Here's the full clip for Elkfest, with descriptions and links (taken from a story I wrote that appeared in today's Spokesman-Review):
FRIDAY
4 p.m. The Booze Fighters (blues,funk) - Steeped in the Kansas City and Chicago blues traditions and informed by the likes of Freddie King and Albert Collins, The Booze Fighters breathe freshness into the local blues scene with indisputable skill and a tear-one-off live show.
6:30 p.m. Silian Rail (experimental,rock,atmospheric) - This two-piece instrumental outfit from Oakland, Ca., is likened to Explosions In The Sky and leaks inklings of Tool, relying on complex fingerpicked guitar and aggressively intricate drumming.
8 p.m. Yarn Owl (folk,rock,indie) - The leading folk-rock revivalists out of the emerging indie-rock scene on the Palouse, Yarn Owl features the former drummer of Band of Horses.
9:15 p.m. The Globes (rock,indie) - After leaving Spokane for greener pastures in the Emerald City, The Globes have gone on to win band battles on the West Side and last year performed at the illustrious Bumbershoot Festival.
SATURDAY
2 p.m. Kaylee Cole full band featuring Adam David, Dane Ueland, and Kevin Long - Spokane's indie-rock darling, slit-your-wrist-with-a-smile songstress Kaylee Cole is refining her chipper downers in the full band context.
3:30 p.m. Joel Smith & The Hands of Plenty (folk,americana) - Easily one of Spokane's most highly regarded singer-songwriters, Joel Smith's music is startlingly authentic.
5 p.m. Whiskey Dick Mountain (blues, gospel,punk,revival) - Lead by Baby By owner Tim Lanigan, formerly of The Shirkers, WDM is irreverent gospel punkabilly blues that is greased up with hallelujahs, hail Marys, deals with the devil.
6:15 p.m. La Cha Cha (rock) - La Cha-Cha recently regained its original bassist, Travis Goulding, but lost its original drummer (that's minus one Cha). With Goulding back in the fold, expect the classic La Cha-Cha experiments.
8 p.m. The Maldives (folk,rock,americana,country) - At the forefront of Seattle alt-country music rennaissance, this Seattle alt-counry folk band made a huge splash last year at Sasquatch.
9:15 p.m. Shim (rock) - With its own signature light show, Shim has been the headlining band at Elkfest Saturday for three years in a row.
SUNDAY
3 p.m. Pickwick (rock,folk,indie) - These Seattle kids impressed at Empyrean's inaugural's Madison Street Fair last summer.
4:15 p.m. David Dondero (singer-songwriter, acoustic,folk, punk) - He's oozing with indie cred, yet still relatively unknown and underrated, despited being named one of America's ten greatest living American songwriters by NPR in 2006.
5:30 p.m. The Moondoggies (rock,grunge,folk) - Signed to Sub Pop sobsidiary Hardly Art, the Moondoggies play boogiedelica and rootsy 60s soul, laced with gothic Rhodes piano and soothing three-part harmonies.
7 p.m. James Pants and The Royal Zodiac (funk,experimental,dance) - Pants and his Royal Zodiac band have put Spokane on the map without having to move away to a larger market.
8:15 p.m. Velella Velella (electronica,dance) - With three-fourths of this Seattle group being Spokane natives, the town should take pride in the national acclaim Velella Velella has celebrated since relocating to Seattle.
