live show reviews

CURRENT - FESTIVAL COVERAGE - 2009 (70 reviews) - 2008 (28 reviews) - 2007 (27 reviews) - 2006 (14 reviews)

2011

11/26   Russian Circles, Crypts, Deafheaven   Seattle, WA
11/09   Holy Ghost!, Jessica 6, Eli Escobar, RAC   Portland, OR
11/05   La Dispute   Portland, OR
11/01 (AP Tour)   Four Year Strong, Gallows, Title Fight   Seattle, WA
10/17   Battles, Nisennenmondai   Los Angeles, CA
10/09   Wild Beasts, EMA   Portland, OR
09/16 (MusicfestNW)   Explosions In The Sky, The Antlers, Typhoon, Eluvium   Portland, OR
09/15 (MusicfestNW)   Twin Sister, Suuns   Portland, OR
09/15 (MusicfestNW)   Dirty Beaches, The Gaslamp Killer   Portland, OR
09/14   Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen   Los Angeles, CA
09/09 (MusicfestNW)   Pig Destroyer, A Storm Of Light, Transient   Portland, OR
09/07 (FYF Fest)   Death From Above 1979, Dan Deacon, YACHT, Japandroids, Future Islands   Los Angeles, CA
09/06 (Bumbershoot)   Minus The Bear, Tennis, Lemolo, Head Like A Kite, Pickwick, Campfire OK   Seattle, WA
09/05 (Bumbershoot)   Hall And Oates, Ravenna Woods, Greensky Bluegrass, Big Boi, My Goodness   Seattle, WA
09/04 (Bumbershoot)   Toro Y Moi, Warpaint, Das Racist, Atari Teenage Riot, Thee Oh Sees, Nomeansno   Seattle, WA
09/03 (Bumbershoot)   Trombone Shorty And Orleans Avenue, Pentagram, Nice Nice, Vasin, Red Fang, Kris Orlowski And The Passenger String Quartet   Seattle, WA
08/20 (The Power Of The Riff)   From Ashes Rise, Black Breath, Trap Them   Seattle, WA
08/18 (The Power Of The Riff)   Winter, Pelican, Noothgrush, ALL PIGS MUST DIE, Alpinist, Masakari, Aeges   Seattle, WA
08/16   Pictureplane, Javelin, oOoOO   Los Angeles, CA
07/27   Eleanor Friedberger   Los Angeles, CA
07/21   Abe Vigoda, Parenthetical Girls, Extra Life, Sam Mickens   Los Angeles, CA
06/08   Young Widows, My Disco   Portland, OR
05/07   Mogwai, Errors   Seattle, WA
04/26   tUnE-yArDs, Buke And Gass   San Francisco, CA
04/24   Tobacco, Beans   Portland, OR
04/23   The Cave Singers, The Young Evils   Seattle, WA
04/21   Yoni And Josiah Wolf   Los Angeles, CA
04/20   Empty Space Orchestra, Dog Shredder, White Orange   Seattle, WA
04/19   Maserati, Sleepy Eyes Of Death   Seattle, WA
04/12   Cults, Magic Kids, White Arrows   Portland, OR
04/09   Lightning Bolt   Seattle, WA
03/31   Pegasus Dream, RYAT   Portland, OR
03/31   Joe Sib, Eric Lincoln Hurst   Seattle, WA
03/30   White Fang, Mean Jeans, BOOM!   Portland, OR
03/25   Gold Panda, Com Truise   San Francisco, CA
03/24   Akron/Family   Seattle, WA
03/22 (SxSW)   Death From Above 1979, The Strokes, Big Freedia, The Death Set, The Blind Pets, Skrillex, MSTRKRFT, Daedelus   Austin, TX
03/08   EARTH, Mount Eerie   Seattle, WA
03/04   Baths, BRAIDS, Gobble Gobble   San Francisco, CA
02/19 (Ecstatic Music Festival)   Roomful Of Teeth, With William Brittelle, Caleb Burhans, Merrill Garbus   New York, NY
01/15   Algernon Cadwallader, Big Kids, RVIVR, Foreign Objects, Pink Nightmare, Outlook   Olympia, WA
  Shonen Knife, Shannon And The Clams, Jungle Fever   San Diego, CA

2010

11/28   No Age, Lucky Dragons   Portland, OR
11/20   Blonde Redhead, Olof Arnalds   Portland, OR
11/17   Clinic, The Fresh And Onlys, Wax Fingers   Portland, OR
11/02   Avi Buffalo, The Head And The Heart, The Parson Red Heads   Seattle, WA
10/23 (CMJ)   John Vanderslice, Marnie Stern, Harper Blynn, The Drums, Francis And The Lights, Wild Nothing   New York, NY
10/23 (CMJ)   Matthew Dear, Braids, The Luyas, First Aid Kit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Active Child   New York, NY
10/23 (Escalator Fest)   Blood Red Dancers, Night Beats, Dahga Bloom, Jeffertittis Nile, This Blinding Light   Seattle, WA
10/22   Scout Niblett, Holcombe Waller And The Healers, Arrington de Dionyso   Portland, OR
10/18 (Tonight We Feel Alive Tour)   Four Year Strong, Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Lung   Seattle, WA
10/16 (Treasure Island Music Festival)   Die Antwoord, The National, Silent Disco   San Francisco, CA
10/14   The Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults   Hollywood, CA
09/30   Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Miniature Tigers   San Francisco, CA
09/24 (Decibel Festival)   Ben Frost, Grouper, Lawrence English   Seattle, WA
09/09 (Musicfest NW)   Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Sallie Ford And The Sound Outside, Morning Teleportation   Portland, OR
09/09 (Musicfest NW)   Sleep, Scott Kelly, Baroness, Ceremony, Heiress, Red Fang   Portland, OR
09/04 (Bumbershoot)   The Decemberists, Baroness, Horse Feathers, Trampled By Turtles, Hey Marseilles   Seattle, WA
09/04 (Bumbershoot)   The Round   Seattle, WA
09/04 (FYF Fest)   Man Man, Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti, The Mountain Goats, Sleep, Panda Bear, Washed Out   Los Angeles, CA
09/03 (FYF Fest)   Screaming Females, Titus Andronicus, Best Coast, Warpaint, Ceremony   Los Angeles, CA
08/28   Wehrwolve   Seattle, WA
08/25   Boris, Red Sparowes, Helms Alee   Portland, OR
08/06 (Pickathon)   The Cave Singers, Breathe Owl Breathe, Heartless Bastards, Fruit Bats, Langhorne Slim   Portland, OR
07/25 (Capitol Hill Block Party)   Holy Fuck, Black Breath, !!!, Blitzen Trapper, My Goodness, Head Like A Kite   Seattle, WA
07/23   Blitzen Trapper   Portland, OR
07/22   The Dead Weather   San Francisco, CA
07/14   La Roux   San Diego, CA
06/16   Jamie Lidell   Portland, OR
06/11   HEALTH, Indian Jewelry   Portland, OR
06/05   The Glitch Mob, Free The Robots, Deru   Seattle, WA
06/03   Bane, Strike Anywhere, Touche Amore, Lowtalker   Seattle, WA
06/02   Buzzcocks   Seattle, WA
05/29 (Sasquatch Festival)   Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, Dirty Projectors, Nurses, tUnE-yArDs   George, WA
05/25   The Maldives   Seattle, WA
05/19   Frightened Rabbit   San Francisco, CA
05/11   MONO   Seattle, WA
05/08   Owen Pallett   Seattle, WA
04/29   Red Sparowes, Caspian, Fang Island   Seattle, WA
04/25   Bonobo, Yppah, Anomie Belle, Surrealized   Seattle, WA
04/23   EARTH, Wolves In The Throne Room   Seattle, WA
04/21   Foxy Shazam   Los Angeles, CA
04/18 (Coachella)   Fever Ray, The Dead Weather, Thom Yorke, Grizzly Bear, Beach House   Indio, CA
04/12   Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Bear Hands   Portland, OR
04/11   The Dillinger Escape Plan, Darkest Hour   Seattle, WA
04/10   Beach House   Portland, OR
04/08   Toro Y Moi   Seattle, WA
04/05   Murder By Death, Ha Ha Tonka   Seattle, WA
03/31   Total Bros, And And And, Archers   Portland, OR
03/21 (SxSW)   WhoMadeWho, The Black Angels, Liars, dd/mm/yyyy, Bear In Heaven   Austin, TX
03/21 (SxSW)   dd/mm/yyyy, Liars, Duchess Says, Explode Into Colors, Flying Lotus   Austin, TX
03/21 (SxSW)   Men, Neon Indian, Juiceboxxx, Major Lazer, The Lonely Forest, Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle   Austin, TX
03/19   BOAT, Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, Feral Children, Kids And Animals, The Next Door Neighbors   Seattle, WA
03/10   Or, The Whale   Seattle, WA
03/09   Shrinebuilder, A Storm Of Light, Shining Ones   Seattle, WA
03/06   Extra Life   Seattle, WA
03/05   Black Rebel Motorcycle Club   Seattle, WA
03/05   Deer Tick, Everest   Los Angeles, CA
02/27   We Were Promised Jetpacks   San Francisco, CA
02/18   Midday Veil, Moon Duo, Du Hexen Hase   Seattle, WA
02/18   Brendan Benson   San Francisco, CA
02/04   Nouvelle Vague   Seattle, WA
01/24 (Wolfgang Amadeus Tour)   Phoenix   Portland, OR
01/23   Ravenna Woods, Heatwarmer   Seattle, WA
01/16   A.A. Bondy   Los Angeles, CA
01/13   Nasalrod, Stag Bitten, Juan Prophet Organization   Portland, OR
01/07   The Happy Hollows   Los Angeles, CA
01/04   The Living Suns   Los Angeles, CA