Articles by Andrea Warner

Hot Chip's Al Doyle Talks the Perils of a Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2012

With the summer release of Hot Chip's fifth album, In Our Heads, the English band celebrated a dozen years' worth of electro-dance jams. Ov...

TacocaT

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

I have no idea how to pronounce this band's name. In fact, it's been written a lot of different ways: TacacaT, Tacoca T, Tacocat. I read it...

The Heavy

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

Confession: I used to think "How Do You Like Me Now?" was a Franz Ferdinand song, and that made me like FF better. But the song that's ever...

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

After liberating himself from the Drive-By Truckers five years ago, Jason Isbell set about proving that he's a master storyteller, be it in...

Niki & the Dove

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

The Swedish sound is alive and well in electro-pop duo Niki & the Dove, but with just enough twists to keep things fresh. In their second s...

Lee Fields & the Expressions

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

Lee Fields has the grunts, growls and snarls down, and the necessary confidence to pull off a blindingly white suite. When the iconic funk...

Stars

The North

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

At times on Stars' new record, The North, you can practically see the day-glow scrunchie in Amy Millan's hair and the acid wash of Torquil...

Seapony

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

Seapony make nice music: it's dreamy, affable and sonically pleasing. Lead singer Jen Weidl has a melted-candy sort of voice, sweet but not...