What I love about the Seattle music scene is that everyone is friends with each other and when one band or one artist is going through a tough time, the community comes together to make things right. Recently Kris Orlowski and his band were robbed of their equipment for the third time! I’m not sure if anyone ever realizes this (kind of like how most people don’t understand what a production a concert/music festival can be) but equipment is not cheap. A new music start-up named Ziibra (who we also have been working with!) is hosting a a “We Were Robbed” benefit show for Kris and his band on April 29th at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard with an all-star lineup. At this show, you’ll find sets by Kris Orlowski, Allen Stone, Meagan Grandall (Lemolo), Daniel Blue (Motopony) and quite a few others! Tickets for the show are $10.
Earlier this week a pawn shop was able to track down $80 of their stolen gear so any extra proceeds from the show will go straight towards the non-profit MusiCares.
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When I was a younger, I used to be so great at planning to be at concerts. No, not just planning concerts, which I also did. But I mean if there was a show I wanted to be at, I was going to make sure I was going to be there. It’d be on my calendar. I’d have a notification for it on my phone. If it was a weekday, I’d tell my parents I was going to the library to study. Sorry Mom and Dad – but enough time has passed now that you can know this.
As a 20-Something, I now fail at something I used to succeed at. Tonight, there are two incredible shows that I am missing. If I could be in three places at once, I would. The reason why I cant go to either of these shows tonight though is because I simply just have other plans and dropped the ball on forgetting so please please please go in my place, will you?
I’ve been talking about her for about a month and now she’s finally here. Jessie Ware will be performing at The Crocodile Cafe in Seattle with special guests. Show is 21+ and starts at 8PM. Tickets and more info can be found here.
Secondly, one of my favorite artists Bryce Avery of The Rocket Summer is in town. I’d actually been planning on going to this show for months. April came out of nowhere! He’ll be performing at El Corazon tonight with an AMAZING lineup – The Classic Crime, Joe Brooks, and William Beckett. It is all ages and tickets are $18. Doors open at 6:30PM.
One of my favorite Seattle bands – Pickwick – is throwing down two free shows this week! To prepare them for their new album release Pickwick will be performing at Easy Street Records in West Seattle on March 4th at 7PM and at Sonic Boom Records on March 5th at 6PM. These two events are sure to be packed so arrive early otherwise you might miss out. Their first full-length album, Can’t Talk Medicine, will be released on March 12th. As if they didn’t have enough exciting news coming their way with these shows and their album, Pickwick has also landed the coveted spot of performing on the Mariners’ Opening Day April 8th. In previous years, Death Cab For Cutie and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have had that same privilege.
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Favorite Style Icon: Taylor Swift
T. Swift has seriously stepped her game in 2012. Yes, she’s still sticking to the neutral colored dresses – but hey! That’s okay. It works for her. Taylor Swift is really just doing all the right things when it comes to her style these days and it helps that there are a handful of fabulous designers throwing their pieces at her. It’s awesome. I, of course, am jealous.
Runner Up: Michelle Obama / Kate Middleton
Who: Taylor Swift
Wearing: David Koma
Where: Z100′s Jingle Bell Ball
This is exactly the type of dress I am looking to wear for New Year’s Eve. Who can help me find something like this?!
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It’s been over a year since I’ve seen one of my favorite Seattle bands, but hopefully – someone out there – is seeing them in Seattle tonight!
Minus the Bear is playing tonight at Showbox at the Market along with Cursive and Girl in a Coma. I’ll never forget the time they played at this same venue years back while I was still in high school and the show had sold out while I was in line and still without a ticket. The problems I had back then…
Doors open at 8:00pm and tickets are on sale for $25, I believe.
A couple of days ago, I attended this year’s City Arts Fest VIP Kick Off Party and had a wonderful time. The event was held at Benaroya Hall and I gotta say – it looked a whole lot different from when I was there last… [flashback: Fall Ball 2008] As a person in my 20′s, I love open bars. It combines two things that a person in their 20′s love – free things and…!!
The whole event was pretty exciting with our always favorite USnaps photo booth being featured, pink hair extensions by Senos Salon, Vitamin Water, and food and free flowing drinks! Unfortunately, Kevin and I didn’t stay for the whole event and missed the surprise performance by an unnamed band. I still don’t know who it is. Thank you so much to Ever Kipp of PR firm – Tiny Human for inviting us though. It was so much fun to be a part of!
Just an update on how City Arts Fest is going…all music, arts, and VIP wristbands are sold out! You can, however, still purchase single tickets to shows and arts events and Culture Club passes. Only two more days left y’all! Don’t miss out on this great festival.
I am so excited to finally have the chance to attend this year’s City Arts Fest. What I have come to discover in years of attending music festivals is that I’m usually burnt out by the end of the first day in a weekend music fest. It is practically a marathon trying to have sets lined up after set after set after set. Not to mention, you’ve gotta factor in food breaks, water breaks, random breaks, etc. This time, that’s not a problem. Beginning Wednesday and going through Saturday, there will be multiple shows to attend every night and I can pace myself by attending one a night if I so please. Tomorrow is the kick-off party down at Benaroya Hall and I cannot wait. Of course, I’ll be live tweeting throughout the whole event so all of you can see what I’ll be up to. I hear there will be food, drinks, surprise performances, and even an opportunity to get your hair cut. I bet you’ve never seen that at an opening party. It’s cool – I haven’t either.
As for my City Arts Fest schedule? Here is my dream lineup. No word yet on whether or not I will make it to each of them, but I will most certainly try.
Wednesday, October 17th
@Neumos
The Reminders
Grynch
Homeboy Sandman
Brother Ali w/ Blank Tape Beloved
@Barboza
Western Haunts
The Synthony
Pollens
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band
Thursday, October 18th
@Moore Theater
Lucy Schwartz
A Fine Frenzy
Joshua Radin
@Crocodile
Tomten
Throw Me The Statue
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
Gold Leaves
@Laserdome
Ghostland Observatory
@Showbox Sodo
DJ Swervewon
Thaddeus David
Larry Hawkins (Formerly SK)
The Physics
Mos Def
Friday, October 19th
@Showbox Market
The Soft Hills
Tom Eddy
Point Juncture, WA
Blind Pilot
Saturday, October 20th
@Showbox Sodo
St. Lucia
Motopony
Friends
Two Door Cinema Club
To see the full schedule click here to visit the official website.
I know I said this was Wedding Mondays, but it’s turning out to be a whole lot more of Music Monday. Once again, the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival begins tomorrow in New York and though I will probably never make my way over there to celebrate it, I would still like to recognize some of my favorite artists and bands being featured. Those in bold are from Seattle! Hometown pride never stops here on Yow Yow.
Check out the website for full details here.
This Friday, my favorite band from a movie – Switchfoot – will be performing in Seattle! I’ll never forget the tears I shed over this band from A Walk to Remember.
Be sure to catch them while they’re here at El Corazon along with Paper Route and Alabaster.
Tickets are $24 ADV and $29 at doors.
Doors open at 8 // show begins at 9
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It’s still pretty early in the month y’all, but let me just say…October is turning out to be pretty amazing! While it can be difficult at times to juggle both my day job as a recruiter and my evening job as a blogger, I am very fortunate that what I do in my profession allows me to have the best of the both worlds. I really do feel like like I’m living a double life, but I’m living a life that I absolutely love and enjoy. I wanted to share some exciting news with you all!
Yow Yow! is headed into it’s fourth year this coming January and to this day I am still amazed at all of the readers and the support. You’ve allowed me to do something that I love and to express something that is very much a part of me (just not all of me!) I’m excited to announce that I will be covering City Arts Fest in a couple weeks for the first time ever! I haven’t exactly decided which shows I will be attending just yet, but I am grateful to have been provided an all access wristband by the organizers. Additionally, I will be attending the opening party for University Village’s new Room & Board store for modern furniture…the same week. Busy girl over here. I’ll be posting coverage on the blog and live tweeting of course!
Two years ago, I wrote a post about concert etiquette and I thought I had covered my bases, but after the M83 mess yesterday, I realized that the times were a changing and my etiquette list forgot to include pre-teens/teenagers rolling.
Steph and I were looking forward to catching M83′s set yesterday at Bumbershoot, but were also aware that many people were there just so that they could hear “Midnight City” and leave. Well, we wished that song would have been played earlier because as the set went on, the crowd became increasingly more rowdy. Steph was hoping to make it onto the floor, but I was comfortable in my seat. I was on assignment for the event so I needed to be able to type from my phone and that wouldn’t be possible from the floor. At some point during the set, the security guards had decided that they were no longer letting people onto the floor. The floor was maybe halfway full, but I’m 22 years old so what do I care? I’m not going to question security guards – I have my seat. To my left I saw a man in his 30′s…40′s? rushing down the stairs and rallying up people on either side of the aisle (my side included) trying to get people to rush the floor with him. I was in a section with quite a few adults, but sure enough those kidlets had turned up and had followed suit. Immediately, the stair aisle next to me had filled with kids bunched up, uncomfortable, and ready to charge at the security guards down below. Every few seconds, a few kids would get pass the guards and either a) make it onto the floor escaping the guards or b) endure a tackling situation. The crowds next to me would cheer if someone made it through pass the guards or give the appropriate “OHHHH” if someone was caught.
When the teenagers realized that they were too far up the stairs to make it to the floor in time, they began hopping over the seats and attempting to jump over me and the people around me. Luckily, I happened to be standing right behind someone who wasn’t going to let that happen and kept pushing the kid back and challenging him in a “Come at me bro” type of situation. As a spectator and someone who was caught in the middle of this situation, I’ve got a few thoughts on this.
To read more about this M83 mess from another perspective and to see photos – click here.
Bonus treat above: A live stripped version at Sasquatch Music Festival. These ones are always more fun, but in case you want the original – here it is below!
A couple of years ago, I was blown away when I first heard that Rocky Votolato would be having a living room tour and that he would be enlisting the help of his own fans to put up their living room as a venue. Maybe living room tours have been going on for much longer than that, but he was the first one that I learned of. Not long after that, my dear friends in The Scene Aesthetic hosted the same type of thing and now word is spreading to across the pond. The famous Liverpool band, The Wombats, are hoping to create that very same intimate setting for their fans as well. This map shows the potential places that they might want to perform at on their US tour, but only one living room will win – the one with the most votes of course!
Vote here! You have until Sept. 2nd and so far it looks like Charlotte is in the lead.
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