Emily Anderson

Japandroids: Live at Chop Suey

Emily Anderson
December 9, 2009December 8, 2009

Japandroids played the last show of their U.S. tour at Chop Suey last Tuesday evening to an enthusiastic crowd. Before starting the set, guitarist Brian King asked the audience to â€œcome down here and get wild.â€ If the crowd was a little hesitant at first, King and drummer David Prowse more than made up for it with â€œThe Boys are Leaving Townâ€, complete with head-banging and a wind machine that made King look as if he was in the midst of a photo shoot. Read More »Japandroids: Live at Chop Suey

Julian Plenti: Live at Chop Suey [2009.11.16]

Emily Anderson
November 20, 2009November 20, 2009

Paul Banks was certainly the crowd favorite at the Julian Plenti show at Chop Suey on Monday night. Although there were cheers of â€œI love you, Paulâ€ throughout the set, the musicians Banks brought in to back his solo project were certainly no slouches (particularly the bassist and cellist, whose names this writer was unfortunately unable to find). Read More »Julian Plenti: Live at Chop Suey [2009.11.16]

Interview with Levi Fuller, “DIY Mayor of Seattle”

Emily Anderson
November 18, 2009May 19, 2023

I recently sat down with Levi Fuller, a Seattle singer/songwriter, to talk about his recently released album Colossal, as well as several other somewhat related topics (ranging from cephalopods to the digitalization of music).

Levi, who originally hails from Boston, has been a fixture in the Seattle music scene for several years now. He is often described as “the DIY mayor of Seattle” and is both a distributor of music (as the editor of the Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly, a quarterly compilation of mostly local artists, and a DJ on Hollow Earth Radio) and an artist.

Emily Anderson
October 19, 2009October 19, 2009

The smell of wet wool was pervasive as drenched Seattleites escaped the rain Friday night to attend the Grizzly Bear show at the Moore Theatre. The weathered venue, coupled with a spectacular light display of Mason jars hanging from telephone pole-like structures provided an intimate listening environment. Read More »Grizzly Bear: Live at the Moore Theatre [2009.10.16]