Finally had a chance to listen to all the bands in the 2014 Bumbershoot line-up and there are some I will be sure to see (designated with an asterisk).
2013 Bumbershoot
Saturday
The Flavr Blue (Pop) Techno Pop to be more specific
Matt Jorgensen + 451(Jazz) Similar line up to Human
Spirit
Dave B (Hip Hop) Interesting background beats
Human Spirit (Jazz) Similar line up to Matt
Jorgansen
*Ernie Watts with New Stories (Jazz)
Coltrane influenced sax
Nacho
Picasso (Hip Hop) Interesting
background beats
*Down North (R&B) Funky and Soulful like
vintage Stevie Wonder
Diamond Rings (Pop) with electronic undertones
Joey Bada$$ (Hip
Hop) So bad that using letters to spell his name was ineffective
Robert
Glasper Experiment (R&B) with Jazz undertines
*Davidson Hart Kingsberry (Rock) has a real
C&W feel to it
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down (Rock) Indie
darlings
Kendrick Lamar (Rap) Interesting background beats
Icona Pop
(Electro-Pop) Swedish duo with catchy hooks
ZZ Ward (Pop) Soulful songstress with a great
voice
Gus + Scout (Roots Rock, bluesy, soulful, folky)
The Physics (Electronica mostly)
!!! (???) These guys are so hip that a search of
their name on the Interweb yields no meaningful results!
Total
Experience Gospel Choir (Gospel, duh!) Seattle’s own
*Lake
Street Dive (Jazzy and Soulful) From Boston, but sound like New Orleans
DJ Tylor
Brown (Techtronica) Remixing with abandon
Watsky (Jazz)
Acoustic guitar combo
*Charles Bradley (Soul with a capitol “S”) Saw him
a few years back, the real deal!
Gary Numan (Rock) He’s here, is his in car
*Kris
Orlowski (Rock) Very pleasant, mostly acoustic, melodies
Sean Majors (Techno-Electro)
*The Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience (Rock) Gonzo’s
prodigy keeps Zepp’s tunes alive (because Robert Plant is too much of a pussy
to tour with Jimmy and John)
Hyperfunk
(Electronica) Seattle music mixologists.
*Washed Out (Electronica)
Theme from Portlandia guy
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside (Rock) Portland
combo
Heart (Rock) The Wilson sisters live at the Key
*Maceo Parker (Make it Funky) JB’s saxman
Crystal Castles (Electronica) Dynamic Duo
DJ Dannic (Technocracy) Dutch mixster
Cookie Monsta (Electronica) The Sherriff of
Nottingham
Sunday
Kithkin (Electronica)
A bit New Wavish
Ayron Jones and the Way (Rock) Crunchy on the
outside with a bluesy center
The
Redwood Plan (Rock) with a pinch of punk
*The
Mowgli's (Rock) Edward Sharpe with a harder edge.
Nikki
Hills (Rock) Shirtless shredder
Ramona
Falls (Rock) links to Menomena
The Round
100 (Organic performance art)
Tegan
& Sara (Rock) Two girls from Canada, eh!
FIDLAR
(Rock) Sweaty, angry and in your face, the way RnR is supposed to be!
*The Duke
Robillard Band (Jazz) Master guitar player a la Les Paul
David
Bazan (Rock) Former Pedro the Lion founder/leader, indie sound
*fun.
(Rock) Fun music with a singer channeling Freddie Mercury
Charli XCX
(Pop) Next chart-topping Diva?
*Eric
Burdon & The Animals (Rock) “an overfed, long-haired
leaping gnome” and 60s-70s
Icon
The
Comettes (Rock) Surf-guitar centered, Seattle music leaning toward the somber
side
Mates of
State (Electro-pop) Kansas Duo
Bob Mould
(Rock) Melodies from former Husker Du member
https://myspace.com/bobmould/music/songs
*The Grizzled Mighty (Rock) Distorted and bluesy
one minute, stripped down acoustic the next
*Vintage
Trouble (Rock) If James Brown had favored Rock over Soul
DJ Phase
(ElectronRock)
Tamaryn
(Rock) Ethereal, haunting melodies from down under
Rise Over
Run (Folk) Acoustic trio with nice voices
BRONCHO
(Rock) Punky
The
Breeders (Rock) members of The Pixies and Throwing Muses combine for 90s
supergroup
*Ra Ra
Riot (Rock) Saw at B-shoot a while back and loved ‘em
DJ Supreme
La Rock (Re-electronica) Big in LA, NYC and Gorst
*The
Zombies (Rock) 60s chart toppers
Beats
Antique (Electrionic) World flavored with electronic filling in the spaces
DJ Girl 6
(Mixster) Lots of Hippity-Hoppy infused tracks
Matt Pond
PA (Rock) Folky, pleasant melodies
*Death Cab
for Cutie (Rock) Seen ‘em a few times and they are good
GUY
(Electiononica) Trinity Nightclub’s DJ spinning like a top
Take it on faith, no music link available
Matt and
Kim
Vicci
Martinez (Pop) Tacoma’s own, bluesy and soulful
DJ White
Shadow (Electrovisionical) Dropping beats
Monday
*Cascadia
'10 (World) Afrobeat, think of a slightly subdued Fela Kuti, to be more
specific
*Hot
Bodies in Motion (Rock) A mazingly sweet, soulful, vocals and a highly
danceable beat
BellaMaine
(Rock) Solid, nicely arranged popular Rock
Aurelio
& Garifuna Soul (World) Honduran melodies
*The
Maldives (Rock) The Norwest’s answer to The Band. These guys are great. Go see
them!
Red Jacket
Mine (Rock) Folky, soft Rock from Midwest transplant to Seattle
The Men
(Rock)
*alt-J (Rock)
With a Techno lean, 1st heard on my way to the Turkey Trot last
Thanksgiving, so impressed that I downloaded the album after the run.
*Lissie
(Rock) Rootsy, bluesy approach to Rock and she did the theme to Justified
St. Paul
de Vence (Folk) and quite independent at that
*MGMT
(Rock) After all these years I thought they were singing about electric eels…
Redd Cross
(Rock) inspired by breakfast cereal and kiddie TV
*Kinky
(World) Funky alternative Latin electro-dance band
*Kopecky
Family Band (Rock) These guys are pretty good, thoughtful, indie-Folk-Pop
*The
Sheepdogs (Rock) Winners of Rolling Stones’ “Choose the Cover” contest, they
are steeped in 70s rock tradition.
Baroness
(Rock) Leaning toward the heavier end of the spectrum
Mark
Pickerel & His Praying Hands (Rock) a Bumbershoot regular, Seattle’s own
rootsy, indy rocker
*Delta Rae
(Rock) A crash course in Americana Musica from a talented bunch.
Sol (Rap)
Interesting background beats
Superchunk
(Rock) Reminds me a bit of The Clash
*Ivan
& Alyosha (Rock) Folk Rock from Seattle in the southern California style
https://myspace.com/ivanandalyosha/music/songs*Allen Stone
*Allen Stone (Soul/R&B) Blue-eyed soul.
Michael Bolton wishes he was this good!
Justin
Townes Earl (Rock) Named for a Folk legend, son of an Alt-Country pioneer,
music is in his DNA
GTA (Rock)
Pop
Deerhunter
– From their Myspace page, “Deerhunter does not have any songs”
*Lone
Bellow (Folk) Group members call it Brooklyn Country Music.
BASSNECTAR
(Electrostatic) “…known for its eclecticism, embracing elements of extreme
bass, dubstep, breakbeat and other IDM styles…”
*Trampled
by Turtles (Bluegrass) Saw these guys a couple years ago, stellar show!
Joy
Formidable (Rock) Pop trio taking the world by storm
