Concert Preview: The True Loves
Preview: The True Loves High Dive, Seattle, WA 03.10.17 It's the second coming of The True Loves - after a split with singer Grace Love last summer - and they're bigger and brassier than ever. The bombastic instrumental soul eight-piece is fresh of recording and ready...
Vince Staples’ Underwater Poetics
Vince Staples w/ Kilo Kish Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA 02.27.17 Vince Staples isn't drowning. Though, at moments during his live "Life Aquatic" tour, he is accompanied on stage by LED fish, their bulging eyes staring him down as though he's fighting for air. The Long...
Concert Preview: John 5
Preview: John 5 Louie G's, Fife, WA 03.03.17 Best-known as Rob Zombie’s longtime partner in crime, guitarist John 5 kicks off a string of Pacific Northwest dates with a stop at Louie G’s Pizza on Friday March 3, 2017. If you are unfamiliar with who John 5 is, you can...
Concert Preview: Ann Wilson of Heart
Preview: Ann Wilson of Heart Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA 03.08.17 Best-known as the lead singer of legendary rock band, Heart, Ann Wilson has spent the last four-plus decades garnering accolades as one of the best vocalists in the rock and roll business. Her "Ann...
Sing, Sing, Sing With Super Diamond
Super Diamond w/ Dudley Manlove Quartet Showbox, Seattle, WA 02.25.17 I knew it was a night for the slightly older crowd when I heard two Phil Collins songs in a row before the bands hit the stage, but that didn't mean there was a lack of energy in the room. On the...
Hippo Campus Debut “Landmark” Live
Hippo Campus w/ Magic City Hippies Neumos, Seattle, WA 02.24.17 Though Seattle is stereotypically a dark, grunge-loving town, every now and then we show up for an indie-rock newbie. And that's exactly what we did when Hippo Campus, a little band from Minnesota with...