A Night With The Blakes

This Friday we had the pleasure of seeing one of our favorite Seattle bands in Las Vegas, The Blakes. The guys put on a great show at Las Vegas's The Bunkhouse with Australia's Late Nite Access and local band Atlas Takes Aim. The show was great and after hearing the guys had no where to stay that night we of course invited them back to our place for some whiskey and beer. It was a great night and the Aussie's tagged along and brought even more life to the party. We wrapped up late but got up in time to catch the guys at their in store performance at Zia Records on Saturday before wishing them well on the rest of their tour. If you haven't heard or seen the Blakes you can check their tour dates below. This is one Seattle band that is definitely going places. Also be sure to check out Late Nite Access before they head back to Australia. Gander on for pictures from the evening and in store as well as tour dates for The Blakes.





The Blakes Tour Dates
Nov 5 2007 8:00P
the Echo Los Angeles, California
Nov 7 2007 9:00P
The Roxy Los Angeles, CA
Nov 9 2007 9:00P
Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge Flagstaff, AZ
Nov 10 2007 9:00P
Atomic Cantina Albuquerque, NM
Nov 11 2007 7:00P
Absolute Zero Clovis, NM
Nov 13 2007 9:00P
The Mohawk Austin, TX
Nov 14 2007 9:00P
Double Wide Dallas, TX
Nov 16 2007 8:00P
Swayze’s Marietta, GA
Nov 17 2007 5:00P
Grimey’s Nashville, TN
Nov 18 2007 9:00P
Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 19 2007 6:00P
The Sound Garden Baltimore, MD
Nov 19 2007 9:00P
The Red & The Black Washington, DC
Nov 20 2007 9:00P
The Khyber Philadelphia, PA
Nov 21 2007 8:00P
Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, New Jersey
Nov 22 2007 9:00P
The Big Easy Portland, ME
Nov 23 2007 8:00P
Great Scott Boston, MA
Nov 24 2007 9:00P
The Knitting Factory New York, NY
Nov 26 2007 9:00P
The Silver Dollar Toronto, ONT
Nov 27 2007 6:00P
Luna Music Indianapolis, IN
Nov 28 2007 8:00P
The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 29 2007 9:00P
Darkroom chicago, Illinois
Nov 30 2007 8:00P
Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 1 2007 9:00P
7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
Dec 2 2007 4:00P
Kief’s Lawrence, KS
Dec 2 2007 8:00P
Jackpot Lawrence, KS
Dec 4 2007 8:00P
The Fox Boulder, Colorado
Dec 5 2007 9:00P
The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Dec 6 2007 8:00P
Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
Dec 8 2007 6:00P
The Record Exchange Boise, ID
Dec 8 2007 9:00P
Neurolux Boise, ID
Dec 9 2007 9:00P
Bourbon Street Spokane, WA
Dec 12 2007 9:00P
Logan’s Victoria, BC
Dec 13 2007 9:00P
Media Club Vancouver, BC
Dec 14 2007 9:00P
Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
Dec 15 2007 8:00P
The Old Fire House Redmond, WA
Feb 8 2008 4:00P
Bend WinterFest Bend, OR

Gander On!

Vegoose Day 2

Day two of Vegoose started off a little later than day one for us. Fighting sore shoulders from shooting laser hands at Daft Punk the night before we were surprised to find such a small crowd at Austin's own Ghostland Observatory. We walked right up to the rail and enjoyed all the hip gyrating and pelvic thrusts we could get from lead singer Aaron Behrens. It was one of the smaller crowds we'd seen at Ghostland show, we're guessing Vegas just isn't quite ready yet.

Next on the list of must see acts was Michael Franti and Spearhead. The energy was contagious as Michael ordered the crowd to jump from the front to the back. This show did happen to provide some of the more interesting sights of the day. Mid way through the show one fan began flinging tortillas into the air and soon the entire crowd was flinging them back and forth bringing back memories of the wrestling show put on at the Sasquatch festival this year. In the middle of a "What I Got" cover Michael and the guys launched into the theme songs from Sesame street getting the entire crowd to sing along before ending it with a rousing rendition of "C is for Cookie."

We didn't have to venture far for the next act, just closer to the stage. English rocker Muse took the stage and provided the crowd with the rock they had been craving all day. Guitarist and piano man extraordinaire Matthew Bellamy wowed the crowd with his playing and theatrics. We were told by our friend from the Netherlands that their stage show is usually more elaborate. We didn't seem to mind especially towards the end as Flaming Lips sized vinyl balls filled with confetti rolled out from behind the stage creating a fun loving happy go lucky atmosphere.

After seeing Rage Against The Machine up close at Coachella earlier this year and thanking our lucky stars we manged to survive with only a handful of bruises. We decided to get close but not to close. You soon learn that at A Rage show that phrase means standing at the food court. We did our best to whip the crowd around us into a frenzy and poked fun at every that had to leave because the decided to bring their girlfriend into the pit with them. Zack and the gang ran through their standard set of hits and surprisingly went without making any political statements, but merely letting the music carry the message. At the end pf the show the entire band embraced onstage showed the crowd their appreciation. Each member had wide smiles on their faces and truly looked to be happy to be together again. We were even privileged enough to hear one new song and can't wait to hear more. Vegoose 2007 was certainly a success form a musical standpoint and here's to hoping it was financially as well because we're already looking forward to next year. Gander On!

Vegoose 2007 Live Blog

We'll be live blogging the entire festival this weekend in Vegas. Check back regularly to see whats going on throughout the day. We've also got big news coming up next week and will have the blog up and running smoothly with daily updates. Gander On!