BuzzFeed Rewind
TOP 10 REASONS WHY I'D BE BUZZFEED'S PERFECT REWIND INTERN: 1. I HAD A SOCIOLOGICAL UPBRINGING. Say what? Basically I was raised by a sociology prof. that encouraged us to observe…
Elvis Costello w/ The Roots
Both Elvis Costello and The Roots are two acts that hold a special place in my heart. For one, they are obviously both masters at the musical craft, although creating…
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons played old tennis venue, Forrest Hills Stadium last week. The venue, with it's steep inclined seating and stringed lighting peppering the sky, proved to be a great…
Equifunk Music Festival
Equifunk Music Festival happened at camp Equinunk, an intimate summer camp setting in the woods. Complete with dorm cabins, a swimming pool and waterside, a massive campfire pit, free drinks…
SIlversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups played the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester NY last Monday.
Hangout Music Festival
Getting sun roasted like a BBQed pig on a spit, we went to the beaches of Alabama last week to cover Hangout Music Festival. Brought back sand in our shoes, some…
Veronica Falls
interview: Wayan Zoey / photos: Tamara Lee We caught up with Veronica Falls early tour at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Travelling North America and out to promote their new…
Major Lazer in SXM
Few shows that I've shot have been as ridiculous as the time I caught up with Major Lazer at the Squamish Music Festival; complete with head stands, stage acrobatics, crowd…
Fishbone at the Brooklyn Bowl
On the unlit stage, a figure sits quietly in the shadows. Looking down, his hoodie covers his face and shades on his eyes. The crowd begins to chant, quietly at…
Freelance Whales
It's 10PM in snowy Hoboken, New Jersey. The bus has dropped me several blocks early and in shock from the change in vibe; only 20 minutes earlier I was plugged…
Superhuman Happiness
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to exist in a state of super-human-happiness? Euphoria emanating from every pore? Levitating perhaps even? Well, just ask Stuart D. Bogie…
Freelance Whales play Maxwell’s…
On tour to promote their sophomore fall released album Diluvia, the Freelance Whales will be playing Tuesday January 15th at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. They've been called a "must hear…
Other Lives
Other Lives are back on tour visiting Bowery Ballroom last week. More accurately, they transported the ballroom into somewhere mystical and surreal, like how it might feel to exist inside…
Rubblebucket Live!
If you read the preview here and watched the video, Came Out of a Lady, then you were also anticipating how Rubblebucket, a band that SF Weekly called "[the sound}…
Wild Yaks
In a dark and desolate warehouse area in Brooklyn, I see nothing more then a few parked cars and some buzzing street lights before me. I'm in search of Shea…
Rubble Bucket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2-rJo5bdw Within the first few seconds of seeing this video, you may have thought you were watching a retro Fruit of the Loom commercial staring Siouxsie & the Banshees or…
“Q-Tip, whacha on the mic for?”
"Q-Tip, whacha on the mic for?".... Or, more accurately, 'on the decks' which is where he plans to be November 23rd at Irving Plaza NYC. You heard me right.Q-Tip, that…
SNOOP DOGG
photos by: Tamara Lee Apparently, the thing to do when any iconic, pioneering rapper comes to Vancouver, is show them what we are made of. Usually, this means showing respect…
Biltmore hosts: King Khan and Poliça
The Biltmore Cabaret, a reinvented home to "all things indy", hosted two fantastic bands this summer that could not have been more different. Before King Khan & BBQ Show started,…
Pickwick
photos by: Tamara Lee My first experience of Pickwick was seeing them featured on Something in the Water, a PBS series about emerging Seattle artists. Including clips of their live…
The Dirty Projectors
photos by: Tamara Lee The Dirty Projectors rolled through town last week in promotion of their new album, Swing Low Magellan. Anticipation was in the air, partly to hear the…
How does NPR help independent music?
story by: Tamara Lee photo: Veronica Falls Perhaps you are a fan of public radio and are thinking " because they play independent music....obviously!" Or perhaps you aren't a fan…
Steel Panther
photos by: Tamara Lee Apparently, all Steel Panther has to say is "Who wants to show us some pussy?" and within seconds a half naked girl floats out of the…
Foster the People
photos by: Tamara Lee For a band that gets *every 10th song* airplay, it's no surprise that the whole of Deer Lake field was packed out with shrieky young girls…
Scissor Sisters
photos by: Tamara Lee I wasn't quite sure if I was at a music show, burlesque night, pride parade or somehow I ended up in the middle of Hitchcock meets…
The Temper Trap
photos by: Tamara Lee It's difficult to have a temper while spending a lovely, relaxing evening in Stanley Park. Beautiful (partially) sunny skies, fresh air, and resonate thick harmonies echoing…
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah! (do it, then listen…)
photos by: Tamara Lee For a band that went from modest You Tube self promotion to Lollapolooza and Jimmy Fallon in only a few years, it's no surprise that these…
Mogwai: instrumentals in the bones…
photos by: Tamara Lee I was skeptical that an instrumental group would be much of a performance. I did my usual crowd bartering to squeeze to front-stage but the stoned…
Like Gossip Girl? How about Leighton Meester?
photos: Tamara Lee If you are a fan of the show or not, Leighton has undeniable chops on the microphone. Like a siren, she stood memorizing and beautiful, unleashing sweet…
The Ting Tings
photos : Tamara Lee I expected to go see a guilty pleasure. They are bouncy and poppy with good harmonies and a cute girly British voice heading up the tunes.…
The Magnetic Fields
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February in Vancouver: Grimes and Veronica Falls
photos by: Tamara Lee GRIMES I suppose the definition of a modern day siren would be someone whose voice can immediately bring us to tears (and potentially convince our…
Shoots of 2012! From City and Colour to Swing Dancing to a Sex Convention?, and more!
Photos: Tamara Lee Well 2012 has been a busy year so far, with lots of variety and too many pictures to stay up to date.... so, what have you been…
Is Axl Rose even real? Guns n’ Roses in Vancouver
All photography by TAMARA LEE ©2011 Following Guns 'n Roses' long awaited show at the Pacific Coliseum last week, a friend asked me if I thought it had really been…
Looking Back at 2011 : Shows that make you go ‘mmm’….
3 of our favorite mmmagnificent shows in 2011: Metric, Miami Horror, and Man Man! We caught Metric at Squamish Music Festival last August, and it was hot, hot, hot! Emily…
Bedouin Soundclash @ Venue
photos by: Tamara Lee Last Thursday night a modest crowd came in from the cold to experience Canadian roots/reggae trio Bedouin Soundclash. Despite the sparseness, they warmed up the audience…
A Look Back : Musicview’s best concerts of 2011!
Musicview has been to many dozens of concerts this year, spanning from East Coast to West Coast to down South to... okay, nothing North. There has been attack-hugging by cultish…
Judas Priest @ Rogers Arena
The Godfathers of Metal reared their legendary heads amidst spikes, chains and large burning flames. They sacrilegiously appeared last Sunday before a modest but enthusiastic crowd, proving that they are…
Bumbershoot 2011
14 stages, 3 days and A LOT of music, Bumbershoot 2011 occupied the entire Seattle Centre grounds and rocked us every which way except the kitchen sink. Featured performances below…
Live at Squamish!!
Full MAJOR LAZER gallery HERE! Full WEEZER gallery HERE! Full SWEET THING gallery HERE! Full KYPRIOS gallery HERE! Full BELLE GAME gallery HERE! Full PROPER VILLAINS gallery HERE! THE SCENE: …
TV on the Radio
photos by: Tamara Lee ~ previously published: Guttersnipe Let me just preface this by saying that TVOTR is one of my TOP fave bands of all time. I hardly ever…
Cults…. (not The Cult)….@ Venue!
photos by: Tamara Lee ~ previously published: Guttersnipe For a band barely over one years old, and with only one album so far, the turn out was impressive for their…
Ohhhhh, the Miami Horror…..!!!
photos by: Tamara Lee ............ previously published: Guttersnipe The horror was thick at recently at Fortune Sound Club when this Australian super group hit the stage. Miami Horror bludgeoned us…
YACHT: band or cult?
photos by: Tamara Lee previously published: Guttersnipe I have been warned that the magnetic duo and team that calls themselves YACHT (Young Americans Challenging High Technology) has sort of a…
Guitar Wolf: surviving the mosh…
photos by: Tamara Lee previously published: Scene In The Dark I don't normally have so much to say because the pictures usually speak for themselves. But this was not a…
Beautifully sultry Phantogram plays Venue.
photos by: Tamara Lee previously published: Guttersnipe In the crowd I stand, directly below Sarah Barthel's keyboard, in a mass of women screaming about how she is "hot stuff"... and…
A-Trak with Kid Sister
photos by: Tamara Lee previously published: Guttersnipe A-Trak dropped bombs in Vancouver Friday night, clearly to his delight! Most famously known for being the youngest person to win the world…
Dehli 2 Dublin: possess super powers? Quite possibly.
previously published: Guttersnipe News photography by: Tamara Lee Standing in the crowd before this show I was talking with a fellow photog about the Barrington Levy show we had seen…
Five Alarm Funk, ANYTHING is possible!
photos by : Tamara Lee previously published : Scene in the Dark It goes without saying, these guys will show you a show that ends all others, and then…
Tokyo Police Club
WeFunk Gone West!
Heart still shows heart!
Maceo Parker & Band: Now, THAT is performance!
Ween takes ‘gong show’ to the ultimate level.
Plants and Animals are not just a part of nature….
Sunset Rubdown, with Witchies and Elfin Saddle
What’s Your Damage?
