Seeing Gazebos in the daytime feels a rare occurrence. Usually found in a dimly-lit club, the Seattle band graced the Yeti Stage on Day 1 of this year's Sasquatch Music Festival, largely playing tracks from their 2016 debut record Die Alone. As the opening band of Sasquatch, Gazebos earned the dubious honor of playing to a small crowd while enduring the 80-degree Central/Eastern Washington heat. However, the band proved in good form, lead singer Shannon Perry pacing urgently around the Yeti stage, humorously proselytizing to audience members about the merits of sun screen, therapy, and feminism, among other topics.
Songs from Die Alone fully come alive in the live setting, the magnetism of Perry combined with a quite tight rhythm section (Kimberly Morrison and Tyler Swan) and wah-wah guitar stylings from TV Coahran. As a set closer, Perry belted out Grease's "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (originally Rizzo's showstopper) as filtered through the collective Gazebos filter. Though early, the band created their own little bubble amidst Sasquatch Music Festival, much to the audience's collective delight.
As the sun began to set on The Gorge Amphitheater, The Head and the Heart played a memorable set at Day 1 of Sasquatch Music Festival, representing Seattle in the Eastern Washington Sasquatch setting. Despite Josiah Johnson still being absent from the band, the band still demonstrated their ability…
If there is one thing Sasquatch crowds seem to agree on, it is that Thee Oh Sees are awesome. Fronted by the quite charismatic multi-instrumentalist John Dwyer, Thee Oh Sees tore up the Bigfoot Stage on Day One of 2017's Sasquatch Music Festival, resulting in a sweaty, bro-laden mosh pit and necess…
Every week, KEXP features a new local artist with an interview and suggested tracks for where to start. This week, we are featuring artists performing during FolkLife, this Memorial Day weekend at the Seattle Center.
Just announced: LCD Soundsystem has joined the 2017 Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup. The beloved New York City band will replace Frank Ocean as the headliner on Friday, May 26th, as he had to drop out due to production delays beyond his control.
