Back on June 1st, English Sub Pop-signed band Foals headlined the Neptune with support from Surfer Blood and Blondfire. After a three-year recording break, Foals released Holy Fire in early 2013. If you want to catch openers Surfer Blood again, this Saturday, August 10th they appear at the End’s Summer Camp in Redmond.
Photos from Simon Krane below include Foals’ Yannis Philippakis climbing the Neptune’s balcony. Go Yannis!
Foals
Surfer Blood
Blondfire
WATERSHED FESTIVAL 2013
Watershed Festival at The Gorge was another huge success for the faithful from all over the Western United States and Western Canada. The festival sold out again, with Toby Keith, Kip Moore, Blackberry Smoke and the rest, who rocked the house for 3 days. The crowd ate it up, and fans flooded Central Washington to see some of the biggest stars in country music. They were not disappointed.
There were more American flags and American flag outfits than I had seen in a very long time. It has to be said that country music fans are by definition a patriotic bunch and they are not shy about it. Speaking with the crowd, they expressed loudly their approval of the show and they all said that it was one of the best shows they had ever seen.
TOBY KEITH
KIP MOORE
BLACKBERRY SMOKE
TERRI CLARK
SHOOTER JENNINGS
MAGGIE ROSE
FANS
Photographer: John Rudolph
Let me count the ways I love New Politics: their music is fantastic, their live shows are amazing, they’re an interesting trio of guys. . . they’re all handsome. What makes them one of my favorite groups though is primarily the music. That’s the stuff I learned about them first, the stuff that I turn to whenever I want to – and listen to loud. Next week I’ll have my interview with the band here on Back Beat Seattle. First let’s feast our eyes on photos I took of their recent opening set for Fall Out Boy, and then keep in mind you’ll have your shot at seeing New Politics when they play the End Summer Camp on August 10th.
New Politics
With laser beams, silver makeup and tons of confetti, the Flaming Lips appears to have caused a huge scene at this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party. Thank you to photographer Simon Krane for hanging in there and coming back with this awesome work.
Capitol Hill Block Party, Day 1 – Friday, July 26th
Review & Photos by Abby Williamson
Fly Moon Royalty‘s Adra Boo
This being my first time at Capitol Hill Block Party, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. And considering that my first impression was Friday’s frat boy fest, I’m surprised I survived the weekend with all my limbs and dignity intact. Surrounded by a considerably young crowd, even I – at 24 – felt old.
Not to say that the lineup on Friday wasn’t fun – it was. The mainstage brought the likes of Telekinesis, Danny Brown, STRFKR, and Girl Talk, so it was as if all the energy from Sasquatch was put in a pressure cooker with some glow sticks and toilet paper – and that’s was Friday was. A lineup laden with hip hop and electro, the excitement never stopped; thankfully for me, Friday was the only day like that.
A couple of other standouts that day filled Neumos – Grave Babies and Fly Moon Royalty. They’re totally different genres, but equally as entertaining. That could be the theme for the weekend, and Seattle really: all kinds of music, all with their own audience within the city and the festival.
Stay tuned for more from Block Party!
