Photos: Cursive & Ume @ Neumos

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

Shelby Earl @ The Triple Door

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