Singer-songwriter Lucy Schwartz was in Seattle for a City Arts Fest show, as opener for Joshua Radin. Schwartz, who has toured with Lilith Fair, also has a song called “Cold” (co-written with Aqualung) on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.
Lucy Schwartz
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We are getting so, so close to completing our coverage of 2012’s Bumbershoot! Photographer Simon Krane was all over the festival’s grounds, and we’ve got more evidence of his journeys. Krane caught garage acts Heartless Bastards and Ty Segall – as well as the Helio Sequence.
Heartless Bastards
Ty Segall
The Helio Sequence
Frightened Rabbit & Arc in the Round @ the Triple Door, 10/15
Show Review & Photos by Abby Williamson
Frightened Rabbit
After two years away from Seattle, Frightened Rabbit finally came back to our dear city, headlining a show at the Triple Door on October 15th. Opening the show was Arc in Round, a group drenched in sonic experimentation and fuzzy humming instruments. It was an interesting warm up to Frightened Rabbit, made even more interesting by the dinner theater ambience.
The Scottish boys brought it home with songs ranging from Sing the Greys to songs off new EP, State Hospital. Again, the dinner theater setting made for almost a more intimate performance – front man Scott Hutchison was almost able to have complete conversations rather than just talking at the audience. He told us about the band’s hardship in getting across the border, calling the border patrol lady a less than politically correct term – but that’s Scotsmen for you.
I was thoroughly pleased with the show. It felt short, but that may have been because it was such an early show (those 7:30 start times sure throw me off). Scott Hutchison’s solo acoustic stuff was one of the highlights of the night (apart from meeting the band afterward), but I was heartbroken not to have heard “Keep Yourself Warm.” I mean, damn that’s a good song.
Luckily, the band did say they’d be back next year with a new full-length (which was actually mastered the day of the Seattle show)! So if you didn’t catch them around on this tour, you’ll definitely have another chance – I highly recommend it.
Frightened Rabbit
Arc in the Round
The Good Hurt, Furniture Girls & City Faire @ the Crocodile, 10/5
Show Review & Photos by Heather Fitzpatrick
The Good Hurt
The Good Hurt headlined the Crocodile on October 5th and brought along local bands Furniture Girls and City Faire to round out the bill. The Good Hurt was celebrating not only the end of their West Coast tour with a home town gig on a coveted Friday night, but also had reason to celebrate by featuring a bunch of new material their Seattle fans had yet to hear. The new songs were upbeat and playful, and the crowd’s reaction gave the band what they were looking for: cheers and yells of encouragement to let them know their new music was just what they’d envisioned. They ended the show with a birthday celebration of sorts, and not at all what you’d expect. Birthday boy and The Good Hurt drummer, Aaron Ameen leapt from behind the drum kit and took center stage, and with mic in hand performed the vocals as the band performed Sheryl Crow’s “If It Makes You Happy” to a huge round of applause. This show made the crowd happy. Now the guys will go into the studio later this fall to produce the new tunes, which will make everyone happy.
The Good Hurt
City Faire
Furniture Girls
We’ve got some sigh worthy photos by Kirk Stauffer of A Fine Frenzy, who appeared at City Arts Fest this year in Seattle. A Fine Frenzy, the band moniker of musician Alison Sudol, released album four, Pines in 2012. In addition to writing lyrics, Sudol is also a story writer.
A Fine Frenzy
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