The last day of Bumbershoot found English superstar Ellie Goulding headlining in the most wonderful shirt. In just a shirt. With Daffy Duck on it. Excellent! Also appearing were Ireland’s Hozier, whose song “Take Me to Church” seemed to take over the world for at least one year, and Seattle’s Kris Orlowski, who did a […]
Melanie Martinez brought her Cry Baby Tour to Chop Suey on October 4th and played at a sold-out show – complete with screaming girls. Her two band members on keys and drums wore mouse hats while Melanie sported her distinctive black and white hair. Her debut album Cry Baby was released this summer with “Pity […]
UK powerhouse vocalist Jess Glynne recently graced the stage at Barboza on Capitol Hill. Jess, her four-member band, and two backup singers supplied an evening of great music. R&B with a lot of soul, Jess is supporting her new album, I Cry When I Laugh, during her Ain’t Got Far To Go Tour. Last month, […]
What a huge variety of bands photographers Simon Krane and Kirk Stauffer covered during Bumbershoot‘s second day! On tap was rock from, among others, Social Distortion and Fox and the Law, plus the rad new wave goth hybrid that is Eliot Sumner. And then there was bluegrass band Punch Brothers, reunited punk rock band Dead […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Béatrice Martin, who is better known by her stage name Coeur de Pirate, played at Neumos during her North American and European tour. Her debut performance in Seattle was in support of her recently released album, Roses. Montreal-based, she sang most of her songs in French with several in English. Singer-songwriter and actress […]