Anya Marina – best known for her song “Satellite Heart” from the movie Twilight – opened for Steven Page at the Showbox Market on Friday. She just wrapped up a tour in support of her new album, School Spirit.
Photos: Steven Page @ The Showbox Market, 3-4-11
Steven Page – co-founder of the Barenaked Ladies – played a seated show at the Showbox Market on Friday in support of his first solo album, Page One. He had a great rapport with the crowd and twice, a woman named Marla was up on stage dancing while Steven played.
Show Previews: Lords of Acid @ Studio Seven, Sun. 3/6; New Politics @ El Corazon, Mon. 3/7
Lords of Acid are in Seattle tomorrow night – that’s Sunday, March 6th – at Studio Seven. Their show last year was exquisite and I would expect nothing less, and probably more from Sunday’s show. I am told the band is playing two brand new songs from the Lords of Acid album currently in production in their set. Excellent.
On Monday night Danes New Politics come to El Corazon, bringing their rabid and awesome rock to an all-ages crowd. I totally recommend this show.
New Politics – Brian Appio/MTV
Photos: Escape the Fate @ the Showbox Market
Post-hardcore band Escape the Fate brought their North American tour to Seattle on Thursday night, filling the Showbox at the Market full of fans. The band’s self-titled third release came out in November 2010, featuring Craig Mabbitt on lead vocals. Thursday’s show saw a stage full of the band’s special risers and metal staircase wrapping around an elevated drum kit. The set was lively and energetic, filled with many of the band’s familiar songs that had their fans screaming along. A handful of bands opened for Escape the Fate, including Alesana and Motionless in White. Photos from the music-filled evening available below and on Flickr.
Alesana
Motionless in White
CD Review: All Day by Girl Talk
You could spend a very long time trying to figure out what all these songs Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis) has strung together on his CD, All Day, and that’s part of the fun. The other part of the fun is that Girl Talk’s mashed up and mixed many excellent songs together – and in ways that continually surprise. A lot of these songs I dig, but do I love each and every song he brings in? No. But do I enjoy how he has brought all of them into each song? Absolutely. Plus there’s a strange new life to many of them.
All Day
I had what was kind of an obsessive habit back when I was a kid listening to the radio. I needed to know who did whatever new song I heard. If the DJ didn’t announce it, I would call the DJ. I still want to know what everything I hear is, and nowadays the Internet has made that so much easier. But on All Day it’s great fun for me to pick out what I know, and pursue what I don’t. The CD kicks off with the cool “Oh No,” (Ludacris and Black Sabbath, Jane’s Addiction, the Brothers Johnson, the Ramones and the Doors. And it doesn’t let up from there. “That’s Right” includes Sir Mix-a-Lot, Fat Joe (“Lean Back,”) Peter Gabriel, inventive inclusions of Rihanna’s “Rudeboy” and Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” and a sweet transition usage of Portishead into M.O.P.’s “Ante Up”. “Jump on Stage” might be the most fascinating song on the CD, with T’ Pau, Big Boi, Skee-Lo, Radiohead and Lady Gaga (Gaga gets mashed up with Beastie Boys’ Hey Ladies). “This Is the Remix” hits on one of the best songs from the ‘90s, “Possum Kingdom” by the Toadies along INXS and Fabolous, “Get It Get It” is enormous with Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service” and Depeche Mode, “On and On” luxuriates in Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love, and Down for the Count revivifies Madness’ “Our House,” and “20th Century Boy” by T Rex by combining with MSTRKFT’s Bounce.
Those are some of my favorites on All Day – along with “Triple Double,” which magically features Lil’ Wayne’s “A Milli” and “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones. Each song creates its own note, and I enjoy that. Get it here.
review by Dagmar