Watkins Family Hour: Good Ole Fashion Fun
Watkins Family Hour Tractor Tavern, Ballard, Seattle, WA 08.22.15 Absent of an opener and with little opening fan fare, Watkins Family Hour founders Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins took the stage. Performing a tune that hearkens back to fields of bluegrass and drinking...
Interview: Lonely Mountain Lovers
Interview: Lonely Mountain Lovers 08.20.15 When Steven Graham of Everett Music Initiative throws a new band my way, it’s likely going to be pretty good. So when he suggested I take a listen to Lonely Mountain Lovers – like the band name wasn’t enough of a hook – I...
Concert Preview: Modest Mouse
Preview: Modest Mouse Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA 08.24.15 - 08.25.15 Will there ever be a sweeter homecoming? Probably. But holy crap, it's Modest Mouse, in Seattle! For not just one, but TWO glorious nights at the Paramount! Tickets are still available if you'd...
107.7 The End’s Summer Camp 2015: A Hodgepodge Of Hits
107.7 The End's Summer Camp 2015 featuring Matt & Kim, Robert DeLong, Glass Animals, Chet Faker, Saint Motel, Joywave, Meg Myers, In the Valley Below, and Ivan & Alyosha Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA 08.15.15 Despite the fact that it was my fifth night at...
Mac Sabbath: Of Fries and Zen
Mac Sabbath El Corazon, Seattle, WA 08.14.15 A nightmarish mix of costume and calorie made a rolling stop at El Corazon on Friday night, as Mac Sabbath and their brand of drive-thru metal gave yet another performance for the recipe books. Still in their budding stage,...
Kelly Clarkson: A Voice To Reckon With
Kelly Clarkson w/ Pentatonix, Key Arena, Seattle, WA 08.12.15 The “Original Idol” Kelly Clarkson is still a voice to be reckoned with, and one with opinions and humor to boot. She brought her latest Piece By Piece album tour to Seattle’s Key Arena with plenty of...