‘Concert Reviews’ Archives
Past Lives, Blood Red Dancers, Triumph of Lethargy, The Absolute Monarchs
Jordan Blilie of Past Lives Blood Red Dancers Spencer Moody and Dan Gallucci of Triumph of Lethargy For more pics of this show, go here. It's good to see that the Seattle punk scene is staying together. While not as viral as the hip-hop community or as nationally relevant as the Washington indie-rock idiom, to see Past Lives, Blood Red Dancers, Triumph of Lethargy and The Absolute [...]
SSG Interview with Baths + Live Footage
Baths' show on 08/27 was one of the most highly anticipated shows in a long time. Appropriately so, The Comet Tavern was sold out by 9:30pm, and there were people who stood outside to get a glimpse of the action despite being denied admission. We knew that everyone was stoked to see the show, but even Baths himself wasn't prepared for the emphatic reaction. From the moment that Baths started [...]
Beach House at the Park
Beach House has a new lineup, and it's sounding good! Those who follow Beach House know that they've been a dream-pop duo from the start. It's only been since the release of Teen Dream that Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have invited a drummer to expand the recorded sounds of their drum machine tracks. Last night was the first time I witnessed an additional keyboarder onstage filling in the [...]
Fistful of Mercy
There's a brand new band of musical superstars on the rise, and last night was their live performance debut at Easy Street Records in West Seattle. The group is called Fistful of Mercy, and it is comprised of singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur, English musician Dhani Harrison, and a man who needs no introduction, Ben Harper. That's right, Ben Harper was cruising the streets of West Seattle [...]
Live Review: Digable Planets
Guest Author: Jonathan Cunningham The rumors were circulating around town for a couple of days that Ladybug Mecca would not be appearing at Friday night's Digable Planets show. Some folks hoped it wouldn't be true, others (like my roommate) hawked their tickets ahead of time out of disappointment. Sure enough, when Digable Planets touched the stage at Neumos –the rumors turned out to [...]
The Hold Steady and Jaill @ The Showbox
(Unfortunately we don't have our own photos from the evening due to technical difficulties.) The near capacity Showbox show on Wednesday night marked the first date on The Hold Steady's nearly two and a half month upcoming tour stint, and the first of many dates with fellow Midwest garage rock outfit Jaill. Jaill's latest album is a solid piece of work so there was high anticipation to witness [...]
Chromeo + Photo Set
"Chromeo-ohhh-ohhh!" Even before the main support Holy Ghost had fully cleared the stage, the sold out crowd at the Showbox was clamoring for their idol, chanting the duo's name in the same fashion as the sentries from Wizard of Oz. When P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovich) finally took the stage, the Showbox turned into a disco club as the masses dancing to Chromeo's [...]
Matisyahu
On Saturday night, Matthew Paul Miller, better known by his Jewish Hasidic name Matisyahu, brought his inspirational Jewish reggae music to an enthusiastic group of Seattleites. Before the show started, the audience was told, "this is not a sit-down show," causing the ground floor to rise to their feet and rush to the stage in eager anticipation, demonstrating right off the bat how [...]
D’espairsRay and Control Keys @ The Showbox
To start the evening, the Seattle electro-scream group known as Control Keys performed to a fairly unresponsive audience. Consisting of a DJ and two dedicated vocalists, Control Keys play a fairly high schoolish mish-mash of 90s goth rock and and house synth pads. If you took Nine Inch Nails and Korn, locked them in a Hot Topic long enough for them to somehow reproduce, and handed them a [...]
Pearly Gate Music, Nathaniel Rateliff
Pearly Gate Music at the Triple Door on 8/3/2010 (Photo by Laura Musselman) As the opener, Matt Drenik sipped his beer and played a few solo songs under his moniker "Battleme." "I just came from Portland," he said. "I rode in a van with some other bands, because it's better than the train. I don't have a car." His songs were both lucid and dusty, charismatic folk for weary ears. He [...]
