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Rain City Rock Camp for Girls

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Seattle Peach

On Tuesday of this week, Seattle Peach was lucky enough to get invited to volunteer for Rain City Rock Camp for Girls. If you don’t know what that is, this brief and informative video will be very helpful:

Seattle Peach teamed up with OG Peach, Dalisha Phillips, who led a workshop on self-image and performance identity called D.I.Y. Fly Girls. I snapped “band photos” of the girls both as themselves, and in costume as their on-stage alter egos. Dalisha’s band, Side Pony, gave a live performance during lunch time, and throughout the day the girls took classes for their individual instruments, as well as breaking off into groups for “band practice.” At the end of each week, the girls will have a show at the Crocodile to rock out live in front of an audience of friends, family, and really anyone who is interested. These concerts are open to the public, and you can buy tickets HERE for Session 1 and HERE for Session 2. The first show is this weekend on August 4, and the next is on August 11. It’s a fun and easy way to give money to the organization and show your support. And watching pint-sized punk rockers shred on stage is pretty much the best possible way one could spend a Saturday.

(Photo credits: Puja Parakh; Kelly O)
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All Tomorrow’s Parties: Neon Indian at the Crocodile Oct. 5

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Seattle Peach

Seattle Peach hasn’t been this excited for a show in a minute. Neon Indian will be blessing Seattle with a performance at the Crocodile next week on October 5, and we’d have to be crazy to miss it.

The Texas-born chillwave productionist has quickly risen to indie stardom since releasing his first album two years ago, which garnered rapid praise from listeners and critics alike. This peach missed his show in Seattle at the Showbox last year, and has been kicking herself in the pants ever since. The debut album is spectacular, and just a few weeks after its release, Neon Indian’s new full length, Era Extraña, has made it onto Seattle Peach’s short list for favorite albums of 2011. It’s delicately spacey, nostalgic without being painfully so, and blissed out while staying grounded in the now. It’s unique and on it’s own tip, but it’s also grooving and dancey, catchy with pop under tones.

Whether you want to stand against a wall with your hands in your pockets, or wile out and whip your hair on the dance floor, this show will be amazing for both. Doors are at 8PM, the show is 21+ and costs $15.

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Starfucker and Champagne Champagne Kill It At the Croc

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Seattle Peach

Tuesday night at the Crocodile was straight up madness. Seattle Peach has been anxiously awaiting Starfucker’s arrival in the 206 since I heard the first few bars of Reptilians early this year. If you aren’t already knowing about this band, get hip, because this album is already a fierce contender for Top 10 Best Albums of 2011. They are best and the brightest of Northwest electro indie pop and possess that rare ability to fill my body with intense joy, from nose to toes, with their intelligent and dancey synth heavy sound.

Seattle was Starfucker’s last stop on a nation wide tour before the band hits their hometown of Portland, OR. The group has been traveling with Seattle experimental hip hop darlings, Champagne Champagne, and the boys have bonded intensely over the last few weeks on the road. Champagne presented Starfucker with a massive trophy on stage before performing a song they wrote about the band, and the two groups joined forces at the end of Starfucker’s set for a collaborative track.

Champagne Champagne sounded incredible–MCs Pearl Dragon and Sir Thomas Gray were super dialed in and Seattle Peach is loving the way that producer Mark Gajadhar’s performance has developed over time. His live set up has gotten really beefed out and throughout the set he bounces all around the stage, hopping behind a drum kit, jamming out on an electric guitar, rocking hard on the tambo, and of course, controlling the beats from behind his keyboard, laptop and pedals. The new tracks are fantastic, showcasing the level of comfortability the boys have settled into as a creative unit. They have grown into their own, embracing each member’s strengths and fleshing them out to produce pure awesomeness. This was definitely the best Champagne show I’ve seen in a minute, and it’s great to have them back in town.

Starfucker was killer beyond belief. The sound was absolutely stellar and the band was certainly putting to work all the performance practice that tour has provided. The guys are totally pro on stage, keeping the music really tight and managing minimal stage banter. Seattle Peach was lost in the music, dancing my little brains out and totally playing air keys for most of the set. Starfucker played a pretty even balance of new and old tracks, everyone of them absolutely amazing, and now and then they would toss in a few subtle but distinct variations on some favorite tracks. The whole band gets in on the percussion game, making that dance beat really powerful in the live setting and I have to admit, I was freaking out like a 12 year old at a Backstreet Boys concert when the band played “Julius”. Color me obsessed because Starfucker has totally stolen my heart. Hurry back from Europe, guys! Seattle Peach wants to see you again soon!
Julius 7″ version by starfucker_usa

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Toro y Moi, Braids & Cloud Nothings Tomorrow Night at the Crocodile

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Seattle Peach

Will Seattle just stop it already with these packed bills where every single band is just outrageously awesome?!?!

The Crocodile is the big winner this time, with Toro y Moi, Braids, and Cloud Nothings all slated to take the stage on Sunday night. Count it as another hugely anticipated show in Seattle Peach’s calendar, with each artist bringing a little something different to the table.

Seattle Peach thinks Toro y Moi‘s Chazwick Bundick is stinking adorable, in sound and style. And not in any sort of patronizing way–I just think he’s playful and quirky and maybe a little nerdy. His smooth operator chillwave grooves so hard I can barely stand it sometimes. He’s got the full package as far as entertainers go, and Sunday night he’s about to shut the Croc down.

Braids were incredible last month when they played at Chop Suey, and maybe this time they won’t even be exhausted and sickly. If the bill gets stacked the way I expect it to, with Braids as the second headliner, they will serve as the perfect transition between Toro y Moi and Cloud Nothings. They bridge this divide somewhere between swirling whimsy and determined contemplation, like a child’s eyes pleading for answers. Their album review at Pitchfork put it best when they said “There are dreams, there are nightmares, and then there are those night visions that don’t quite qualify as either…”

Seattle Peach just discovered Cloud Nothings a few weeks back, and fell in love with their goofy music video for “Nothing’s Wrong.” Their boppy power pop is an excellent choice for an opener, it’s guaranteed to get the crowd in the mood to party, which btw starts at 8PM. Tickets are $10 and it’s 21 and up. See ya there!

Toro Y Moi “New Beat” by carparkrecords
Braids – Glass Deers by oh my grimm
Cloud Nothings – Understand At All by forcefieldpr

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The Blow at the Crocodile

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Seattle Peach

Seeing the Blow play at the Crocodile on Friday night was just what Seattle Peach needed. It was fun and relaxing, sounded great, and was even a bit intellectual.

Khaela Maricich (the Blow’s front woman and only remaining original member) began by informing us of her adventures since her last show in Seattle a number of years ago, including her professional escapades as a songwriter for a pop culture princess. She wouldn’t name the pop star outright, merely hinting and alluding to said pop star’s salacious tabloid scandals and lesbian love affair that crumbled in the limelight. Yes, that’s right, for all intents and purposes, is seems as though Khaela is writing Lindsay Lohan’s next album.

Khaela performed a number of tracks from this upcoming album, which was both a treat (getting to see the tracks performed by their true originator) and also strange in a way (hearing someone sing and perform songs that are written for someone else, from someone else’s perspective). Khaela really dove in and is grappling in a very genuine way with what it means to be this woman, this woman is who is so very different from herself. When she performed her old material, you could see that she was trying to slip into the persona of this pop star, to perform the way a pop star would perform, which means selling your body and your image as passionately as you sell your voice and your melody. Khaela made a point to make clear, she doesn’t do parody, and so although it may seem as though she was mocking this pop star, it is only because performing in such a way does not come so naturally to her. Seattle Peach was moved by her compassion, and for her willingness to engage so sincerely with a mindset and personality that is so foreign to her own.

When I first saw the Blow open for of Montreal in 2007, I was bored and unimpressed by her rambling soliloquies stringing together a small handful of actual songs. She is a bit of a spoken word performance artist in the way she structures her set. She used a similar format for this show, but the content of her ramblings was much more engaging, and she carried a theme through the show from start to finish, creating a more cohesive feeling to the set as a whole, and Seattle Peach very much enjoyed it this go around. Age and experience has been kind to Khaela, and she has grown quite pleasingly into a thoughtful and provocative storyteller.

Seattle Peach grabbed a few snaps on the good ol’ point and shoot at the show. Scroll for the snaps!

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