By Chona | Published:
July 22, 2009
review and photos by Chona Kasinger
This past weekend, Redmond’s Marymoor Park hosted a weekend of great shows, including Friday’s gathering of folking indie rock favorites The Decemberists, Andrew Bird and Portland’s Blind Pilot, who got the party started promptly at 6PM, as people steadily streamed into the park, newly relieved of the miserable traffic plaguing [...]
Marymoor Park this past Saturday was the perfect venue — and on a warm and sunny summer day, no less — for the first of what we hope to be a long running series of the No Depression Festival. The rootsy lineup featured both rising and beloved stars of alternative Americana: Gillian Welch and David [...]
photos by Brian Cullen
review by Jim Beckmann
Writing about a Bill Callahan show is like discussing an abstract or minimalist painting — there’s always the danger of saying too much or too little and any discussion diminishes the experience. And that’s not meant to be a cop out, though admittedly it has taken me well over [...]
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When I told one of the interns who assists me that I was excited to see the special in-studio session one day, I had to stop myself. “Wait, you probably wouldn’t know them,” I said, but then added, “The Church.” Blank stare. “Under the Milky Way”? No recognition… whatsoever… Apparently, he was born the year [...]
review and photos by Chona Kasinger
Every first Thursday of the month marks the EMP’s All Access Night, a free all ages event which typically highlights young and upcoming talent in the Puget Sound area. The Skychurch greeted the familiar faces in Makeup Monsters (fourth place victors in the 2009 EMP Soundoff underage bands competition) and [...]
review and photos by Katy McCourt-Basham
The Vera Project was unusually quiet for a Saturday night when Papercuts and Port O’Brien were slated to play. I walked in just before the show started, and, departing from the usual clamor of the Vera just before a show is going to begin, most were on the fringe [...]
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By KEXP | Published:
July 5, 2009
by James Truitt
The Saturday following the summer solstice was shaping up to be an eventful one. Between the spectacle of the Rock‘n’Roll Marathon, the unbeatable party-vibe of Pride, and an impromptu mass-moonwalk tribute going down on South Jackson St, there was a ton of great stuff set to happen all over our summer-crazed city. [...]
review by Jason Kinnard
photos by Alex Crick
Last Monday night was my first time inside the newly remodeled Crocodile Cafe. The place is definitely a lot different than I remember, but it looked much more polished than last time I had been in. Nice big stage at a proper height, new lighting, good sound; all the [...]
review by Jason Kinnard
photos by Alex Crick
Sunday night was a great night out for an All Ages show at the Vera Project. I had finished all my Father’s Day activities earlier in the day and noticed the nice line-up; it was a perfect night to check out the new location and listen to a few bands. Noticeably absent from [...]
review by Jim Beckmann
photos by Alex Crick (courtesy of Ear Candy)
On Tuesday night, PJ Harvey returned to Seattle and played a nearly sold-out Moore Theater. Those fans expecting to see a variety of the many faces and voices of PJ Harvey — the raw punk anger of Rid of Me, the red seduction of To [...]
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