John Regan – Portland ministers of fun, The Dandy Warhols, brought their 25th anniversary tour and traveling roadshow to a sold out Showbox on Friday, December 6. My wife Naomi and I attended and met friends beforehand.
Matt Ashworth – It’s no secret that numerous NadaMucho.com contributors have had intermittent and/or extended crushes on Seattle band Crazy Eyes over the last five years. We put them on our yearly list of emerging local bands we’re excited about in 2015, #41for2015, and when I just searched our massive Flickr album of Northwest band photos it told me we have 95 shots of the group performing live from six different photographers.
Aarin Wright – I’ve yet to see a more perfect album title than Crushing this year. The simple present participle serves as an accurate depiction to the steamroller squeeze the heart undertakes at each of the record’s lyrics, as well as the butterflies felt from Julia Jacklin’s raw and angelic vocals.
Julia Olson – This summer I started my first post-grad, good ol’ 9-5 office job. It’s been really good, but I work in South Lake Union instead of on Capitol Hill. Every now and then I get an SLU panic moment; when suddenly I realize that I spend 40 hours a week typing in the shadow of Bezos’s balls.
Eric Tra – In its eighth year running, Desert Daze returns to Lake Perris for a weekend of weirdness and sonic euphoria. Billed primarily as a psych rock music festival, Desert Daze embraces all kinds of musical tastes with artists and acts ranging from hip-hop to punk and beyond.
