Retribution Gospel Choir take the catchy beats from Low and turn up the amps to play a great mix of crude guitar rock with some of the bluesiest stoner-rock I’ve heard in awhile.

Norwegian singer/songwriter, Sondre Lerche, made his way to Bumbershoot on his US tour in support of his recent releases, Dan In Real Life soundtrack and Phantom Punch. The crowd he gathered was so immense that I couldn’t get up close to take photos…

What is there to be said about Battles that hasn’t already been done? Just go check them out!

Bumbershoot had a pretty good Bay Area lineup this year. Not the least of all was Ice Cube’s cousin, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, hailing from Richmond, California!

Really a fun group to shoot. Just peeved that I lost most my shots except this one in my hard drive crash…. argh! Due to hard drive failure I lost the original files to these and had to use the images processed for Cameraphonic

Local Bay Area musician/recording studio owner, John Vanderslice, made his way to Seattle and performed to the fans of Bumbershoot and gave his usual “all”.

Mariee Sioux hails from Nevada City, CA and it was a pleasure seeing her and a large crowd on the Wells Fargo stage early in the day. She was joined by Gentle Thunder, the Native American Flutist who accompanied her on her album, Face In The Rocks. This was a rare pairing for the two [...]

As a casual fan on The Wallflowers when I was younger I was intrigued to see what the younger Dylan was up to these days. After watching a bit of his set I could see myself checking out his newer material as it does not seem to have strayed too far from his folk roots, [...]

The Saturday Knights are a local Seattle hip-hop group gaining a lot of momentum and it was felt full force at their Bumbershoot performance. With a large crowd of locals, they sang along to the Knights’ fun lyrics. Playing a set strictly of the songs from their album, Mingle, in chronological order, the guys had [...]

The Weakerthans are an act I was really happy to see at this festival since the last time I had seen them on tour was something like in 2004. In support of their album, Reunion Tour, the guys played a set heavy on their classics with a few of the new songs mixed in.