Delta Rae: Country Harmonies at The Croc
Delta Rae w/ Liz Longley The Crocodile, Seattle, WA 08.02.17 Hot, sweaty, sticky, and abuzz: all words that can aptly describe Delta Rae’s show at The Crocodile in Seattle. With Seafair week ramping up, plenty of service men and women were in attendance for the North...
Ed Sheeran Stands Alone
Ed Sheeran w/ James Blunt Tacoma Dome, Seattle, WA 07.29.17 At this point, it’s significantly easier to find someone who’s heard of Ed Sheeran than someone who hasn’t. And chances are the people who “haven’t heard of him,” would still instantly recognize one of his...
Joyfield Leads A Local Lineup
Joyfield w/ Michelle Limanni, Greater Space, and Seatrash Real Art Tacoma, Tacoma, WA 07.28.17 Regardless of venue, local lineups tend to draw smaller crowds, but when they’re a nearly two-hour drive outside Seattle, those crowds get even smaller. While there was...
Recapping A Crowd: Capitol Hill Block Party 2017
Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle, WA 07.21.17-07.23.17 If there’s one thing everyone can agree on about Capitol Hill Block Party, it’s that the summer music fest is uncomfortably crowded. Unsurprisingly, cramming thousands of people into a few blocks of Pike Street...
Khalid’s American Teen Tour Takeover
Khalid w/ DJ 100 Proof Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA 07.14.17 A year ago, Khalid was as off-the-radar as it gets. And then, less than three months ago, the 19-year-old dropped his debut album, American Teen, announced an extensive US tour and sold out the Seattle stop at...
Logic Turns Down For Empowerment
Logic w/ Big Lenbo and Joey Bada$$ ShoWare Center, Kent, WA 07.13.17 Most rap songs today feature lyrics that follow one of two themes: sex/drugs/alcohol or equality/racism/empowerment. So, when most of Logic’s lyrics fell into the second category, it was nice, but...