These Months in Photos: December & January

December was a whirlwind and frankly, I just didn't have time to get out to many shows or write much in the blog. January has been much better for time management, huzzah! We saw some really great shows these past two months, including watching dudes bouncing around gleefully in the pitch dark to Pete Swanson's unique brand of dancey noise at Chop Suey; the double drumming bonanza of Gems at The Josephine; the last show of Lou Lou Hernandez at Cafe Racer; and Wind Burial slay at the Sunset Tavern. Enjoy the photos; lot's of great shows coming up in February, see you out there!

Gems: double the drums, heavy on the fog. 12/15, The Josephine.

Chris Davis, Motor IX presented by Debacle Records. 12/20, Chop Suey.

Pete Swanson, Motor IX

Kairos at Columbia City Theater, 1/16

Wind Burial's 'Wind Burial' EP Release Show, along with pals Golden Gardens. 1/16, the Sunset Tavern.

Lou Lou Hernandez played their final show at Cafe Racer on 1/24. We'll miss them!

Ecstatic Cosmic Union rounded out the night, 1/24, Cafe Racer.

Gabriel Mintz and Kevin Murphy (The Moondoggies) played Hilliard's Brewery on 1/25.

Motor X, presented by Debacle Records on 1/31 at the Lo-Fi, featured (clockwise from top left): Airport, Patternmaster, Raica, and Apartment Fox.

The Mantles warm up the crowd for wimps' EP release show, 1/31 at Victory Lounge.

wimps' 7" release show. We dug the new songs! And the Victory Lounge was packed!

This Month In Photos: September 2013

hey hey hey! September had some great shows featuring a great local talent, the multi-talented visuals maestro Randall Skrasek (who also performs his own music as Rainbow Wolves). Check out the gorgeous colors at the Jetman Jet Team show at the Josephine and Ecstatic Cosmic Union show at Cafe Racer! Also, the new venue Atlas Space, associated with Atlas Clothing in Fremont, is booking more great shows, and Beats and Bohos opened up a new shop in Greenwood (moved from Ballard). Enjoy the photos, see you out there in October!



Tangerine CD release show for their new EP, Radical Blossom. The Comet. 9/6.

LURES

Marika Justad of Tangerine

Land of Pines had a very energetic set

Vaudeville Etiquette. Fundraiser for Water For People at Carpenter Creek winery. 9/13.

Grand Opening party at the new Beats and Bohos at 7200 Greenwood Ave N. 9/13.

Jetman Jet Team, Snowdrift, Clear Black, and The Blinding Light at The Josephine. Visuals by Randall Skrasek. 9/13.

Snowdrift.

Quinn, drummer for Jetman Jet Team.

Cory Brewer at Heartland. 9/19.

Erik Ryan at Atlas Space. 9/20.

Lou Lou Hernandez at The Josephine. 9/21.

Golden Gardens with special guest Suzanne Perry of Love Spirals Downwards. Barboza. 9/22.

Waysayer at Atlas Space. 9/24.

Ecstatic Cosmic Union, Rainbow Wolves, Perpetual Ritual, and Sacred Signs at Cafe Racer. 9/27.

Perpetual Ritual

Rainbow Wolves, aka Randall Skrasek, aka THE guy to go to for awesome visuals!

Ecstatic Cosmic Union.

Eleanor Murray at Heartland. 9/28.

Festivals of October

Summer's over, but there are still a few great festivals left! Check these two out in October.

The new Macefield Music Festival is more of a mega-show than a festival, as it is only one day long. However, it'll be quite a packed day! Plus, wristbands are $10 advance, $15 day of festival. Not bad! If you're 21+ (sorry, minors), head down to Ballard on October 5th at 4pm and catch the following acts (NGD suggestions are bolded):

Kick it off with these free performances at Sonic Boom:

1pm- Lori Goldston

1:45pm- Marc Olsen

2:30pm- Davidson Hart Kingsbery

3:15pm- The Blakes 

	Tractor Tavern	Sunset Tavern	Conor Byrne
4 pm	Hounds of the Wild Hunt	Children Of Kids	TBA
5 pm	Special Explosion	USF	TBA
6 pm	The Fame Riot	Kid Smpl	Lori Goldston
7 pm	Young Fresh Fellows	Vox Mod	Afrocop
8 pm	Princess	Keyboard Kid	Learning Team
9 pm	Constant Lovers	Key Nyata	LURES
10 pm	The Blakes	Jarv Dee	Courtney Marie Andrews
11 pm	The Intelligence	ILLFIGHTYOU	Ganges River Band
12 am	Polyrhythmics	Funky 2 Death	Davidson Hart Kingsbery

Named for Edith Macefield, the persistent little old lady who refused to sell her house to the developer of the Ballard Blocks (Trader Joe's, LA Fitness, etc.), this first annual Macefield Music Festival is a strong start. Let's hope they keep this up, considering we have already lost Seattle Weekly's Reverb Fest (note, the would-be Reverb Fest lineup is now what you see here with Macefield Music Festival, which is no coincidence), and we lost City Arts Fest this year, too (this is what they're up to instead).

Hypnotikon is (also) a new two-day festival celebrating psychedelic rock, held October 11-12 at the Triple Door and its associated Musicquarium. This venue is gorgeous and I'm so excited this festival is here. The festival ends on a high note with Silver Apples, "analog-synth pioneers...whose two late-'60s albums still radiate timeless melodic and rhythmic brilliance." Good times. With visuals by Christian Petersen (I Want You) and Aubrey Nehring (Portable Shrines). $25 per night, or $40 pass for both nights; or just come for the Musicquarium shows, because those are free!

	Main Theater	Musicquarium	DJ’s on Both Nights
Friday	Cave	Tokyoidaho Ecstatic Cosmic Union	Explorateur Veins Skyler Mamma Casserole Self-Administered Beatdown
	Lumerians
	Midday Veil
	Fungal Abyss
Saturday	Silver Apples	Brain Fruit Karnak Temples
	Cloudland Canyon
	Night Beats
	Jetman Jet Team