Juliette Lewis: Natural Born Singer
Juliette Lewis Chop Suey, Seattle, WA 09.13.16 There was a buzz in the air at Seattle’s Chop Suey in anticipation of Juliette Lewis’s show. The tiny venue had been sold out well in advance, and was already pretty full for opener Andy Clockwise. The Australian...
Blink-182: Original Princes of Pop Punk
Blink-182 w/ A Day To Remember & The All-American Rejects KeyArena, Seattle, WA 09.17.16 Seattle’s KeyArena was packed with as diverse a crowd as you can get for a punk rock show. With Blink-182 exceeding 20 years of pioneering the pop-punk movement, it was a...
Coheed & Cambria: The Color Before The Sun Tour
Coheed & Cambria w/ Saves the Day Shobox SoDo, Seattle, WA 09.14.16 I'll never forget the first time I heard Saves the Day; hanging out by my locker one morning, during my freshman year of high school. My friend told me of this cool band that was coming to town,...
Dayshell Are The Nexus Of On Point In Seattle
Dayshell w/ I the Mighty El Corazon, Seattle, WA 09.11.16 I found out about Dayshell by complete accident one day, surfing around the net for new music. I was immediately hooked by the song “Carsick,” and then “When You Fall Asleep at Night.” The vocal lines and...
Prophets of Rage Are Anything But Calm
Prophets of Rage w/ AWOLNATION and Wakrat White River Amphitheater, Auburn, WA 09.10.16 Less politically charged but still garnering plenty of fists in the air, super group Prophets of Rage – featuring three quarters of Rage Against the Machine (minus lead Zack de la...
Joseph: We Were Not Alone
Joseph w/ Duncan Fellows Neumos, Seattle, WA 09.08.16 Better known as the band Joseph, the sisters Natalie, Allison, and Meegan Closner wield a powerful brand of anthemic, folk rock. So powerful that they descended upon a sold out Neumos crowd full of fellow Pacific...