‘Staff’ Archives
Daniel’s Reflections on Sasquatch! 2011
The Columbia River Gorge is a beautiful place. At any point in time during the festival, anyone in attendance could look up from the main stage, stop drinking their overpriced alcoholic beverage, and look out at scenes like the one above. With the hectic nature of Sasquatch, especially when you're a member of the press, one can easily forget that they're lucky to be there. Yes, food and beverage [...]
Daniel Ahrendt’s Top 10 Sasquatch 2011 Acts to See
Guess what 'erbody. I'm headlining Sasquatch. Sasquatch 2011 is this weekend. I'll be there with Nikki Benson shooting taking pics and getting sunburned. Here are the top ten acts I'm looking forward to. 1) Death From Above 1979: I never saw them during their first run and rocket to stardom but high school wouldn't have been the same without them. While I'd like to hear their reunion story [...]
Best of 2010: Daniel Ahrendt’s Top 3 Off Topic Stories
So, a lot of random, not necessarily relevant stuff was posted here this year. Here are my top three wastes of time for 2010. 3) Nikki Benson Previews Allen Huang's Preview of 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' | 11/22/10 Nothing says check this out quite like a censored album cover. Our esteemed editor in chief Nikki Benson found it necessary to preview Allen Huang's review of Kanye [...]
Best of 2010: Daniel Ahrendt’s Top 3 Downloads
Out of all the promo-tracks released in 2010, these three winked at me the hardest. Not that everything else sucked. I probably just need to listen to the radio more. 3) anbb - "Ret Marut Handshake" One half 80s post-punk elite and one half modern compositional genius, anbb is the very likely partnership of Einsturzende Neubauten's Blixa Bargeld and Alva Noto. Independent of each other [...]
Best of 2010: The Top 5 Shows as told by Gabriel Arguelles
This year wasn't the busy show year that I wanted it to be. Yes, I went to many, many shows, but the one-a-week goal that I had for myself didn't pan out. Overall, however, I had a great show year. Runners up include Greg Fitzsimmons, who killed at Parlor Live, Sufjan Stevens's Royal Robertson meets Logan's Run meets Williamsburg extravaganza at The Paramount, The National, who were funny and [...]
Live Videos: Baths @ Sunset Tavern
This post is just as much about the following Baths videos as it is about the man who took them. With a warm heart, I would like to welcome Kevin Murphy to the SSG team! Kevin Murphy was actually the contest winner of our Baths/El Ten Eleven giveaway. As it turns out, Mr. Murphy is also a photographer and has found a new joy as a concert videographer. He graciously passed these videos along to [...]
SSG is Hiring!!!(again)
It seems like it was just December when SSG opened our doors to bring on some new staff ... wait, it was just December. Wow! We have outgrown ourselves once again. Our demand is greater than what our staff can supply, and we are happy to bring on a few more choice contributors. We are currently looking for two new people to join the concert review staff, album reviewers, new music contributors [...]
Seattle Show Gal Needs Photographers
Hello lovely SSG readers, I'm Katy, the brand new photo manager for Seattle Show Gal. SSG is going to begin building an archive of concert and band photos, including more photos in concert review posts, and possibly publishing some photo essays! This means that first and foremost SSG needs to build a team of volunteer concert photographers from the Seattle area. That means YOU! There are [...]
SSG is Hiring!!!
Do you love your SSGs? Would you like to be one? We are currently looking for a New Music Editor and(New Music Editor hired! Thank you!) a few people to add to the Preview team. This is the first time we’ve been looking for staff that isn’t required to have camera equipment and can contribute from the comfort of their own homes! This is also the first time where we're reaching out for a [...]
Intorducing: Ankober Yewondwossen!!!
I am pleased to announce the addition of Ankober Yewondwossen, aka Anka, to the SSG family! Anka is one of the cutest things since jaguar cubs, and the SSG family is loving her to DEATH! Hearing directly from Anka is the best way to get to know her, so without further ado, lets get into the mini Q and A. Nikki asked: How long have you been following SSG? Anka answered: Since June of [...]
