Photos: Reverb Festival 2010

The 4th annual Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival was held on Saturday in venues throughout Ballard. Despite the wet weather and humid indoors, it was an excellent day of celebrating some of Seattle’s favorite local bands of a wide variety of genres including folk, rock, hip-hop and metal.  The day started off with experimental rockers Kinski, […]

More Bumbershoot! Photos: Lonely H, LMFAO, and Hole End Session

I was fortunate enough to be a part of the private Hole End Session held at Bumbershoot (that sounds a lot more dirty than it actually is). It was definitely an experience and we all learned a lot, probably too much, about Miss Courtney Love. Over-sharing aside, it was fun to see her live and […]

Bumbershoot: Brent Amaker and BOAT

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 […]

Bumbershoot: David Bazan KEXP Lounge & Fences

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 […]