Big Data: The Robot Will See You Now
Big Data w/ The Moth & The Flame The Crocodile, Seattle, WA 04.23.15 Not knowing what to expect from a Big Data live performance, I was on the edge of my seat for weeks. Sometimes with “producer” shows you get a guy behind a laptop maybe waving his arm in the air...
Damien Rice: The Western Man’s Need To Cry
Damien Rice w/ Marketa Irglova McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA 04.21.15 Take an Irish recluse and a Czech songbird and throw them solo onto the stark, darkened stage Seattle’s McCaw Hall opera house and what do you get? A once-in-a-lifetime live set. It seemed an endurance...
Snoop’s 2nd Annual Wellness Retreat
Snoop’s 2nd Annual Wellness Retreat w/ G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, E-40 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA 04.19.15 Snoop Dogg and company invited Seattle to "inhale, exhale and recharge" at his second annual wellness retreat that landed on 4/19, in a state that both celebrates and...
The Maine: Doubleheader
The Maine w/ Real Friends El Corazon, Seattle, WA 04.15.15 Tempe-based alternative band The Maine took over El Corazon on Wednesday, along with Illinois sad boys Real Friends. Stemming from a kinship sparked by Fearless Records several years ago, these two lit up both...
Kimbra: The Eclectic Spectacle
Kimbra w/ Mikky Ekko Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA 04.13.15 Clad in a body-print poncho, New Zealand’s own Kimbra Johnson crept onto the smoke covered stage at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre this week to the cheers of a frantic packed house. Opening with a dreamy cover of...
The Cannery: One-Year Anniversary Party
The Cannery: One-Year Anniversary Party with Thunderpussy, The Mama Rags & Born of Ghosts The Cannery, Everett, WA 04.11.15 In 2012, Ryan Crowther and Steven Graham set out to establish Everett as a worthy stop for touring acts and create a community platform for...