Bumbershoot

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  TacocaT

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  I have no idea how to pronounce this band's name. In fact, it's been written a lot of different ways: TacacaT, Tacoca T, Tacocat. I read it...

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  The Heavy

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  Confession: I used to think "How Do You Like Me Now?" was a Franz Ferdinand song, and that made me like FF better. But the song that's ever...

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  Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 1

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  After liberating himself from the Drive-By Truckers five years ago, Jason Isbell set about proving that he's a master storyteller, be it in...

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  Niki & the Dove

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  The Swedish sound is alive and well in electro-pop duo Niki & the Dove, but with just enough twists to keep things fresh. In their second s...

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  Lee Fields & the Expressions

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 2

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  Lee Fields has the grunts, growls and snarls down, and the necessary confidence to pull off a blindingly white suite. When the iconic funk...

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  Seapony

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  Seapony make nice music: it's dreamy, affable and sonically pleasing. Lead singer Jen Weidl has a melted-candy sort of voice, sweet but not...

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  El Vez

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  At first glance, El Vez looks and sounds like a joke. Bursting onto the stage in a glitzed-up, bell-bottomed twist on the classic Uncle Sam...

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  Passion Pit

  Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, September 3

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

  Because of the trek back to Vancouver from Seattle, this intimate KEXP live show was my only chance to see Passion Pit. It was also the onl...