By some stroke of fortunate timing, we found ourselves at the Tashiro-Kaplan Artist Lofts in Pioneer Square this past Friday night, for a few beautiful sets of music from Eef Barzelay, Chris Otepka, and Shannon Stephens. It was one of those heard-it-through-the-grapevine "house" shows, with a few dozen folks scattered about on floor cushions, a table full of shared food and booze, and a donation jar for the musicians at the front door. For a few hours, we sat shoeless and took in the pretty vibes of Shannon Stephens + friends {most notably with our pal Andrew Rudd on the brush-and-file-folder percussion}, a quick but engaging set from Heligoats frontman Chris Otepka, and finally, a handful of mostly-new tracks from Eef himself.

Here's a few shots from the night to prove it all happened:

Eef is hard at work on a new record, so we're not sure when his next tour through town will be, but we did catch up with Chris — who told us that the Heligoats will be taking a trip down to Seattle later this year. Keep an eye out here in imaginary-land for tour dates from him with stops in our fair city around September and/or October sometime, as we'll be sure to post about it as soon as we have more details!

{All photos by Victoria VanBruinisse.}