Squamish Valley Music Festival 2015
Squamish Valley Music Festival 2015 Logger Sports Grounds and Centennial Fields, Squamish, BC 08.05.15 - 08.07.15 Sorry, but do you mind if I tell you about Canada’s terrific Squamish Valley Music Festival? From August 6th to 9th, an estimated 125,000 people attended...
Rise Against: Like A Fine Wine
Rise Against w/ Killswitch Engage and letlive Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA 08.07.15 Loud and unforgiving, the heart-pumping, fist-pounding trio of Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, and letlive made a stop at the Showbox SoDo on Friday night, donning a friendly smirk and a...
Boyz II Men & Brian McKnight: Your Guiltiest Pleasures
Boyz II Men & Brian McKnight Tulalip Amphitheatre, WA 08.06.15 Unleashing the potency of nostalgia, they know what you want and they’re not afraid to sing it. And you shouldn’t be either. Both Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight have racked up a quarter-century of...
Boys Of Zummer: A Surprise Hit Of Fun
Fallout Boy and Wiz Khalifa w/ Hoodie Allen White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA 08.02.15 I wasn’t the only one who thought the pairing of rapper Wiz Khalifa and pop-rock-punk band Fall Out Boy was a strange idea. On paper, one might wonder what these two acts – or...
Rock the Boat: Rocking The Boats, The Bands, The Beer
Scuttlebutt Brewing and Everett Music Initiative Present: Mudhoney w/ My Goodness, Fauna Shade, and Duke Evers Port of Everett, Everett, WA 08.01.15 The moment I saw the lineup for this event, I was sold. Hats off to Everett Music Initiative for scoring veteran...
Interview: Rocky Votolato
Interview: Rocky Votolato 08.02.15 A mainstay of the Seattle music scene for over 15 years, Rocky Votolato has garnered critical applause for much of his catalog. With the release of his ninth studio album Hospital Handshakes earlier this year, he has proved that...