Photos: Capitol Hill Block Party – Day 2 w/ Vox Mod, Pickwick, Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, the Flavr Blue, Onuino, Purity Ring, the Horde and the Harem, Land of Pines, Country Lips & Rose Windows

Day two of Capitol Hill Block Party was the first entire day of shows featuring electronic, indie, rock, country bands – a bit of everything. Local bands Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, Pickwick, Rose Windows, Vox Mod, Country Lips, Land of Pines and the Horde and the Harem, plus touring artists Purity Ring and Onuinu […]

Photos: The Horde and the Harem, Western Haunts, Rags and Ribbons & Gibraltar @ the Crocodile

On September 8th The Horde and the Harem played their first Crocodile headlining show. They’ll return to the Crocodile on November 3rd for a show with Portland’s Typhoon and Lost Lander. While waiting for that show we urge you to get familiar with their wonderful album, A Long Midwinter. Western Haunts, who celebrated their album […]

Photos: The Horde and the Harem @ the Tractor

On January 28th, Seattle’s dynamite The Horde and the Harem celebrated the release of their debut album, A Long Midwinter. The packed out Tractor Tavern was an excellent venue for the band, who were sandwiched between Elk and Boar and The Maldives. This show was amazingly fun, and you’ll have a chance to see The […]

Photos: 2010 Northwest Folklife

New photographer to Back Beat Seattle, Simon Krane makes his first contribution and I am thrilled he is here! Krane went to Northwest Folklife last weekend and captured some local bands, including the Horde and the Harem, Daniel G. Harmann and the Trouble Starts, Zephyrs, and Swedes Nordloef as they played the annual event. Nordloef […]