Toronto’s Electric Youth, a duo who plays some sweet synthpop, made an appearance at the Crocodile on November 9, 2014. They’ve also got one of the nicest biographies on Facebook: we are electric youth we were childhood loves we grew up together we make music together Gorgeous. They also worked with Erasure’s Vince Clarke on […]
Wouldn’t it be cool if Thunderpussy made a shirt that said Thunderpussy, but with Thunderpussy in different languages in smaller letters? Was this done? If not, could it happen? Anyway, the rampantly charismatic foursome headlined the Sunset back in November 2014. This excellent band just made their debut video, “Welcome to the Disco,” and will […]
Jacksonville, Florida’s Black Kids headlined Barboza on the summer night of August 19th, 2014. Their debut, Partie Traumatic, turned out the awesome “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You,” which was a big hit in Britain. We’re waiting for more from them. Sundries a quartet from Seattle, opened the show. All […]
On November 16th Capital Cities, a distinctive duo (Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian) from Los Angeles, brought the Sky is Falling Down Tour to Showbox SoDo in Seattle. For live performances they are joined by additional musicians, including trumpet player Spencer Ludwig. Authors of one of the biggest songs to come out in the last […]
Rockers Pennywise appeared at Showbox at the Market in April, 2014. New album Yesterdays includes the drawing back into the Pennywise fold of singer Jim Lindberg – that’s a great development. All photos by Alex Crick: Pennywise