Show Preview: The Joy Formidable @ the Tractor Tavern, Tues. 12/17~Dagmar The awesome Welsh trio the Joy Formidable returns to Seattle on Tuesday, December 17th. This is a big deal tour for the band, as they’ve released a double album including their debut EP, A Balloon Called Moaning (just turned 10!), plus the songs are […]
Day three of Capitol Hill Block Party adds the Red Bull Sound Select Stage (at Neumos) to the mix. Red Bull Sound Select presents shows worldwide with local curators; Seattle’s curators include Sub Pop and Good to Die Records. We love that here at Back Beat Seattle. And, I think I say this about every […]
Monday’s Sasquatch! Music Festival had Silversun Pickups, Shabazz Palaces, Ted Leo, Sallie Ford, Ben Howard, Damien Jurado, fun., Joy Formidable, Katie Kate and Walk the Moon all perform on various stages at the Gorge. The wonderful Abby Williamson covered so much so well – thank you Abby for these beautiful photos. Silversun Pickups Shabazz Palaces […]
Tuesday nights, in general, are tough nights to get a crowd into a venue to see some live music. After all, most people have work or school on Wednesday morning, and Tuesday just isn’t close enough to Friday to call in sick. So when you have a couple of up-and-coming bands from fairly obscure places […]