Little Comets, from Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom were at the Vera Project in August with Portland, Oregon’s the Ecstatics as openers. The English trio, made up of two brothers Robert Coles and Michael Coles plus Matthew Hall, opted to self-produce their second album, Life Is Elsewhere. All photos by Simon Krane:
Little Comets
The Ecstatics
In her first visit to Seattle, Kat Edmonson performed with guitarist Steve Elliot at the Triple Door — one of the city’s classiest venues and one befitting her throwback jazz vocal stylings. As the audience dined in the dimly lit lounge, Kat commented that the tinkling of silverware brought her back to the early days of her singing career when she performed jazz standards for diners at steakhouses in her native Austin, Texas. While most of her set drew from her Kickstarted album, Way Down Low, it also included an audience requested cover of the The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” via a bottle of champagne strategically placed stage left.
Kat Edmonson
Io Echo made a stop at Neumos this week after performances at Coachella and Lollapalozza earlier in the year. The indie rock band formed by Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross are touring in support of their debut album, Ministry of Love. Io Echo also composed the score to the Harmony Korine + James Franco film Rebel.
Io Echo
Get to the Charli XCX show at Neumos early tomorrow, as the catchy and tasty music of LIZ will be the first order of the evening. If you like pop with R&B, and going back a bit to the cool basics in that genre, you will like the Californian LIZ. For sure. More important to me is that I think her voice, and what she does with it, is great. Plus she’s got backup dancers.
LIZ
Tix are $12 – hear more of LIZ over on her SoundCloud.
The LA-based trio, Wildcat! Wildcat!, hit the Crocodile in support of their eponymous EP released in early September. The indie-pop band was profiled alongside Passion Pit in Sam Jones’s documentary “Hello Everywhere” (viewable online at www.feedthebeat.com).
Wildcat! Wildcat!