Pacific Northwest Music News & Events
With a name like “Monolith” the title track might have been a little disappointing if it wasn’t an absolutely massive face-melter. No fucking worries here. Like a medicine ball to the chest, “Monolith” captures the brutal hobotone and slams the listener right in the solar plexus.
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Not that this is breaking news or anything but the northwest is bursting at the seams with massively talented rock bands and any conversation about who is the best out there right now that doesn’t mention the name Devils Hunt Me Down is incomplete.
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Stereo Embers is a band that I love not only because of the brilliant song writing and instrumentation but they are another current band that is helping to shatter the “Seattle Sound” myth.
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It’s clear that Wilson loves being in this band, loves what Warfield brings to the table and is having a lot of fun getting back out there.
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This one finds them throwing major curve balls at the listener by introducing a trumpet into a Seattle “rock” song and again tossing any number of genres into a blender and letting all hell break loose.
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People come from all over to experience what has become an annual night like no other and 2017’s Layne Staley Tribute concert at the Moore Theatre on August 19 was truly one for the ages.
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Like Masterwish, the new album has more hooks than the fishing aisle at a Cabelas, killer harmonies and great musicianship once again.
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You’d be hard-pressed to find another four-song EP that packs as much punch as this one does and it will surely leave the listener wanting more
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Hammett shredded all night long and James hit most of highs and lows with his signature snarling vocals. He was on point with his trademark scowl as was bassist Robert Trujillo, who lovingly mean-mugged the crowd throughout the show.
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Now all the talk about the album sounding a bit nostalgic is not a bad thing in any way, shape or form. It fits just fine in the world we live in today and it’s a fun album to listen to all the way through. That said, if this had come out in say, 1973, and people bought music the way they did back then, it would be a world-wide smash.
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When we talk about the rock royalty that laid the groundwork for the northwest being at or near the top of the music world for what has now been several decades, many names come to mind, including but not limited to The Ventures, The Wailers, The Sonics and Jimi Hendrix.
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It’s a psychedelic doom blues rock song that just cuts through to your soul and Trower played it spot on, although he heavily improvised during the several minute long solo that had me and probably others in the crowd in a guitar tone induced trance.
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The night ended with the band’s biggest song “Comedown” and they let it rip for that one. As the night drew to close, there weren’t many people inside the sold-out venue that weren’t singing along for that one and as they shuffled out when the house lights came up, they left completely satisfied.
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Easily one of the best things about Upstream was the amount of people that were wandering around going to see bands they’d never heard of. Many times over the weekend a person would see a camera strapped around my neck and a media pass and ask me if I had any suggestions.
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The hard-rockin’ purveyors of sweet Seattle sonic thunder excitedly took the stage a little after to nine to a near full house at The Showbox. If you’ve been at a Thunderpussy show before you know into the crowd is and how into the crowd the band is, both seemingly playing off each other, daring each other to go a little further each time.
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