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Amanda Palmer, Raised from the Dead
I had no idea what I was in for. I just knew I was there to see Amanda Palmer. I knew about Palmer, sort of. I'd watched some YouTube videos, listened to some tracks from her Ben Folds-produced Who Killed Amanda Palmer disc. A friend of mine whose ... »
Brandi Carlile With Seattle Symphony
The cellos start with dissonant chords in rhythms akin to mosquitoes buzzing. The whole orchestra builds then cuts out to let the harp take the intro. Focus turns to Brandi Carlile, who takes a ... »
Deerhunter Rocks a Sold-Out Neumos
On a busy Friday night on Capitol Hill (Sleepy Eyes of Death at Chop Suey and Lady Kier of Deee-Lite at War Room, among other happenings), Atlanta fuzz masters Deerhunter were greeted with a capacity crowd at Neumos. Fresh off their latest effort, Microcastle, Bradford Cox ... »
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Kill It
The lead singer of one of the greatest rock bands of all time; the Grammy Award-winningest woman in history, who's also a fiddle prodigy; one of the most celebrated record producers in roots music; a tremendous singer-songwriter-guitarist; and one of Nashville's most talented multi-instrumentalists. That was ... »
Talkdemonic Devolves Beautifully
In its infancy, way back in 2004, Talkdemonic could travel in a Geo Metro. Then, as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Kevin O'Connor, Talkdemonic only required enough back seat space to contain a drum kit, a laptop and, usually, a concertina. Armed with these meager tools, ... »
The Weekend at Decibel Festival
After a long night of dancing (and for some a long morning of dancing as well), DB in the Park kicked of at 1PM Saturday afternoon, giving fans something to peel themselves out of bed for. Though I couldn't manage to pull myself together until about 5:30 or ... »
Into The Weekend: Decibel Festival Nights One and Two.
Oh Decibel, how I love thee. It's 10 PM on a Thursday evening and I'm walking up Union from Broadway, and before I could even round the corner onto 10th, I could feel the bass rumbling in my tummy: A good sign. I'm ... »
CSS Light Up Neumos
Though they may be 'tired of being sexy', Cansei de Ser Sexy, better known as CSS, showed a sold-out crowd Thursday night that they are not tired of working a packed dance floor into a tizzy. Playing a spate of songs from their new release 'Donkey', along with favorites ... »
Q&A with Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band
Just one month after not only the band’s first live performance ever but headlining at Neumos in Seattle, Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band played a show (the band’s third) with Man Man and the Walkmen, in Vancouver, B.C. last week. The path this Seattle band has taken ... »
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Devotchka @ Showbox at the Market
