winning Lorde from New Zealand played at a sold-out show at the WaMu Theater on Monday. This was her third Seattle performance in five months and she had the 5000+ crowd on their feet from beginning to end. Born Ella Yelich-O’Connor, the 17-year-old captured the audience with her lion mane hair and twitching stage presence during her 1:15 set.
Lorde
On March 1st Sound Off! Finals saw Otieno Terry capture the top spot, with Fauna Shade getting second place. Congratulations also to Laser Fox and Thee Samedi, who, respectively garnered the third and fourth spots. All photos by Simon Krane:
Otieno Terry
Fauna Shade
Laser Fox
Thee Samedi
Atmosphere @ Sound Off!
It’s the Fratellis! The Scottish band played their rescheduled Crocodile date on February 27th (singer Jon Fratelli lost his voice before the prior gig). What a welcome return for a band who hadn’t been in Seattle for several years, and who just released another strong album, We Need Medicine, last year. All photos by Monica Martinez:
The Fratellis
Jagjaguwar-signed artist Angel Olsen was here in Seattle to headline Barboza on March 7th. Olsen comes from Missouri (here I thought she was one of the many Scandinavian artists running through our town) and just released her latest, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, in February. Kirk Stauffer contributed these lovely shots of Olsen!
~Dagmar, Editor
Angel Olsen
One of my very favorite bands ever, Denmark’s New Politics, brought some serious excitement to Neumos on February 26th. This was my fourth time seeing the band, who always share such energetic love with their fans. New Politics’ fans at the show partied along to songs off their two great albums such as “Dignity,” “Just Like Me,” “Harlem,” “Goodbye Copenhagen,” and “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” and also felt the grips of “Tonight You’re Perfect,” “Stuck on You,” and “Fall Into These Arms.” At one point singer/dancer David Boyd stopped to change shirts, exchanging first sweat drenched top, which he was able to rinse out completely, with a New Politics Denmark shirt. Then they taught the crowd a little Danish, “Vi esker jer,” then responding with, “Vi esker jer,” too, and telling us they’ll be on tour with Fall Out Boy this summer.
New Politics – all photos by Dagmar