Pulp w/ Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti The Warfield, San Francisco, CA Tuesday 17 April Review & photos by Nicky Andrews Their first US appearance in a decade – it was no surprise that Pulp’s only West Coast non-festival show sold out in just five minutes. Since the release of We Love Life in 2001, Jarvis […]
Review: Chris Senn Photos: Brad Curran (courtesy of City Arts Fest) The first inaugural City Arts Fest came to a close with a final night show by indie darlings She & Him at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. Rock concerts rarely ever take place at the 5th Avenue. It was great to see and hear Zooey […]
Review: Chris Senn Photos: Sarah Jurado (courtesy of City Arts Fest) If the term “Rock and Roll Survivor” was in the dictionary, a photo of Roky Erickson would surely accompany it. Roky is a Rock and Roll survivor in every sense of the word. He came to prominence in the mid to late 1960s as […]
Review: Chris Senn Photos: Rachel Vernon-Cole, Heather Catherine, David Lichterman (courtesy of City Arts Fest) Gogol Bordello turned the Showbox SoDo turned into a fist-pumping, sweat dripping, free-spirited gypsy punk dance hall to close out the first day of the inaugural City Arts Fest, a festival dreamt up, created and executed by Seattle’s City Arts […]
Fran Healy Triple Door, Seattle Wednesday 18 August It’s a Wednesday evening, and HH and I have just been seated at Seattle’s Triple Door. The venue is in the middle of downtown Seattle, and with its courteous staff, luxurious seating and glowing candles, feels almost like a spa resort compared to the usual amped-up, smacked-in-the-head, […]