The most excellent Japandroids headlined Neumos on Monday night. Japandroids, David Prowse and Brian King from Vancouver Canada, have a brand new album out, Celebration Rock. Just yesterday the album snagged a spot on the nominee list for the Polaris Music Prize, a very cool Canadian music award. Photographer Nicky Andrews attended Monday’s show and brings back some hot photos of the photogenic band:
Japandroids
WaMu Theater featured Chickenfoot and Black Stone Cherry on its stage last Wednesday, June 6th. Chickenfoot’s A Different Devil Tour ended over the weekend in Los Angeles, and Seattle was lucky to get a visit by both these bands. The band released this nice little thank you video – not all bands do this – which includes a time-lapse show set up. Black Stone Cherry next heads to Europe for a summer tour. Not bad at all. Photographer John Rudolph contributes some beauties of both bands as they performed:
Chickenfoot
Black Stone Cherry
The second group of photos in my series covering this year’s Music Matters Live is BRAD! BRAD has a brand new album out called United We Stand. Check out this video of them performing “Waters Deep,” and I hope you enjoy my photos from their show.
BRAD – all photos by Dagmar
Greg Laswell @ the Tractor, 6/3
Show Review & Photos by Heather Fitzpatrick
A few years back, I missed seeing a musician at the Tractor because I was unable to buy tickets before they sold out. After the show I decided to look on YouTube to see if anyone had posted any videos from the show. There were some, but unfortunately, they had so much “bar noise” it was hard to decipher the musicians’ lyrics and melody. A year later, I went to a show at the Tractor, and I was in awe that when these musicians played, you could hear a pin drop. I must say, this happened again on Sunday when Greg Laswell took the stage. Not only did he play songs off previous albums – and new ones off of his latest CD, Landline – but within those songs, he played not one, not two, but three completely unplugged, and you could again hear a pin drop in the venue. Seattle holds a special place for him, as he uses our city in a few songs. When he’s asked if he changes the names of the city, depending what city he’s playing in, he says, “No. Why would I change it? It’s about Seattle, not another city.”
Greg Laswell
Laswell is known for a singing covers, hence his prior CD release, Covers. He chose to play Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work,” solo onstage at his keyboard. Along with his band, he was also joined onstage by Elizabeth Ziman or Elizabeth and The Catapult, who opened the evening and then sang BGV with Greg’s band, including taking on the Sara Bareilles part on his hit single, “Come Back Down.” For all of you under 21 crowd that may have missed him this time around, he says his next tour should include an all-ages show in Seattle. Until then, he encourages you all to follow him on twitter, and when you’re having at @greglaswell kind of day, whatever you consider that to be, tweet him. Especially if you’re enjoying (or not) a Dorito Taco. He’d love to hear about that.
Greg Laswell
Elizabeth Ziman
Los Angeles’ Best Coast and JEFF the Brotherhood appeared at the Neptune in Seattle on May 22nd. We recommend that you check out Best Coast when they return to Seattle for Bumbershoot on September 3rd. The duo has released two strong albums, each featuring an animal on its cover. Excellent! JEFF the Brotherhood, which is made up of brothers who were in bands such as Be Your Own Pet, just released an EP called Hypnotic Knights. It’s sounding pretty damn good. Check out their song, “Sixpack,” and enjoy photographer Simon Krane‘s shots from the Seattle show!
Best Coast
JEFF the Brotherhood