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I like to think of myself as a pretty open-minded listener when it comes to music. I will listen to anything, from avant-garde noise to top 40 pop, and give it a chance based on the qualities themselves. The one thing I can say about this group is that their name really sums up the audience reaction to them. It's always a challenge to come up with an appropriate name for your group, and rarely [...]
Lisa Dank + The White Widows
To See Rating: 3/10 Just Curious Rating: 3/10 Members Lisa Dank Lisa Dank is certainly out to make a statement. The particulars of that statement will most likely differ from person to person, but love her or hate her, everyone can surely agree that Lisa Dank just wants to have fun. For one thing, she was certainly out to kick off the first few days of the new year with all the glamour [...]
The Liars Club
To See Rating 3/10 Just Curious Rating 2/10 (+1 for the Capt. America Wristband) Band Members K.C. Rehberg – Vocals Chris Craig – Guitar Alex Difabio – Bass Steve Popplewell – Drums So I’ve been impatiently waiting to review one of these local Seattle bands that would impressively show me that Seattle’s local music scene is still alive and thriving. Then along came The Liars [...]
U.S.E
To See Rating 5.5/10 Just Curious Rating 4.0/10 Band Members Derek Chan — bass Jason Holstrom — guitar Carly Nicklaus — vocals Amanda Okonek — vocals Jon E. Rock — drums, vocals Peter Sali — guitar, vocals Noah Star Weaver — keyboards, vocoder There has been a lot of talk about U.S.E around town these days. One thing that you should know about my opinion of U.S.E is that [...]
Motorik
To See Rating 4/10 Just Curious Rating 4/10 Band Members Adrian Garver – Guitar Sio – Bass Vocals Hoagie Gero – Drums In researching the word Motorik, I found that it’s derived from the repetitive yet forward-flowing feel of rhythm. The word Motorik actually means motor skill in German. I agree that their approach is repetitive, but there is a gap between their performance and [...]
Sleepy Eyes of Death, Blue Light Curtain
Sleepy Eyes of Death To See Rating 8.0/10 Just Curious Rating 7.5/10 Band Members Keith ::: Moog, Roland, Beats, Programming Brandon ::: Industrial Light and Magic Cassidy ::: Gibson J Andrew ::: Korg, Fender, Sampler, Vocoder Joel ::: Moog, Roland, Beats, Vocoder Question. If you can't judge a book by it's cover, can you judge a band by their title? In this case the answer is yes. [...]
Gladiators Eat Fire, Goose Vargis
Gladiators Eat Fire To See Rating 6.5/10 Just Curious Rating 7.0/10 Band Members Mark Blazer - Vocals Brian Kim - Guitar Taylor Weston - Bass Joseph Wilkinson - Drums May I have your attention please? I think I found the love child of "Screamo/Indie Rock" circa 2002-2006. I enjoyed Gladiators Eat Fire (GEF) for lots of reasons. For starters, they bring a lot of energy to the table. [...]
Carrie Biell
Band Members: Carrie Biell (Guitar, Vocals) Jason Ward (bass) Steve Norman (dobro, pedal steel, banjo, electric guitar) Baine Craft (Drums & Percussion )Scott Kennedy (Electric Guitar, Organ, Backup Vocals) Katie Mosehauer (Occasional Violin) First, I would just like to say that I really enjoyed Carrie's voice. I thought she was a very beautiful, heart felt singer. ... Okay ... At the [...]
