Brittney Bush Bollay caught the Beautiful Girls and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Neumos on Monday night. The bands are finishing their shows together in California, but Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad have a few more West Coast dates at the end of October. I’m enjoying Brittney’s photos – hope you do too!:
the Beautiful Girls
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
If you have yet to see Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, you’re missing out something fierce. This guy has attitude out the ying yang and a lovely female assistant that answers his every whim (for prep on-stage anyway). His sound is exactly as you’d expect; a fun combo of country and rockabilly. It’s not just great music, it’s a full-on show. Definitely check out his next local show. BOAT, a long-time favorite of mine, seems to have blown up in popularity over night. They were a Bumbershoot favorite of many a local music blog this year. For more photos of these and other bands check out the Flickr collection.
The Mynabirds, fronted by Laura Burhenn, recently played a show at the Sunset while touring in support of What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood.
Queensryche played the Puyallup Fair last night and we were lucky to get photographer Jeffrey Donavan in there to take some excellent photos. The band’s 20th anniversary remaster of Empire comes out on November 9th and will include a lot of extra tracks.
Queensryche
Two exceptionally talented local solo artists added in backing bands for their Bumbershoot appearances. David Bazan never fails to hush an audience with his beautiful voice and heartfelt words; his KEXP lounge show was just one more example. Fences played his set at the EMP skychurch stage. He had some major musician swap-outs in his band over the last while but you wouldn’t know it; his fans packed into the small room ooohing and ahhhing with gusto.
