Waters: More Than OK
Waters Barboza, Seattle, WA 02.10.15 A band with a murky history, WATERS was formed out of front man Van Pierszalowski’s desire to start anew. After releasing 2011’s Out in the Light, the San-Francisco-based configuration of WATERS is a whole different band. In...
Sleater-Kinney: Our Love Is The Size Of…
Sleater-Kinney Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA 02.08.15 Your first kiss. Your first car. Your wedding. Your attendance at the first Sleater-Kinney show in nine years. These things are all important, but don't make me put them in priority order… In one epic,...
The Hood Internet: Emotional Dance Music
The Hood Internet Nectar Lounge, Fremont, WA 02.07.15 There may be no better way to spend a rainy Saturday night in Seattle than with the expertly inventive mashups of Chicago DJs, The Hood Internet. The production duo of Aaron Brink (ABX) and Steve Reidell (STV SLV)...
Raw Fabrics: Threading The Needle
Raw Fabrics El Corazon Lounge, Seattle, WA 02.05.15 Coming off of their first national tour, the LA-based band Raw Fabrics made their way to El Corazon on Thursday, giving the Seattle crowd a riveting glimpse of things to come. Raw Fabrics recently put out their first...
My Goodness: Killer Concoction
My Goodness Tractor Tavern, Ballard, WA 02.05.15 Overtaking the blacked-out stage of Ballard’s Tractor Tavern to the opening strains of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” Seattle’s own My Goodness immediately plummeted into “Check Your Bones” from their 2014 LP Shiver +...
Sasquatch 2015 Launch Party
Sasquatch 2015 Launch Party Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA 02.03.15 The tickets were free, the posters were free, even host Chris Gethard was passing out free stuff. Albeit, the crumpled coffee filter and packet of tea were a jab about how everyone just wants free...