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Passion Pit Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3 Published Sep 04, 2012Because of the trek back to Vancouver from Seattle, this intimate KEXP live show was my only chance to see Passion Pit. It was also the only...
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El Vez Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3 Published Sep 04, 2012At first glance, El Vez looks and sounds like a joke. Bursting onto the stage in a glitzed-up, bell-bottomed twist on the classic Uncle Sam...
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Seapony Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3 Published Sep 04, 2012Seapony make nice music: it's dreamy, affable and sonically pleasing. Lead singer Jen Weidl has a melted-candy sort of voice, sweet but not...
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Lee Fields & the Expressions Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2 Published Sep 03, 2012Lee Fields has the grunts, growls and snarls down, and the necessary confidence to pull off a blindingly white suite. When the iconic funk s...
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Niki & the Dove Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2 Published Sep 03, 2012The Swedish sound is alive and well in electro-pop duo Niki & the Dove, but with just enough twists to keep things fresh. In their second sh...
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1 Published Sep 03, 2012After liberating himself from the Drive-By Truckers five years ago, Jason Isbell set about proving that he's a master storyteller, be it in...
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The Heavy Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1 Published Sep 03, 2012Confession: I used to think "How Do You Like Me Now?" was a Franz Ferdinand song, and that made me like FF better. But the song that's every...
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TacocaT Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1 Published Sep 03, 2012I have no idea how to pronounce this band's name. In fact, it's been written a lot of different ways: TacacaT, Tacoca T, Tacocat. I read it...