Photos: Silversun Pickups & School of Seven Bells @ the Moore

Posted on 09/24/2012 by Dagmar

Silversun Pickups were the headliners at the Moore in Seattle on September 6th. They brought with them School of Seven Bells and Atlas Genius (sorry, I missed AG). What I did catch were superb sets by Silversun Pickups, a band I have seen several times in venues of varying sizes, and School of Seven Bells. I’ve seen Silversun Pickups in such venues as an urban outdoor stage (Capitol Hill Block Party) and KeyArena when they opened for Muse. They always move me. My favorite Silversun Pickups track is most likely still “Kissing Families,” but dammit if they don’t keep getting better.

Silversun Pickups

School of Seven Bells

Silversun Pickups

School of Seven Bells

Silversun Pickups

School of Seven Bells

Silversun Pickups
all photos by Dagmar

More Photos of Silversun Pickups @ the Moore
More Photos of School of Seven Bells @ the Moore

Photos: Joan Osborne @ Skagit Valley Casino

Posted on 09/24/2012 by Kirk

It was well worth the 70-mile drive to see one of my all-time favorites – Joan Osborne – perform at the Skagit Valley Casino. She played a number of songs off her current album, Bring It On Home, a few from an album due out next year plus several off her first (1995), Relish. It was just Joan and Keith Cotton on piano doing a beautiful job on her final encore song, “One Of Us.”

Photos: Oberhofer, Theoretics & Sera Cahoone @ Bumbershoot

Posted on 09/23/2012 by BBS

Continuing our massive photo assault on Bumbershoot, we’ve gathered images of Oberhofer, Theoretics and Sera Cahoone by Nicky Andrews and Kirk Stauffer. This Tuesday Sera Cahoone will be at Easy Street Records on Queen Anne for a free show!

Oberhofer – photos by Nicky Andrews

Theoretics – photos by Kirk Stauffer

Sera Cahoone – photos by Nicky Andrews

Photos: Ladyhawke @ Barboza

Posted on 09/22/2012 by Kirk

New Zealand born singer-songwriter, Ladyhawke, recently played at Barboza, one of Seattle’s newest venues and located below Neumo’s. The North American tour in support of her new album, Anxiety will wrap up in LA in a few days, then it’s off to Europe in November.

Photos: Niki and the Dove, Cosmetics & LP @ Bumbershoot

Posted on 09/20/2012 by BBS

Photographers Nicky Andrews, Simon Krane and Kirk Stauffer were busy bees at Bumbershoot earlier this month, getting photos of Niki and the Dove, Cosmetics and LP. A band for only approximately four years, Sweden’s Niki and the Dove are signed to Sub Pop and Mercury, and you can catch LP on Late Show with David Letterman on October 3rd.