Green Day and Bravery
At the opening concert of their world tour, Bravery and Green Day rocked the house. July 3rd, Bravery took the stage at Seattle’s Key Arena to kick off the Green Day concert and was simply awesome. Granted, Bravery only played for 20 minutes, their music was excellent.
Following the openning act and after a humerous human sized bunny jumped around stage drinking a beer, Green Day entered the arena. The next two hours were pure bliss. Green Day performed a mixture of new songs (from 21st Century Breakdown) and past hits. Between the great music, pyro-technic show, and amazing amount of crowd involvement, this show was definitely a must see event.
If Green Day is coming to your town, spend the money and go…you won’t be disappointed.
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Fred Roth Revue – Live @ High Dive
Seattle very own Fred Roth Revue will be performing live at the High Dive (Fremont, WA) on December 3, 2008. They recently released a new CD called “Dragan Faces” and will be hosting a CD Release party starting at 10PM. If you are in the area we highly encourage you to stop on by and listen to some great tunes. If you cannot make it in person…don’t worry, Bands.TV will be broadcasting live from High Dive. For information on how to get tickets, visit Bands.tv.
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Live From Neumos – Watch Now
Bands.tv is proud to be a supporter of this year’s Decibel Festival and are currently streaming live from Neumos for your viewing pleasure. We are still in BETA but we hope you enjoy the show as much as we do. We will be broadcasting live on Sunday from Triple Door between 6pm – 10pm. So, if you cannot make the online show tonight, then definitely check out tomorrow night.
Tomorrow’s broadcast promises to be much better video and audio quality. So please come back. Hope you enjoy the show.
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Decibel Festival 2008 – Sept. 25 – 28
The fifth annual Decibel Festival will again submerse Seattle in the broad spectrum of electronic music and its surrounding cultural elements.
Since its inception in 2003, Decibel has booked over 400 acts, culminating in the biggest edition yet this fall. Following the success and critical acclaim of previous editions, the festival will once again assemble a diverse selection of international talent designed to stimulate its audience on multiple levels.
The lineup will feature artists at the forefront of electronic music production, alongside exciting visual art performances, multimedia installations, workshops and panel discussions. With this landmark anniversary, Decibel will feature several debut performances as well as some return favorites.
The four-day annual Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media will happen this September 25-28.
MEDIA PARTNERS
Decibel is very excited to announce that URB Magazine is the official media sponsor for 2008. Additional media partners onboard include Resident Advisor, The Stranger and KEXP.
Be on the lookout for blogs from the Decibel staff, contests, podcasts, and more fun from our sponsors!
HOTEL PARTNERS
All transportation and lodging partners this year feature ways to reduce visitors’ carbon footprints and ease their stay while in Seattle. They each offer eco-friendly rooms while also providing comfort and a good night (or morning) rest. These hotels are offering discounts to Decibel attendants:
Best Western Executive Inn: 206.448.9444
Best Western Loyal Inn: 206.682.0200
The Eight Avenue Inn: 206.233.0185
SPONSORS
Decibel Festival would like to warmly thank all of our sponsors so far this year. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please email us.
PERFORMERS:
31avas 33hz Akira Rabelais Alala.One Alland Byallo apendics.shuffle Aron Schoppert Attentat Audion Balún Barbara Morgenstern Bryan Zentz / Stare5 Camino Acid Careen Ajar Carl Craig Carole Kim Chuck Flask Craig Kuna Crazy Larry Ctrl_Alt_Dlt Cubenx Dave Pezzner Deadmau5 Deaf Center Derek Plaslaiko Deru Dixon Eluvium Eskmo
Fax Flying Lotus Glitch Mob (edIT and Boreta) Helios J-Sun Jacob London Jahcoozi Jeff Greinke Jeff Samuel Jerry Abstract Kadeejah Streets KillingFrenzy KiloWatts Kris Moon LA Riots Les Freres Courvoisier Let’s Go Outside Library Tapes Limefeather Luca Bacchetti Lusine M. Quiet m.0 Michael Manahan Mike Monday Mister Leisure Nalepa ndCv Nikola Baytala Noah Pred Noisemaker Nordic Soul (aka INCITE!) novaTRON offthesky Panty Control Phidelity Punch Drunk Productions Rob Noble Sammy D Santiago and Bushido Scott Pagano Scott Sunn Shane Silkey Shen Stewart Walker Struggle SunTzu Sound Taimur Agha The Bug featuring Warrior Queen The Sight Below Travis Baron Truckasauras Tujiko Noriko Tycho Welder William Basinski
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Angels Whisper in Me – Live in Seattle
If you like Evanescence, then you are going to love this music act. Check out what what LaGuitare.com has to say about this amazing duo…For more information about tickets, Click Here
AWIM is love at first sight, absolutely amazing, beyond reason, marvelous.
AWIM is the singer Anna He and Jean-Pierre Taïeb. They are both composing, Anna He plays the piano, and Jean-Pierre plays all the other instruments. This disc is nothing less than sublime, a pure gem of soft pop, melodic with a melancholy beautiful rather than trite. The production is in this pop spirit and the voice of Anna is voluntarily brought out. How could it have been different? Her voice is dazzling and accurate. You are not attending the show of a diva here, full of useless technique. Anna, while singing, sends you through an unbelievable range of emotions. Jean-Pierre is an extra-terrestrial, guitarist, pianist and arranger, the cornerstone of this jewel.
The work carried out by Jean-Pierre has unequalled sensitivity. This disc is a ray of sunshine penetrating your darkest days. I’d love to be awakened by a song like Set Me Free every morning to come. Reflections is immense, in fact the 12 pieces composing this album all glide in an immaculate sky. Between us, the only regret that I have is that the lyrics are not included with the disc, because obviously they are important. The musicality of the words is brought out, and when it is associated with such a masterful and meticulous production, transports you to the sublime. Do not have any apprehension, this disc can be absorbed in the first listening, and is not a universe to be tamed, just let your emotions rise again. Please, if you buy this disc (on www.baidjan.net), do not compress it below 128K, you would lose some its charm. The sound is breathtaking.
This is a promising year.
[Translated by Maxfield Chandler.]
[Review by LaGuitare.com Sept. 5th, 2007.]
Pitbull Concert Reviews/Feedback
We are looking for some feedback on the Pitbull concert last Friday at Pier 66. If you attended the event we want to hear what you have to say. With prices of concert tickets on the raise, it is important to share the feedback you have with the artists and other fans who might be thinking of attending their next show. Feel free to publish your thoughts on the concert.
We are working closely with the local media to publish their music reviews so why wait…tell us what you think now. Post your comments.
Pitbull Concert Tonight at the Bell Habour
If you are looking for something to do tonight then you might want to check out the Pitbull Concert tonight at the Bell Harbour (Pier 66). Brought to you by Xposure Nights, Pitbull offers music for those who love a fast beat rap with some world influence. If you thought ahead, tickets were $45 before the show, $65 at the door, and $100 for their VIP tickets. What are the VIP tickets you ask…we haven’t been able to find out but if you do, let the rest of us know.
Opening Acts for Pitbull are:
- Steelo (www.steelomusic.com)
- Stoned Kings
- True School DJz
- MC’s – DJ Delicious & DJ Pryme & DJ Tonito
The show is tonight and starts at 7pm…tickets are available at the door at at brown paper tickets (http://brownpapertickets.com)
Rodrigo y Gabriela to play at Sasquatch
Rodrigo y Gabriela are schedule in the Sasquatch Music Festival line at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre on Monday, May 26th, 2008. A Seattle favorite, Rodrigo y Gabriela have developed a new genre “acoustical metal/fusion music” that will fill your hearts and satisfy the urges of any heavy metal or acoustical fan. So if you find yourself in the Seattle area, go get your tickets now before they are sold out.
The Story
Rodrigo and Gabriela met as teenagers, at the Casa de Cultura (Culture House), in Mexico City, where Rodrigo’s brother was Director. Rodrigo was playing drums in his band Castlow – a code word he never revealed to Gabriela, and changed to Tierra Acida (Acid Earth) when she joined them on guitar. The couple drifted together through music; teenaged metal fanatics who both failed entrance to the Conservatory and moved into rock. Before joining Tierra Acida, Gabriela ran three girls’ bands, Las Brujas (The Witches), Subterraneo and Las Formigas (The Ants) at once: Terra Acida had a disciplined work ethic: “It was mental!” she recalls, “we rehearsed five hours a day, every day, with very short breaks, and not much talking!”
Tierra Acida played in Mexico City’s roughest clubs and lived off day-jobs (Gabriela taught Metallica riffs to local kids; Rodrigo at a TV station, doing music for programmes). They recorded an album but wouldn’t sign the record contract, planning instead to concentrate on learning more guitar styles. In fact, they just hung out with friends and survived by playing bossa novas in the hotel bars. “Then we decided to travel to Europe”.
Their first port of call was Dublin, Ireland. “It was the most unknown place to us”, explains Gabriela, the talkative one. “Also, a Mexican girl offered us her house there.” They landed in Dublin at night, spoke no English, and had $1,000 between them. They found a note on the door saying actually, sorry, but they couldn’t stay there after all, so the taxi driver drove them round hostels and hotels all night. Eventually they rented a place – and soon the money disappeared: “So – we had to busk”.
That was 1999: “We were very exotic specimens!” They built a reputation and landed gigs in people’s homes, at wedding parties and gallery openings, playing covers and their own compositions, “We still wanted to be metal composers, but everything came out as Latin!” Dublin was booming then, with new music venues and galleries and a thriving rock scene, and the two Mexicans jammed with local folk musicians in the bars. In winter, they moved to Denmark and started again – this time busking at minus three degrees! The brief Copenhagen experience inspired two numbers on this album, “Diablo Rojo”, a scary roller-coaster ride in the city, and “Viking Man”, their nickname for a homeless man they befriended, who pushed them into busking on the freezing streets.
Next, they hit Barcelona, but this time, the club owners assumed they played Mariachi, and wouldn’t let them play in their own unique style, so Rod & Gab ended up jamming on Barca’s main drag Las Ramblas getting heavy duty hassle from the Catalan cops. Just in time, a call came from Ireland to come back and play the newly opened Sugar Club. Damian Rice, then a busking friend, invited them to support his shows, and in 2003, they released “Re-Foc”, and a year later, “Live Manchester and Dublin,” which both launched them onto the World Music circuit – and beyond.
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