Photos: Tapes ‘n Tapes & The Chain Gang of 1974 @ the Crocodile

Posted on 09/07/2011 by Dagmar

I always prefer a really excellent show with only two bands. It’s rare and just fun. On an August evening at the Crocodile this happened, with Tapes ‘n Tapes headlining and The Chain Gang of 1974 opening. This was my first time seeing Tapes ‘n Tapes live and it was a superb choice. They performed my favorite song of theirs at the moment, “Freak Out,” and withstood a sauna-like temperature in the club. Plus I saw The Chain Gang of 1974 for the fourth time since May. Another superb choice. I’ll have my interview on here with Kamtin Mohager of The Chain Gang of 1974 very soon, right ahead of the band’s return to Seattle in October with The Naked and Famous on October 12th (yes!!!).

Tapes ‘n Tapes

The Chain Gang of 1974

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Photos: Bumbershoot 2011, Day 2 w/ The Jim Jones Revue & Kaylee Cole

Posted on 09/06/2011 by Dagmar

England’s The Jim Jones Revue played the Mural, while Seattle’s Kaylee Cole performed indoors for Bumbershoot’s second day. Photographer Kirk Stauffer grabbed photos of each act:

The Jim Jones Revue

Kaylee Cole
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Photos: Bumbershoot 2011, Day 2 w/ Warpaint

Posted on 09/06/2011 by Dagmar

Bless Kirk Stauffer for coming back from Bumbershoot with these photos of band Warpaint. Warpaint is an all-female quartet from Los Angeles with a seductive and stirring sound. Their debut LP, The Fool, came out on Rough Trade Records last year.

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Bumbershoot 2011, Day 2 w/ Jessica Lea Mayfield, Mad Rad & Tennis

Posted on 09/06/2011 by BBS

Summer may be almost over, but it was a warm one at the Seattle Center!

The BEST hair of Bumbershoot:

photos by Amber Barni

It band, Tennis gave a surprisingly rocking show. And the guitarist Patrick Riley resembled Franz Ferdinand’s frontman Alex Kapranos – never a bad thing, IMO.