Show Date: August 31, 2008
Sometimes a picture says a 1,000 words. If that’s the case, then we’ve got a whole lot to say about the rock and roll goodness that was Day 2 of Bumbershoot 2008, as captured by photographers Chona Kasinger, Andrew Waits, Nathan Feder, and Kyle Johnson. Our coverage includes reviews of Tapes N’ Tapes, the Saturday […]
This is mine (and probably my favorite Bumbershoot memory EVAR!!): Meeting Sons and Daughters at the KEXP Lounge. This really is my OMG moment because last week I wrote "I don't know if Sons and Daughters are the best rock band playing Bumbershoot. They are, however, my favorite."
{Sons and Daughters play on the Rockstar Stage on Sunday, September 1 from 8:45-9:45} I don't know if Sons and Daughters are the best rock band playing Bumbershoot. They are, however, my favorite. With its first-rate single "Gilt Complex", the Glasgow-based band's most recent album This Gift is almost certainly going to be near the […]
Bumbershoot just sent out some additional booking information, and as you can see in the headline, they've got a few more bands on the bill plus one cancellation. Here's the scoop: The additions: The All-American Rejects, Paramore, Band of Horses, The Black Keys, Sons & Daughters, and Estelle. The subtraction: Ludacris has cancelled. The full […]
Show Date: April 29, 2008
Adele Bethel is a rock star in the best sense of the term. She, the lead singer of the awesome Scottish rock band Sons and Daughters, has a commanding stage presence, has a voice that can go from being powerful to delicate in the snap of your fingers (or hers), physically she’s quite desirable (that […]
On Stereogum the other day I saw a post about a new website that has another cool and inventive way to share music with one another. It's called "Muxtape" and it calls itself "a simple way to create and share mp3 mixtapes." What you do is upload up to 12 mp3s (max size: 10 megabytes) […]
Title: The Repulsion Box Artist: Sons And Daughters Catalog Number: WIGCD155 Genre: Yet Another Scottish Indie Band File Under: Not Just Any Scottish Indie Band Sons And Daughters are a four-piece Scottish folk/rock troupe formed by former Arab Strap backing vocalist Adele Bethel and drummer David Gow. In 2004 they put out a seven-track, 25-minute […]
They have it. They have that coveted "it" which is so elusive and difficult to define. But I am a writer, so it's my job to try and put a few words to it. Franz Ferdinand boldly proclaimed Sons And Daughters and as the best new band in the UK, and while that may seem […]
