The Kills helped close out Bumbershoot 2011 this year with what appears to be an amazing leopard print backdrop in these photos from Simon Krane. Also appearing at Bumbershoot were two Seattle acts, Legendary Oaks and Fly Moon Royalty, whom Nicky Andrews captured in photos:
The Kills – photos by Simon Krane
Fly Moon Royalty – photo by Nicky Andrews
Legendary Oaks – photos by Nicky Andrews
Well, we do love Starfucker here at Back Beat Seattle. Three Back Beat Seattle photographers, Nicky Andrews, Kirk Stauffer and Simon Krane snapped the Portland band, and Krane also got fellow Portlander Natasha Kmeto plus Tijuana’s Nortec Collective. Enjoy:
Starfucker – photo by Kirk Stauffer
Starfucker – photos by Nicky Andrews
Starfucker – photos by Simon Krane
Natasha Kmeto – photo by Simon Krane
Nortec Collective – photos by Simon Krane
I am a horror – that’s what my Horrors T-shirt says. I love it. I caught the excellent British band The Horrors last week when they headlined Seattle’s Neumos. It is great that this group is back, and with a new album, Skying, I am hoping they just might make several visits to the States. You never know.
The word Pitbull conjures up many different images for many different people. To the folks at The Paramount on Friday night it meant a Latin-styled summer party hosted by Cuban born rapper, Armando Christian Perez (a.k.a. Pitbull).
Pitbull wrapped up one of the hottest concert tours of 2011; The Samsung/ AT&T Summer Krush. The tour featured such notables as Coldplay, Celo Green, Lenny Kravitz, and Pitbull.
Pitbull’s fans were in eager anticipation as the MC gave the 5 minute warning. The female fans voices filled The Paramount with some of his more popular dance songs. When Pitbull took to the stage, the crowd erupted with excitement. The heavy bass thumped like a powerful heartbeat and immediately the fans started dancing. They never stopped until the last note.
At most concerts, the party is right at the front, nearest the stage. Not Friday night; the real party was in the back where people had room to feel the beats. Young, old, male, female . . . everyone got their groove on.
Ke$ha‘s show at WaMu Theater last Saturday evening was sheer sexy joy. She has an elemental, brash humor to her performance and material that drew me in immediately when I first heard her music, and live she brought all that to the table with balloons, confetti and glitter.
