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.

French Kicks were the headliners and the crowd certainly filled in once they got on stage. It made it a bit difficult to get good photos, but here’s what I managed to get. They opened with the big guns and the audience ate it up. Click on the images for larger versions.

I knew that Matt and Kim were going to be fun to see live, but I had no idea they were going to be this much fun. Of the bands performing at Neumo’s tonight (French Kicks and What Made Milwaukee Famous being the others), I’d have to say Matt and Kim really stold the show. They projected an incredible amount of fun energy that just couldn’t be denied. I definitely recommend checking them out live if you get a chance. Click on the images to view the full size versions.

The following photos were taken at Neumo’s in Seattle, WA during What Made Milwaukee Famous’ performance opening for Matt and Kim and French Kicks. Click on the image to view a larger version. I apologize that the quality on these isn’t the best, but I wanted to get these up quickly rather than hold off forever while trying to find time to touch them up.

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.