Seattle – The ironic thing about Ty Sygall’s latest album, Sleeper was that no one could imagine a time between touring, festivals and writing new albums for countless side projects when Segall and his crew actually find time to sleep. Just over a month after the August release of Sleeper, Segall and his latest project Fuzz
The late evening hours are beckoning hours in Austin. They call for the strange, the enthusiastic, the music-lovin’ Texans and company to come out of hiding from the heat to enjoy the bountiful tunes in the city that is the live music capital of the world. Last Tuesday night was no exception – Austin’s Mohawk
At this point, the name Ty Segall has become almost synonymous with prolific. Just last year, he released three albums and started 2013 by announcing yet another project – Fuzz – that’s set to release its debut album in September. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, however, Segall released another album under his own
Another weekend passes and to no shock of mine, I found myself at the Black Lodge yet again. This time it was for Seattle based band, Night Beats, who graced its hometown with what I feel I can now say with some authority, the best show the Black Lodge has put on recently. Not only
Music history buffs don’t agree on much, but the one thing that they’ll nod their heads in agreement is that The Velvet Underground & Nico is one of the most influential albums on many, many levels. Produced by the ubiquitous Andy Warhol (at least that’s what it says on the album’s iconic cover), the album
Bumbershoot has been around for a while – this will be their 42nd year of gathering some of the most interesting and stimulating music and art in Seattle, Wash. This year it will take place September 1-3, which is Labor Day weekend, at the Seattle Center. This will no doubt be a weekend of wildly
After an amazing experience at Bonneroo, I couldn’t wait to go to my home town Pitchfork Music Festival. Braving the rain the crowds poured over to see Japandroids. Holy cow where I have been when it comes to this band. Obviously this crowd and the other photographers were on top of their game as the
The final day of Pitchfork had a lineup that started off with punk edge and transformed into to a flashback dance party. The rain gave us a day of sunshine and between the mix of sun and heat turned the mudpits into hard caked up mini desert. Trekking through the said desert, I made my
It’s only been a week since catching Ava Luna at Mercury Lounge, and I’ve been jamming out to them ever since. As witnessed during that show, the band seems to have found a great combination of friends and influences to really be a best new and emerging band. Ava Luna is Carlos Hernandez on vocals