Frida Ray – Sweet goddamn Seattle —where to begin this musical love note? How about with my choice of clothing for the festival: mini skirt, half shirt, vintage vibe high heel boots and sparkly leg warmers. Not the best of ideas on a cold-ass PNW night, stomping around the tenth annual Freakout!
Andy Bookwalter – Last Friday, in the deepest depths of a NyQuil binge, I agreed to put on my press pants and cover a night of Freakout Fest 2022. There’s rarely a good reason to venture north of the Ship Canal Bridge, but Ballard has rarely done me wrong when it comes to live music, so northwards I went.
Naomi Cooper – Excited to cover Freakout Fest last Thursday night with both words and drawing, I hustled to the box office near the new “Freakout in the Streets” outdoor stage and managed to catch a bit of Chris King and the Gutterballs before totally-not-speedwalking over to Hotel Albatross for The Kathy Moore Super Power Trio (KMSPT) with special guest Jessica Lurie.
Andy Bookwalter – Remember that time when the world ended? When huge music festivals went from “hedonistic happy fun time” to “disgusting disease vectors” overnight? That was awesome, unless you like getting into festivals for free, pitching snark and cracking wise about the old days.
It’s been a little over a week since I had my socks rocked off at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo, where Jawbreaker kicked off their Dear You 25th Anniversary Tour. I’m still riding high.
