Concert Preview: Little Hurricane
Preview: Little Hurricane Tractor Tavern, Ballard, WA 09.22.15 Little Hurricane is a small but powerful blues rock band with a potent sound. It’s amazing what this power duo consisting of Anthony “Tone” Catalano on slide guitar and Celeste “CC” Spina on drums can...
Gin Wigmore: Rushing Ahead
Gin Wigmore w/ Patrick Park Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA 09.19.15 You can tell she's going to be electric. The crowd – having been lined up down the block an hour before doors – is cheering and hollering as Gin Wigmore takes the stage at Tractor Tavern for an early...
Def Leppard: Oldies and Newbies
Def Leppard w/ Tesla and Styx White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA 09.16.15 Can you name a Def Leppard song besides “Pour Some Sugar On Me?” Before seeing them live for the first time last week I certainly couldn’t. Admittedly I have blank space where song titles...
Empire of the Sun: Something Else Entirely
Empire of the Sun w/ St. Lucia and HOLY GHOST! Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA 09.15.15 Grandiose Ambiguous Headdresses and fur capes, intergalactic dancers with multiple costume changes, catching an Empire of the Sun live show is all about the visuals. Smoke rolls off the...
“Weird Al” Yankovic: The Mandatory World Tour
"Weird Al" Yankovic Washington State Fair, Puyallup, WA 09.14.15 There is something about the smug parodies of “Weird Al” Yankovic that makes my senses recoil, yet I am smiling, and even occasionally cracking with laughter, experiencing the dichotomy of Yankovic’s pop...
Circa Waves: Why Can’t We All Just Have Fun?
Circa Waves w/ Oberhofer & Acid Tongue The Crocodile, Seattle, WA 09.14.15 Call it pop. That’s what it is. But don’t condemn Circa Waves for keying into the perfectly pure pop groove that drops all pretense and just has fun. The young Brits of CW are just that,...