A rock and roll triple threat of bands played WaMu Theater in Seattle. The crowd was an eclectic mix of those folks who may have attended Bush when they first released their 1994 hit album, Sixteen Stone, and the kids of those fans. There was an electric nostalgia in the air as the first […]
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Alice Phoebe Lou arrived in Seattle riding the quiet momentum of her latest release, Shelter, a record that leans into the soft edges of vulnerability and the stripped‑down songwriting that has defined her evolution. The South African–born, Berlin‑based artist has built her career outside the traditional industry machine; from her […]
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The night of April 17 at Nectar Lounge brought together a mix of local talent and a legendary headliner, with Jarv Dee & The Blakhouse Band opening for Devin the Dude. The audience skewed older, with mostly fans in their thirties and forties, and a sprinkling of twenty-somethings in the […]
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The sold-out show at the Tractor Tavern kicked off with SoCal skater punks The Mainliners who primed showgoers with a frantic, coarse-grained medley. Born of the pandemic era circa 2020, the four-piece lean quite LA-coded in swag, each of them a modern picture of biblically accurate 80’s punk bands. Attracting […]
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Seattle was lucky enough to get a side show as Röyksopp slipped into town between their Coachella appearances, and even though I’ve always dreamed of seeing one of their full live sets, this DJ set felt like a gift. I joke often that out of the hundreds of sets I […]
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