(photo by Jason Tang) If there's one lady in this city who's earned a Wonder Woman cape, it's Lesli Wood. For as long as TIG has been around (reminder: 10 years!), Lesli has been a part of Seattle's most noteworthy bands. I remember the first time we saw her in action. It was with Saeta […]
If you're looking for some melodic, downtempo tunes to compliment the chill in the air over the long weekend, go check out Saeta at the Comet Tavern this Saturday {1/17/09} at 9:00 pm. They will be opening for Spanish for 100. Else Another Light Go Out is Saeta's fifth album, and was recorded and mixed by Kramer (Galaxie […]
Three Imaginary Girls, Barsuk Records, and 90.3 KEXP present the songs of The Magnetic Fields as interpreted by members of The Long Winters, Vendetta Red, Rocky Votolato, Visqueen, Tullycraft, Harvey Danger, Kane Hodder, Transmissionary Six, Saeta, and many more. Thursday night, February 9th, at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle, WA Seattle, WA, January 20, 2006 […]
The construction of minimalism is a tricky task. Too little space filled, and then you lose the listener's attention. Too much and you crowd out the mood. Seattle band Saeta have a gifted understanding of the chemistry needed to pull this approach off correctly, as demonstrated on their fourth release, We Are Waiting All For […]
Show Date: September 8, 2003
Poor Plum St.. It's hard to book a show for a Monday night. After all, rainy days and Mondays always get me down, it's Monday or forever, and I don't like Mondays. September 8, 2003 triumphed over this predisposed musical Monday adversity with an incredibly well-crafted line-up of melodic, mellow, melifluous, marvelous Monday music. And […]
Show Date: September 4, 2002
We realize we are guilty again of live show review recidivism by reviewing Drew Victor and Passing Friends, since we did write about them just a few months back. But now Drew and the gang have released a new CD, Now That I'm Through the Tunnel, and we couldn't miss their CD release. So here […]
Show Date: August 17, 2002
With the post-Hypatia Lake glows upon our cheeks, the Girls emerged from our collective blissed-out musical haze to notice the next band playing was actually hosting their CD release party that night. Who would possibly want to follow up the glory of Hypatia Lake…? As it turned out, Saeta would. Not only did they show […]
