Colour
Colour were super energetic – especially the bass player. I was on his side of the stage so most of the photos included his bouncing around and musical antics.

Mimas
Mimas really might have stolen the night. They were ridiculously great and had a lot of pedals!

This Town Needs Guns
The guys in This Town Needs Guns have ridiculous chops. They played and moved around too fast to get a decent photo, especially with the large, sweaty crowd, but if you have the chance, check them out.

31Knots were the second of three bands performing at Seattle’s Paradox on December 2, 2006. The other two bands performing that night were the opener Evangelicals and headliners Menomena. The night overall was great and 31Knots seriously tore it up despite some drum monitor issues.

Vocalist/Guitarist Joe Haege often stumbled around the stage (and crowd) apparently drunk on the music—the performance was held at an all ages venue attached to a church so it definitely wasn’t alcohol. Towards the end of the set Haege changed on stage into a more uniform-ish outfit before heading into the crowd with the mic stand for the closing songs.

Following The Slats at the October 13th show at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle was Thee Emergency. Although they’re from Seattle, I wasn’t familiar with them and if you aren’t familiar with the group, let me give you some advice, check this band out NOW!

They have a few tracks posted on their website and on their MySpace Page. My favorites Revolution 1. If you have the chance, you must see them perform live. They give so much energy it’s ridiculous and just a great experience. Their album Can You Dig It? was released this past June on Blue Disguise Records.

The only non-Seattle group performing at the KEXP sponsored show at the Sunset Tavern, Minneapolis’s The Slats put on a show that certainly gained the respect of the Seattle crowd. In case you can’t tell from the photos, they really get into their performance!

For a sample of The Slats, check out “Teena” (MP3) from their album Pick It Up as well as the other MP3s on The Slats site. The tracks “Ironman” and “King of Hawaii” from their newest album Boom Patrol are posted on The Slats’s MySpace page for your listening pleasure.

On Thursday, October 12, 2006, Trentalange celebrated the release of the album Photo Album of Complex Relationships (read The PhiLL(er) Review) with a performance at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern.

Barbara Trentalange and her drummer managed to pretty well provide the same atmospheric, full sound of the album in the live performance. Although it seemed like a good amount of this was with the help of some pre-recorded/programmed segments, it seemed like she was also capturing some sound as she performend and then looping it as well. Following an opening performance on the flute, Trentalange’s performance was balanced pretty equally between the bass and keyboard. The standout song of the night for me was “Monster” (MySpace Download) which is also my favorite from the album.

What Made Milwaukee Famous put on an excellent performance with a ton of energy and the crowd definitely appreciated it. I don’t think I saw the bass player stop moving once. That made it a bit difficult to get a good shot of him, but if you’re feeling it you’re feeling and he definitely was. They mentioned several times how much they liked Seattle and that they plan to be spending a bit more time up here.