Ticket Giveaway & Show Preview: Noah And The Whale @ the Neptune, Fri. 9/27

This Friday, September 27th, the Neptune Theatre has Brits Noah And The Whale headlining its stage. The quintet released album number four, Heart of Nowhere in May 2013 – this is the Heart of Nowhere tour – and it’s an album that’s working swimmingly with earlier Noah And The Whale material. If you like earlier Noah and the Whale, you will not be disappointed in the new music. Why change things too much when you do it well?

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So, I’ll get to down to business: we’ve got a pair of tix for the first person who gets back to me by 2:00 PM PST on Tuesday, 9/25 at [email protected] with the correct answer to this question:

What did singer Charlie Fink’s brother, and former Noah And The Whale drummer, Doug Fink, receive his degree in?

Show is all ages. If you do not win this giveaway, tix are $16.50 each.

Show Review & Photos: Reignwolf opens for Pixies @ the Bowery Ballroom, NYC

Pixies/Reignwolf @ the Bowery Ballroom, NYC – 9/18
Show Review & photos by Atticus George-Andrijeski

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Reignwolf opened up for Pixies for the second straight night in a series of 3 sold-out shows at the legendary Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. Reignwolf started off the evening with, as always, an extremely fun and energetic set, one so energetic in fact that he cut his finger whilst rocking. The set started with Reignwolf doing what he’s probably most famous for, rocking up there with a guitar and a kick drum, before moving to a full-size drum kit and continuing to play his guitar. After the first song the rest of the band came out, a drummer and another guitarist, and the place continued to fill with energy. Reignwolf destroyed everyone’s eardrums – my ears are still ringing today – with his one of a kind guitar sound and style before switching to his electric mandolin, and winning the hearts of the crowd. Nobody around me had ever seen Reignwolf before and immediately after the set the crowd buzzed with new love for the rocker. Reignwolf always puts on an amazing show, and if you ever get the chance, stop by the merch table after the show, he’s usually there.

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Unfortunately, Reignwolf’s set was a short one to allow time for the extremely long set of the legendary Pixies. Not that I don’t love Pixies, I just would’ve also liked to see more Reignwolf up there, in fact the show could’ve gone into the early morning and I would’ve been fine. Unfortunately Kim Deal was not with Pixies, but they had another bassist, Kim Shattuck of The Muffs, who absolutely rocked it. The set started off well, but it became great during the second half. The energy in the place was amazing and constantly changing from song to song. Songs such as “Tame,” despite the name, created just the opposite reaction in the crowd. Everybody in the place was dancing and jumping around. Then they would go into one of their slower songs such as “Hey,” and the entire place would settle down, and a chorus of voices behind me would join Black Francis as he sang. The highlight of the set was the very last song, “Where Is My Mind?,” a song where Kim Suttock showed she belongs in the band. Suttock sang the oohs of the song and hit every single one perfectly.

The only disappointing thing about such a great night was that Pixies didn’t play “Debaser,” one of my favorite songs, and didn’t play an encore, but those are both very small complaints considering they played every other one of my favorite songs and they did play a very large set. I recommend everybody see Pixies on tour, especially if you can see them in such an intimate place as the Bowery Ballroom. As for Reignwolf, everyone must go see him play whenever they can, it is always an amazing show, and he’s one of the nicest musicians you’ll meet. This show was certainly one of my highlights of the year.

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Sara Bareilles, OneRepublic and Serena Ryder @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Sara Bareilles and OneRepublic co-headlined at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville during a stop in their nationwide tour. Bareilles is supporting her third album, The Blessed Unrest, released in July, while OneRepublic’s album Native was released in March. The talented Canadian Serena Ryder opened and is supporting her new album, Harmony.

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Serena Ryder – photos by Kirk Stauffer

Photos: Capitol Hill Block Party, Day 3 – Sun. w/ Cults, Dave B, Ravenna Woods, Raz Simone

The penultimate Capitol Hill Block Party installment for this year (we’ll have one more with Black Marble) features photographs of Cults, Ravenna Woods, Dave B and Raz Simone. Thank you to photographers Simon Krane and Abby Williamson for all the lovely work! Also, if by any chance you missed Cults, they return on October 6th for a show at Neumos.

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013
Cults – photo by Simon Krane

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Dave B – photo by Abby Williamson

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013

Cults performs at the Capitol Hill Block Party. 28.07.2013
Cults – photos by Simon Krane

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Raz Simone – photos by Abby Williamson

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Ravenna Woods – photos by Abby Williamson

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Dave B – photos by Abby Williamson