The Blakes have had pretty madcap year. Tours through Europe with amazing bands like The Kills, The Gossip, and Pete and The Pirates. A steady stream of national touring that’s taken them coast to coast on several occasions. Sasquatch, Sunfest, Lollapalooza, etc.
But you know what? Seattle is always there home.
And oh what a homecoming it shall be. Tomorrow night, Tuesday the 24th, our favorite raucous trio will glide in to Neumos with rock-pop favorites The Broken West in tow. Those of you who missed their prior performance at Chop Suey (oh how we don’t envy you), now is your chance. The Blakes put on a high energy shit-kicking slap-in-the-face of a show, and we promise you it is not to be missed.
Summer has only just started and our bands have already been jump-kicking the shit out of the touring circuit. The Saturday Knights, in support of their highly acclaimed new album Mingle, rocked The End Beachhouse at Alki on the Fourth of July, and The Blakes (on a brief respite from their intercontinental jet-setting) rocked Sasquatch.
We were there, camera in hand, snapping shots. Here’s a preview. You can see the rest right HERE:
Hopefully if you’re perusing this website, searching for new music, digging through our extensive back catalog, then you’ve done yourself a favor and checked out Daytrotter. Sean Moeller has been bringing the best and the brightest bands in the business to the tiny town of Rock Island, Illinois to sit a spell in his studio there and record alternate takes of their popular songs. Oft times bands will bring a handful of unreleased material, maybe even a cover or two.
Bands like Bon Iver, Bodies of Water, and The Dodos (and the list goes on…) have all laid down tracks for Daytrotter, and now our very own The Blakes have been lucky enough to sit down with the folks over there to lay down a few old favorites.
Four classic Blakes’ tracks all re-worked and re-recorded in the intimate space that is the Daytrotter studios. Check it out right HERE.
So, for you folks around the world who aren’t making the cross-country trek for event of the century, Seafair 2008 (jet planes and hydroplanes), we have another option for you and your strange, strange kind:
THE BLAKES AT LOLLAPALOOZA
That’s right world, your favorite trio of booze-soaked rockers are heading to the Big Show in Chicago’s Grant Park to quite literally sonic-boom your pants off with their sheer level of rock goodness.
The Blakes party starts tonight at 10:45 where they’ll be hammering away at The Back Porch Stage at the House of Blues, along with another of our favorite rock groups – The Whigs. Not to be missed. Sunday finds them on the Main Stage of the festival in Grant Park at 12:00 pm, so get there early, ’cause this could, er, fill up. By the way if you’re worried about missing anything while losing your mind to The Blakes’ rock and sweet roll, don’t, nothing else is going to blow your mind like this.
So, buy a plane ticket (quickly), or slip on your running shoes (and run FAST) or do ANYTHING, so you can be in Chicago by this evening. Seriously!
La Blogotheque, really a brilliant brilliant European music blog, ventured on out to the Eurockeenes Festival in Belfort to produced a bunch of their absolutely awesome Take-Away Shows. The concept of the Take-Away Show is to place a band in a different setting then they usually perform (you have to see Man Man’s tour de force through the streets).
Our good friends The Blakes performed a song called “Before” in what seems to be the crow’s nest of pirate ship overlooking the tents of Eurockeenes. A mild bit of electronic distortion, some tender brotherly melodies, and the resolute maraca shake of Bob Husak – it’s a beautiful thing.
Seattle-based photographer Chase Jarvis‘ new photo book Seattle 100 – Portrait of the City showcases the stunning array of talent that continues to thrive in the Emerald City. Watch the video clip below to get an idea of the scope of the book (and spot for a second a photo of Light In The Attic’sThe Blakes!). All proceeds go to the non-profit arts and cultural organization 4Culture!
“Ss the culmination of a two-year personal project by renowned photographer, filmmaker, and social artist Chase Jarvis. Both a creative project and an insightful ethnography, Seattle 100 shares—via more than 300 stunning black-and-white portraits and biographies of each subject—a curated collection of leading artists, musicians, writers, scientists, restaurateurs, DJs, developers, activists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, and more, all of whom are defining and driving culture in Seattle. Some faces you will know, other names you may have heard in passing, and others will have been unknown to you until now.
Individually, the images and words here introduce you to 100 engaging and important people. Collectively, this portrait of a city tells a fascinating, interwoven story about a unique and vibrant place.
Purchase this book and help support the arts here in Seattle.”
Ss the culmination of a two-year personal project by renowned photographer, filmmaker, and social artist Chase Jarvis. Both a creative project and an insightful ethnography, Seattle 100 shares—via more than 300 stunning black-and-white portraits and biographies of each subject—a curated collection of leading artists, musicians, writers, scientists, restaurateurs, DJs, developers, activists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, and more, all of whom are defining and driving culture in Seattle. Some faces you will know, other names you may have heard in passing, and others will have been unknown to you until now.
Individually, the images and words here introduce you to 100 engaging and important people. Collectively, this portrait of a city tells a fascinating, interwoven story about a unique and vibrant place.
Purchase this book and help support the arts here in Seattle
