News & Photos: 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival Lineup Announced @ Showbox Market

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The lineup for 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival was announced last night at the Showbox Market. Big headliners for this year include Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, the Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Bassnectar, and Robyn. Other bands I’d particularly look forward to are Chromeo, MSTRKRFT, The Thermals, Surfer Blood, The Drums, Young the Giant, Noah & The Whale, Das Racist and Mad Rad.

Last night’s party, hosted by comedian Todd Barry, included three bands set to appear at the festival this year; the Thermals, Das Racist, Mad Rad plus DJ sets by DJ Darwin. They were all in excellent form. I will have more photos of these bands soon, but for now here are a select number – oh, and before I forget – get your tickets for the festival here & add Sasquatch! Music Festival as a friend on Facebook. :


The Thermals


Das Racist


DJ Darwin


Todd Barry


Mad Rad
all photos by Dagmar

Sasquatch 2011 Lineup from World Famous on Vimeo.

Show Review & Photos: Motörhead @ Showbox SoDo

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Friday night’s Motörhead set ripped open with “We Are Motörhead,” off 2000’s We Are Motörhead. Its lyrics include we shoot power to your heart, a mighty thunderbolt/ we charge all batteries, we save your soul, and I didn’t doubt these promises at all when it came from Motörhead’s Lemmy, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee. The show was at capacity, and the audience and band’s energy maintained an excited level from the rampant first songs, including the excellent and new “Get Back in Line” to the closing songs “Ace of Spades” and “Killed by Death” (before an encore), to all the meat in between (with a glorious Just ‘cos You Got the Power). Lemmy’s growl came out strong in the venue (the venue’s a giant rectangle, so I never know how a voice will carry in there) the guitar and bass guitar sounded big just like they should, and I totally enjoyed Mikkey Dee’s drum solo. How great was it to hear Lemmy roar, live I´m a lone wolf ligger/but I ain´t no pretty boy? Very, very great. All of Motörhead’s work abides because of its concrete quality, its unique essence.


photos by Dagmar


photos by Alex Crick


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photos by Alex Crick


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photos by Alex Crick


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Gallery of Motörhead @ Showbox SoDo

Show Review & Photos: K. Flay @ Neumos

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K. Flay is a genius. The singer’s beats are hypnotic, her lyrics just so damn witty, and her delivery is second to none. I saw the San Francisco hip hop artist’s second appearance in Seattle on Monday, and next time she’s here you must check her out. She can rap fast (I mean really fast, like auctioneer fast), she can rap anywhere in between and her rapping conveys emotion, humor and absolute joy of the art. A couple of my favorites were “No Duh,” with its blah blah blah in the background and the super “So Fast, So Maybe”. K. Flay’s a wonder – one coming full speed at your brains.


K. Flay – Review & all photos by Dagmar

Gallery of K. Flay @ Neumos

Photos and Review: Led Zepagain

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Rolling Stone magazine described Led Zeppelin as “the biggest band of the 1970s” and “the heaviest band of all time”.

With 300 million albums sold worldwide, 7 Billboard number 1 albums, Led Zeppelin was one of the most prolific and legendary rock bands ever. Trying to emulate such a band would be a tall order for any band. Led Zepagain did that and then some.

Led Zepagain played at The Showbox At The Market on Saturday night to an incredibly enthusiastic crowd. The audience was quite diverse in age but single-minded in spirit. They were huge fans who knew everything about Led Zeppelin; they were not going to appreciate a simple imposter. There was Dave and his 20-something daughter. Both could recite lyrics from many Led Zep albums.

Fans cheered with excitement as Irishman Swan Montgomery (Robert Plant), Jim Wootten (John Paul Jones), Steve Zukowsky (Jimmy Page), and Jim Kersey (John “Bonzo” Bonham) entered the stage. When Zukowsky struck the first chord, everyone knew it was going to be a great show… and, it was.

Led Zepagain played for more than 2 hours and they were as tight at the end of the show as they were at the beginning. The Led Zeppelin savvy crowd would have stayed for 2 more hours if given the opportunity.

In 2004, Jimmy Page attended a Led Zepagain show at The House of Blues in Hollywood. If Led Zepagain is good enough for Jimmy Page, I say DO NOT miss their next appearance in Seattle.








Led Zepagain

Photographer: John Rudolph