Category: Concert Reviews
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A Sea of Swaying Bodies: Billie Marten Live at The Crocodile
By Lindy Rybloom You find me on an afternoon in March. Although it is technically the beginning of spring,you’d never be able to guess because the weather will tell you the opposite. Before I step out ofthe door, I’m sure to put on two pairs of socks, a thermal layer underneath my pants, and forgood…
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Ohio Boys, Beautiful Music: A Caamp Concert at Dune Peninsula
Photos and writing by Frances Edwards-Hughes. A rolled-out Persian rug, brass lamps to light up their pedals, stacks of shitty romcom books, and incense burning. Jeans with paint on them, and hats worn a hundred times—the sweat marks turning the blue fabric green. Yellow and red. Sunshine and loving. Caamp articulates their band’s music through…
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Hovvdy Brings Their Contagious Warmth and Careful Lyricism to The Crocodile
Review and photos by: Frannie Edwards-Hughes Sweet, love in its early days, a Southern summer, a walk by yourself when the sun’s going down—or maybe it’s coming up—praying for a friend every night, getting older each day, it’s all familiar, I don’t recognize myself from a year ago. This is what Hovvdy sounds like to…
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“If You Tap on the Glass, The Sharks Might Look at You, Damned If They Don’t, And You’re Damned If They Do” – MJ Lenderman Live at The Neptune Theatre
Photos and Writing By Frances Edwards-Hughes A tired, bleak, and early-sundown day turns into a dream of a night as I file into The Neptune Theatre. I drove my car from Minneapolis to Tacoma, only for it to fall apart one month later, so the trek to Seattle consists of three different modes of transportation:…
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“The Thing” Double-Feature: The Thing Brings Their Signature Sound all the way From New York in the Wake of Their Most Recent Album Release
By Paulie Maturo, photos by Max Ketterer Nov. 6th – Zookraught, The Thing, Monsterwatch; Sunset Tavern After squeezing my hatchback into a cramped parking space in Seattle’s quiet Ballard district, I began my walk down Market Street, where I was delighted to pass Black Ends’ ‘Psychotic Spew’ display in the window of Sonic Boom Records.…
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Boyscott and Small Crush – A Warm Indie Collection, More Like a Recollection
Frannie Edwards-Hughes Madame Lou’s! A cozy basement venue in Belltown, Central Seattle—cafes, restaurants, boutiques, and galleries in every direction. Street parking, walking a few blocks, familiarizing myself with a colder night. Whispers of summer have turned into the silence of late fall and winter. No line when we arrive, a stamp on my left hand,…
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Have You Ever Been Part of a Singing Army of Elves?
By Lio Capellaro It’s a Tuesday night at Neumos Seattle, where Dora Jar is playing on her 2024 west coast tour. My friends and I enter the semi-packed venue, and face a sea of fairy queens and witches and wood nymphs that make up the crowd. Glitter faces, lace, neon hair clips are everywhere we…
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Saint Levant Raps with Zeal, Energizing a Movement
By Frannie Edwards-Hughes, photos by Lindy Rybloom It takes 50 minutes in my purplish-gray Mazda 3 to reach The Showbox, a historic venue near Pike Place. As we drive, the sight of the disappearing sun hits the highway, casting shadows on us. Dark out now, red glowing bulbs burn brightly and surround letters spelling out…
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LOMU: The Taiwanese DJ evolving the electronic scene
By Rhae Schulz-O’Neil Takao Drums event flyer, Kaohsiung Taiwan, 2024 Drum and Bass, the beloved electronic dance subgenre is one of the most popular electronic genres to come out of the United Kingdom 90’s breakbeat/rave scene. Having spanned into a multitude of DnB sub-genres, Drum and Bass (sometimes referred to as jungle beats) can be…
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KUPS International: Artists supporting Palestine and Sudan in the UK
By Jake von Haken Artists For Aid concert poster, 2024 On July 4th 2024, I had the opportunity to see a very special concert put on by Sudanese-Canadian artist Mustafa, which had over three thousand people in attendance. This was the second edition of his “Artists for Aid” series in which he raises money for…