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First Aid Kit Bring Their Pure Harmonies to The Moore
By Alicia Kamenick on November 16, 2014
Although First Aid Kit is from Sweden, it isn’t evident in their heartland harmonies, or even their accent-free speaking voices. But indeed, sisters Johanna...
Hozier Earns His Hype at The Showbox
By Alicia Kamenick on October 22, 2014
It would be so easy, so tempting . . . .dare this reviewer start off by saying that “Hozier took the Showbox to church on...
Concert Preview – Hozier at The Showbox
By Alicia Kamenick on October 19, 2014
If you didn’t already buy your ticket to see Hozier at The Showbox on Tuesday, I’m sorry to tell you you’ve missed your chance –...
BANKS Brings Moody R&B to The Showbox
By Alicia Kamenick on October 16, 2014
Female R&B artists are nothing new. Female R&B artists with an indie/electronic twist, however, are somewhat a novelty, at least for the moment. Along with...
Lily Allen – Sparkly Swagger at The Paramount (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on October 7, 2014
Lily Allen doesn’t have much of an internal filter. At a show, she’ll mention the scatological issues she had while at her last Seattle appearance,...
Justin Townes Earle Tells Stories at The Neptune
By Alicia Kamenick on October 4, 2014
It’s probably safe to say that Justin Townes Earle is safe from being popped by the spirit of Hank Williams. The vision of ghostly vengeance...
Concert Preview: Justin Townes Earle at the Neptune
By Alicia Kamenick on September 27, 2014
Justin Townes Earle carries some musical heft in his name. The son of Steve Earle, and the godson of Townes van Zandt – that’s a...
La Roux Makes The Showbox Dance (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on September 22, 2014
British singer La Roux (nee Elly Jackson) strolled into Seattle Friday night and turned The Showbox into a sweaty, ecstatic mess of ’80s-throwback electro-pop. Cutting...
Lykke Li Brings Her Dramatic Indie-Pop To The Moore (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on September 21, 2014
The stage at The Moore on Wednesday night could have been set for a Halloween show. Footlights, fog, eerie music and black, diaphanous fabrics hung...
Album Review: U2 – Songs of Innocence
By Alicia Kamenick on September 13, 2014
By Alicia Kamenick U2 is not a band that works fast. Since 2009 (the year their last album was released, the occasionally exciting, but baffling...
Lykke Li at the Moore Sept 17 – Concert Preview
By Alicia Kamenick on September 13, 2014
Swedish chanteuse Lykke Li got an unexpected boost of publicity this week when she appeared as a guest vocalist on U2’s surprise new album Songs...
Arcade Fire Lights Up the Gorge (Photos)
By Alicia Kamenick on August 11, 2014
When Arcade Fire won the Album of the Year Grammy for The Suburbs in 2011, Twitter exploded with the question “Who the fuck are...