Cursive brought their tour to Seattle on February 17th. The band’s seventh album, I Am Gemini, just hit stores at the end of February, and they’ve got a relentless tour schedule that won’t see them returning home until the middle of June. Openers for the Seattle Neumo’s date was Texas’ Ume, who is now at SXSW for several shows. Do enjoy some photos by Paul Israel!:
Cursive
Ume
Cursive
Ume
We’ve got photos of Pickwick‘s February 16th show at the Neptune as seen through the lovely lens of Lord Fotog. Pickwick is on tour right now, with a date in Texas on March 16th you can check out if you happen to be in the area for SXSW.
Pickwick
How many people do you know that were born on leap day – February 29? Shelby Earl celebrated her “9th” birthday at the Triple Door this past week complete with cake and balloons. Playing songs from her album Burn The Boats – which Amazon rated #1 on their Outstanding 2011 Albums You Might Have Missed list – Shelby sounded terrific with her large band that included Mike Harley (guitar), Anna-Lisa Notter (vocals), Ben Obee (bass), James Apollo (guitar), Faustine Hudson (drums), Dylan Rieck (cello) and Ragan Crowe (guitar). Hannalee (Mike Harley, Anna-Lisa Notter, Fidelia Rowe) and Gabriel Mintz opened.
Hannalee
Gabriel Mintz
Hawaiian born singer/songwriter Anuhea opened for SOJA at the Showbox at the Market in support of her new sophomore album, For Love. She has shared the stage with Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Taj Mahal, Bruno Mars, Babyface and Al Green with her own style of soul, R&B, jazz, pop, rap, hip hop and reggae.
