Visqueen at the REVERB Festival This Weekend
September 29th, 2009
I’ve mentioned this in a comment or two on Seattle Subsonic how much I enjoyed the REVERB Festival last year. Now I’m making it official in a blog post. There was just something about it that brought back memories of old Seattle. It had a feel of “big town” Seattle: super mellow, non-pretentiousness, no lines, lots of colorful character and good music. Maybe that feel had something to do with the gray day and that I was there way before the onslaught of 10pm bar-hoppers showed up in Ballard. Needless to say, I’m pretty excited to go again this weekend. One band in particular I’m looking forward to is Seattle’s Visqueen.
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I never really paid that much attention to Visqueen in prior years however their latest release Message to Garcia has made a big blip on my music radar as of late. Their newest album is a collection of songs that is a loving homage to front woman Rachel Flotard’s father who passed away from cancer earlier this year. It’s filled with power pop guitar riffs while leading lady Rachel Flotard’s unique voice is apparent singing straight from the heart and rocking at the same time. An eclectic cast of musicians lent a helping hand–Neko Case, pedal steel wizard Jon Rauhouse, The Fastbacks and The Long Winters–to create an extra-special electricity that resonates throughout the album.
Hand Me Down
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Visqueen will be playing an all ages/early show/record release party this weekend at the REVERB Festival. They’ll be at the old school Ballard Eagles (where time has stood still for who knows how long) at 4pm. See you there.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Kevin leDoux said:
I was a little surprised that they got one of opening spots of the day, but I’m psyched to begin with such a bang. I also noticed that Fresh Espresso will be opening the day for the NY Fashion Academy Venue at 3:30. I’m gunna need a double shot to catch all the bands I wanna see Saturday.. man.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Jules said:
Yeah, I was surprised they were playing so early too but then I found out the have a CD release party later in the eve at the crocodile.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Rachel Flotard said:
Hey thanks MAN!
This is Rachel Flotard. I look like a psychopath in that picture. Hopefully little kids will still come to my All-Ages CD release.
And TOTALLY! How awesome is The Eagles?? That sold me on the whole thing.
xoR
September 30th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Jules said:
Hey Rachel — you don’t look psycho, you look like you’re rockin’ out! I actually had a hard time choosing a pix… And the Eagles is awesome. It takes me back to when I used to go watch my grandpa go play pool at his local Eagles.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
LB said:
I made it to the Ballard Eagles for the first time during last year’s Reverb (Mono in VCF; I think we watched BOAT, too). That place kind of kicks ass.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Tom.Blodgett said:
I saw a blues show at the Eagles a couple weeks ago; my first time there. I do like the strange classic dive vibe. In fact, there’s not a bar in Ballard that I’m not excited about revisiting tonight.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Kevin leDoux said:
My favorite part was the painting of the corpse in the casket on the wall behind the stage. Where can I get one in velvet?