By RJ, KEXP | Published:
September 17, 2009
photos by Dan Muller
review by RJ Cubarrubia
I’ll be honest: with all the talk of Anacortes’ The Lonely Forest, I felt like a complete dumbass for never having heard their music (it got really bad when I read in Sound that they were “Seattle’s next great band”). After having the pleasure of introducing them on our [...]
By KEXP | Published:
September 16, 2009
Another view of the Bumbershoot 2009 Music and Arts Festival by photographer by Dan Muller, who braved the rowdy fans of Modest Mouse on Monday night:
more photos here
Also posted in KEXP, Photo Galleries | Tagged Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Franz Ferdinand, Metric, Modest Mouse, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Past Live, Say Hi, Telekin, Telekinesis, The Knux |
Another great session from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge: The Cave Singers played a mesmerizing set for the full theater audience, including songs from their excellent new album, Welcome Joy, and familiar favorites from Invitation Songs. Although the plastic cage around percussionist Marty Lund for a moment distracted singer Pete Quirk and guitarist Derek Fudesco, adding [...]
By RJ, KEXP | Published:
September 15, 2009
photos by Dan Muller
review by RJ Cubarrubia
Bumbershoot 2009 was a fairly wet and wild affair, but no band could’ve prepared for the weekend weather better than Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head. Sporting a nautical theme complete with a posse of inflatable dolphins, NPSH ripped through an hour-long dance party to an absurd army of kids shouting [...]
The most anticipated session of the Music Lounge series at Bumbershoot this year had to Metric. Fans were lined up an hour before the event, waiting to find space in the intimate theater. Metric’s Emily Haines and James Shaw took the stage for a stripped down set featuring songs mostly from their recent album, Fantasies, [...]
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By KEXP | Published:
September 13, 2009
Several KEXP photographers roamed of the grounds of the Bumbershoot 2009 Music and Arts Festival, capturing the energy of the live performances, the sometimes bizarre spectacle of the artists and fans, and the enthusiastic spirit that makes Bumbershoot one of the greatest festivals in the country. Here’s one perspective, through the eyes photographer Jim Bennett:
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Also posted in KEXP, Photo Galleries | Tagged Cold War Kids, De La Soul, Delhi2Dublin, Michael Franti, Raphael Saadiq, The Cave Singers, The Minus 5, Vieux Farka Toure, Visqueen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
By KEXP | Published:
September 11, 2009
More live videos from KEXP’s broadcast at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge: Seattle songwriter Sera Cahoone, flanked by with Jason Kardong on the pedal steel and Jeff Fielder on banjo and acoustic guitar, performed a stripped down acoustic set of songs from her self-titled debut and her recent Sub Pop album Only As the Day Is [...]
By Chris Estey
There were some telling observations my friends made about the annual Seattle Center-based festival this year — the best one was, “Franz Ferdinand are playing? Really? When?”
FF are a fine band, but Bumbershoot 2009 is noteworthy in that even a working rock group with a quality significant fan-base and memorable hits from [...]
Also posted in KEXP | Tagged Champagne Champagne, Eugene Mirman, Matt Braunger, Os Mutantes, Parenthetical Girls, Reggie Watts, Spencer Moody, Story Pirates, The Lonely Forest, The Whore Moans, Todd Barry, Wallpaper, Wyatt Cenac |
During this past weekend, KEXP broadcast from the Bumbershoot 2009 Music Lounge, with exclusive and intimate live performances from 14 bands over three days, including The Cave Singers, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Common Market, Metric, and the legendary Brazilian psych rock band Os Mutantes, who performed for the very first time in Seattle. Over the [...]
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photos by Dave Lichterman
intro by Christy Thacker
Since dancing into the hearts of many at Bumbershoot four years ago, Metric has undergone some radical releases and revelations. After hopping between Toronto, Montreal, London, New York and Los Angeles, lead vocalist Emily Haines of the Canadian-based indie pop band finally settled down in Buenos Aires for some [...]
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