On Tuesday evening, James and The Psychedelic Furs, who are just wrapping up their tour of North America, performed at Showbox Sodo. The show was well attended as the considerably large venue was nearly full. Having the opportunity to witness both of these bands was motivation enough for the audience to head on down and […]
1980s legendary post-punk act, The Psychedelic Furs have been touring the states steadily for 10+ years now. Every year or two during this period, they have had a performance scheduled in Seattle. Although they haven’t released a new album since 1991’s excellent World Outside, they have been coasting on what has been becoming a never-ending […]
Britpop runs in my veins. For the anglophile music geeks amongst us, there is no greater way to electrify the room than to say words like Pulp, Supergrass, Lush, Suede, Elastica, James, Ride, Charlatans, Ash, Blur … oh yeah, and Oasis. Finally there is way for us to celebrate our love of the parklife. Mark […]
Now, James got a lot of flack back in the day because they were the "sensitive and caring" britrock band of the mid '90s. They weren't badboys like Oasis, they weren't quirky proto-hipsters like Blur, they were flower-in-hair-dress-wearing-hippies. They had a US hit (albeit not even close to my favorite song by the band), they […]
Sometimes it is forgotten just how popular a band was after they disappear from the scene. James, in their hey-day, were huge in the UK and this live version of their hit "Sit Down" is proof of this. It sounds like it was recorded in front of 100,000 people and they all, each and every […]
