This Month In Photos: August 2013

Soaking up the last real month of summer, when it's still warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt at night. That's what August is about for a lot of PNW folks. It also mean TONS of festivals, mega-shows, and concert series'! This month we headed out to see Chastity Belt and Deep Sea Diver at the KEXP Concerts at the Mural series, and saw the first show of Bummershoot, a DIY festival happening Labor Day weekend (though we didn't make it out to Bumbershoot, the city's signature festival). August was a sweet month for shows; I hope you took advantage!

My first show of the month was a beach-front benefit concert for Lha Charitable Trust. Here's Heels To The Hardwood. August 1.

Enjoying Fremont Art Walk at the new Atlas Space (in with Atlas Clothing and Beats Anne Bohos shop). This event featured Bardo:Basho. August 2.

The fun and FREE Concerts at the Mural series, sponsored by KEXP. Deep Sea Diver (above) and Chastity Belt (below). August 9.

Jet Man Jet Team Tour Kick-Off show at Chop Suey. August 11.

Soft Shadows opened.

Jet Man Jet Team put on a killer set.

Creative musical use of children's toys.

The ever-epic My Bloody Valentine played a sold-out Showbox SoDo August 21.

Best photos I could get after getting smacked for taking photos by staff. Shame, SoDo.

Super funny singer-songwriters Katrina Charles (left) and Debbie Miller (right). Conor Byrne. August 22. 

Mitts played an energetic set at the Blue Moon Tavern, August 23.

BUMMERSHOOT: Day 1. Hollow Earth Radio hosted the first epic night of three during the Bummershoot festival. Opening act was the excellent Briana Marela (above right), fresh off a tour and celebrating the funding of her Kickstarter trip to Iceland to record her album. She was followed by Try The Pie singer-songwriter Christine (bottom right), who also plays in Sourpatch and Salt Flat. The night also featured a performance art piece by Viviane James/White Boy Scream (very bottom left), and music by Pleasure Beauties, as well as The Webs.

Festival Fever! NFTN, Fremont Fair, and HONK! Fest West

In addition to Noise For The Needy (NFTN), which we covered in the last post, there are two other music festivals to look forward to in Seattle this weekend. THREE MUSIC FESTIVALS! Ack! Theoretically, because they actually span three days each, you could hit one of these events per day and get the full effect...and HONK! is a part of the Fremont Solstice Parade, an element of the fair, on Saturday the 22nd. The point is, there are lots of ways to get out and enjoy music this weekend!

Noise For The Needy...June 20, 21, 22...Ballard

3-4 shows per day, $10-$15 per show. For more information, see our previous post here.

Fremont Fair...June 21, 22, 23...Fremont

I'll be honest, I don't know most of these bands. I bold/italicized those that I recommend below.Of course, there are lots of other things going on with the Fremont Fair, including the always-fantastic Solstice Parade on Saturday (complete with painted bicyclists!). See you there! This is one of those events that I look forward to all year.

	Redhook Main Stage	Reyka Vodka Waterfront Stage	Fremont Abbey Stage
Friday, June 21	5:00pm: The Fabulous Party Boys 6:00pm: Skablins 7:15pm: Cumbieros 8:30pm: Longstride 9:45pm: Publish the Quest
Saturday, June 22	10:30am: LoveBomb GoGo 11:30am: Church Marching Band 12:30pm: World’s Finest 1:45pm: Mighty High 3:00pm: Snug Harbor 4:45pm: Tip to Base 6:00pm: Richie Aldente 7:15pm: More of Anything 8:30pm: Project Lionheart 9:45pm: The True Spokes	10:45am: Gravel Road 11:45am: The Foghorns 12:45pm: Warren G. Hardings 2:00pm: Blvd Park 3:15pm: Tracorum 4:30pm: Otis Heat 5:45pm: The West 7:00pm: HAIKU-CHI plays Prince	12:00pm: Specters 1:00pm: Local Fremont Band 2:00pm: The Local Strangers 3:45pm: Pepper Proud 4:45pm: ComedySportz 5:15pm: Youth Music Performance 6:00pm: Hannalee
Sunday, June 23	10:45am: Country Lips 12:00pm: Tubaluba 1:15pm: Andy Frasco and the U.N. 2:30pm: Weatherside Whiskey Band 3:45pm: Heels to the Hardwood 5:00pm: Horde and the Harem	10:30am: Yoga For The Solstice 11:45am: Blake Noble 12:30pm: Moon Alice 1:45pm: Space Owl 3:15pm: Spyn Reset 4:30pm: Acorn Project	10:30am: Seattle Teen Music 11:30pm: Seattle Ladies Choir 12:00pm: Justin Froese 2:00pm: Coho Mountain String Ticklers 3:00pm: An American Forest 4:00pm: Local Fremont Band

 

HONK! Fest West...June 21, 22, 23...Georgetown, Fremont/Wallingford, Columbia City

HONK! Fest West is a free "community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. We revel in celebration of street band culture by taking mirth and music to the streets and parks of Seattle." It's family-friendly, costumes-encouraged. No wonder they're hooking up with the Fremont Fair for the parade; it's a perfect match!

Friday, June 21st: Find the festival at the corner of Vale and Airport Way in Georgetown from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Music continues until midnight inside The Mix (21+).

Saturday, June 22nd. HONK! is partnering with the Fremont Arts Council and the Solstice Parade, and will be a part of Solstice Parade’s 25th year in the streets of Fremont, before traveling on to Gas Works Park for an afternoon of musical revelry from 3 – 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 23rd, HONK! Presents a free revue of all our HONK! Bands at the Seattle Art Museum from 12-3pm! Follow them to the Columbia City Theatre at 7pm for a wrap party and jam session.

 

This Month In Photos: May 2013

The series of shows we attended in May were richly diverse, spanning many different venues across Seattle and many different styles as well. These included two festivals, Debacle Fest and Northwest Folklife Festival. Probably can't find two more different festivals, but we had a blast at both. We are looking forward to a great summer of music!

  

Debacle Fest, 5/4, first night of the festival, held at FRED Wildlife Refuge.

From left: Marielle Jakobsons, Brain Fruit, Expo 70

Parzival (left) and Impossible Bird (center) at Cafe Solstice, 5/4. Very nice to hear new music from both.

Black Hat, Debacle Fest MOTOR, held at The Lo Fi, 5/5.

 

The Holy Deep Sea Divers, Heartland, 5/11. Giving "communion" with holy water and marshmallows. We had a blast at this show...funny, plus the music was rad, too!

The Weatherside Whiskey Band, 5/11, Conor Byrne. Many great musicians up on one tiny, but mighty stage. I love upright bass!

Admiring the art surrounding us at Black Lodge for the Black Pus/MTNS/Numbs show (Tyler, left; Nikki, right); 5/15.

The Numbs (left) and Black Pus (right), Black Lodge, 5/15. Crazy awesome night.

Moose Portrait, Vermillion Art Bar, 5/16.

Kelli Francis Corrado, Columbia City Theater, 5/17.

Golden Gardens play their upcoming EP, Narcissus, in its entirety. Excellent! Columbia City Theater, 5/17.

Heels to the Hardwood (led by David John, former front man of the late, great Handful of Luvin') rock Hilliards Brewery, 5/18. Solid music. Keep your eye out for these guys around town this summer and at the Fremont Solstice main stage!

Was super fortunate to be invited to watch Impossible Bird record their forthcoming album! 5/24.

Neat art outside the studio.

Briana Marela, Vera Project Stage, Northwest Folklife Festival, 5/27. Super talented.