Come Closer My Pretty: Ever So Android Live at High Dive
Ever So Android w/ Monsterwatch & I Will Keep Your Ghost High Dive, Seattle, WA 07.02.16 Everett’s chill-inducing electronic duo I Will Keep Your Ghost opened the night, bathed in cool light, pumping out their wavy, atmospheric tunes to a receptive crowd. Their...
Ladyhawke’s Pop Clarity Live in Seattle
Ladyhawke w/ Pillar Point Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA 06.30.16 On her third album, Wild Things, New Zealand’s Ladyhawke – née Phillipa “Pip” Brown – dove further into pool of commercial pop, laying off some of her previously edgy self. That electro-pop presence, on...
Sing the Sentimental: Birdy Live at Neumos
Birdy w/ Lawrence Taylor Neumos, Seattle, WA 06.29.16 At just 20 years old, and already on tour supporting her third full-length album, Birdy’s live performance in Seattle was an impressively understated and beautifully executed night of music. The sold out crowd at...
Anything But Square: Four Corners EP Live
Asterhouse, Crystal Desert, The Pro-nouns, and Actionesse The High Dive, Seattle, WA 06.25.16 Spanning the gamut of rock from psychedelia to party punk, not one of the bands at the Four Corners: A Split EP release played a set that was anything less than explosive. At...
Song Premiere: LEAVA – “Basement”
LEAVA - "Basement" Experimental solo rocker LEAVA - née Simon Nicol – returns to the scene with the release of new track “Basement” from forthcoming EP BRUNT. A winding road saw the release of LEAVA’s 2014 album Searching Question, before Nicol finally found a home as...
Cage the Elephant: Let Go of the Brakes
Cage the Elephant w/ Portugal. The Man and Twin Peaks WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA 06.19.16 I’ll have what Matt Shultz is having, please. Beyond caffeine, or energy drinks, or other ephemeral stimulants, Shultz’s raw power is buzz-worthy, and Cage the Elephant has got to...