Photos by Holly Homan On the chilly and rainy evening of March 15, I ventured out to Seattle’s foremost punk club El Corazon. This time I was seeing psychobilly legends the Koffin Kats. Hailing from Detroit, the Koffin Kats have been around for more than twenty years. Although the crowd started small, by the time …
All photos by Holly Homan On the evening of March 7 I ventured to downtown Seattle to Madam Lou’s. Boston ska band Big D & the Kid’s Table were playing. I arrived just after they hit the stage. Their charismatic singer, David McWade now has grey replacing his blond hair, but his boyish charm and …
Photos by Holly Homan Wednesday evening I ventured out to the tiny Sunset Tavern to see The Darts. The Darts are a four-piece all women band hailing from Phoenix and the Pacific Northwest. These gals are quintessential riot girls. Fronted by Nicole Laurenne, she was part seductress and oozed charisma. If her charisma had been …
Saturday January 18th was a day people marched for justice all over the country. I attended the Seattle People’s March. I arrived at the rally at Cal Anderson Park in time to hear chants of, abortion is health care before governor elect Bob Ferguson spoke. Bob Ferguson was Washington’s attorney general prior to being elected …
It’s Saturday night November 9 and I trekked to Everett, WA to a friendly but cozy club called the Black lab Gallery. The Skablins were headlining. It’s been about five years since I last saw them. They came on stage and immediately caught fire. Sax player Heather Beck admitted she was down over the results …
On the April evening of June 14th (the weather was more typical of March or April) I ventured to Seattle’s Funhouse to see the Dollyrots. Hailing from Tampa, Florida, the Dollyrots are fronted by husband and wife team Kelly Ogden (lead vocals & bass) and Luis Cabezas (backing vocals and lead guitar). Their music is …
This band is Bratmobile. All photos by Holly Homan:
This band is English Beat. All photos by Holly Homan:
By the third day of Punk Rock Bowling my knees and feet were in pain so I didn’t wander back and forth between the stages. I arrived around 5:00 in time for the English Beat. Though I’ve seen them many times, the last time was probably more than a decade ago. They came on stage …
On day two of the Punk Rock Bowling Festival I arrived a bit late but just in time to see Catbite again. I loved them so much the night before I made sure I’d arrive to see them again. They were just as vibrant this time and just as adept at hitting me with the …
My First Day at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 Delights Me With Old Favorites and Introduces Me to Some Great New Bands, by Holly Homan “The first band I saw was called Goners UK. They weren’t from the UK. Apparently there was another band called Goners who were from the UK who threatened to sue them …
My First Day at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 Delights Me With Old Favorites and Introduces Me to Some Great New Bands, by Holly Homan “The final act I saw on the first day was my beloved Billy Bragg. I’ve been a fan of his since the late 80s and always see him when he plays …
My First Day at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 Delights Me With Old Favorites and Introduces Me to Some Great New Bands, by Holly Homan “Then it was time for another classic punk band, 999. Hailing from England, I saw 999 once in 1981 and I was totally stoked they were in the Punk Rock Bowling …
My First Day at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 Delights Me With Old Favorites and Introduces Me to Some Great New Bands, by Holly Homan “Next up was Bad Cop Bad Cop. This about the third time I’ve seen this four-piece all female outfit from So. Cal and they’ve always impress me. Bassist, (Lihn Le, guitarist …
My first day at Punk Rock Bowling was the 25th of May, the first day of the Memorial Day weekend. I arrived in time to see Twist Off, the band that kicked off the three day event.. These guys don’t seem to have a FB presence anything on the internet. They were a lot of …
It’s Wednesday night May 8 and So Cal ska band the Mad Caddies returned to Seattle. They were supposed to play here around this time in 2020 but the show was canceled for obvious reasons. The last time I saw them was at the Back to the Beach festival in CA back in 2018. So this was …
Photo by Holly Homan Last year I attended the Punk Rock Bowling festival in Vegas. As rock festivals go, I found it very well run, the staff very friendly and helpful, the porta potties kept clean, but I thought this would be a one-off. I live in Seattle and it’s an expense to buy plane …
All photos by Holly Homan, all rights reserved. On Saturday night February the third I had the utmost pleasure of attending a concert headlined by the Delta Bombers. In describing the Delta Bomber’s sound, I’d say think of Elvis with a psychotic twist. They hit the stage and turned it instantly into a raging inferno. …
On Friday October 6 I ventured again to Seattle’s foremost punk club, El Corazon. This time it was to see one of my favorite ska bands Big D & the Kids Table. Hailing from Boston, Big D is fronted by the dynamic David McWane. They opened their set with LAX and a circle pit immediately …
Terror/Cactus photos by Holly Homan “…The last band I saw was Terror/Cactus. Terror/Cactus is the mastermind of one Martín Selasco who was born in Buenos Aires, raised in Miami but now resides in Seattle. These guys were fascinating. Think Nairobi Trio (find them on YouTube if you’re not familiar with them) meets Star Wars Storm …
Skating Polly photos by Holly Homan “…Next up was the band I came for, Skating Polly. I saw Skating Polly last spring at the Belltown Bloom Fest in Seattle and was very impressed with them. I was even more impressed this time. Skating Polly is another trio and young. Comprised of three siblings (sisters Peyton …
Wildermiss Photos by Holly Homan On the hazy afternoon of August 26 I trekked one-and-a-half hours from my north Seattle home down to Olympia to attend the South Sound Block Party. I arrived just before a trio called Wildermiss came on stage. Originally from Denver, but now based in Nashville, the band is fronted by …
Day three of Punk Rock Bowling was every bit as hot as the previous two both in outside temperature and the bands that played. The temps were in the upper 90s but on the tarmac it had to be over 100 degrees. The first band I saw was the Infamous Stiffs, hailing from So Cal. …