Happy Birthday to me! Brent Amaker and the Rodeo played their second to last show on July 12th at the Tractor Tavern before they went on a break. Naturally I was there to celebrate my birthday at this show as midnight hit. Bunny Monroe performed, bassist Cinderella danced and got naked, fans underwent whiskey baptisms, […]
New music this week includes awesome tunes from Android Amaker, Ace Reporter and Pillar Point. When I heard each one of these songs I had one of those omg freak out moments. Android Amaker, a collaboration including Seattle musicians Brent Amaker (Brent Amaker and the Rodeo), Vox Mod and P Smoov (Mad Rad, Fresh Espresso), […]
Gabriel Winterfield of Jagwar Ma One of my final concerts of 2013 was Jagwar Ma‘s headlining appearance at the Neptune on December 10th. For a couple months I’d been listening to their album, Howlin’, over and over again, zoning out in my own little Jagwar Ma world. The Australian duo is fiercely good. Also on […]
KEXP presented its fourth annual Reykjavik Calling, a free event with concerts by artists from Iceland and Seattle. Pretty cool. In case you did not know, Reykjavik is our Icelandic sister city, and KEXP matched up the Seattle and Reykjavik artists to see what would happen. Here’s some photographic evidence by Simon Krane: Hermigervill & […]
The Capitol Hill Block Party’s second day saw Nashville’s Wild Cub, Seattle’s Vox Mod and Youryoungbody perform in the outdoors of Capitol Hill. You’ll have several chances to see Vox Mod in September, on TV and live, while Youryoungbody plays Barboza on September 22nd. All photos by Simon Krane: Wild Cub Vox Mod Youryoungbody