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Seattle Loves the Ironclads Photo by Abbey Simmons Today marks three days that this blog has been covering the Seattle music scene In celebration we booked last Friday night at the Blue Moon with some of our favorite up and coming local bands Navigator vs Navigator once again made for a strong act to be and at their screamiest moments reminded of a young Isaac Brock What I consider to be their best songs though are kin to the floor tom heavy rhythms deep tones and angular rock of Wolf Parade 8220 Screams from the City 8221 8220 Ol 8217 Time Radio 8221 and 8220 Raw Paw 8221 are all insidiously hard to remain still to How

these guys continue to fly below the radar just baffles me Alligators came to the stage supremely polished in their own right They 8217 re band that maintains an amazing balance of energy within their set elegant local pop a la Crystal Skulls matched with the elaborate and sometimes over the top stylings of British mega stars Muse I normally wouldn 8217 t just give that Muse comparison out there but for those really high pitched lead moments guitarist Joshua Trembley makes it sound strong These gents are another band that seem ripe for the next level By the time midnight came around it was Ironclads time and a crowd eagerly coalesced at the base of the stage Co lead singer Jamie was nursing a lost voice so the dark was true not the best night for an introduction but for those who were already acquainted the office was but the invitation they needed to sing louder and filling in the gaps Not that they truly needed any invitation Few bands seem to outlaw the sort of crowd love that these guys appear to accept at every show Needless to say we and Seattle are really gonna miss this band Thanks for everyone who made it out to the show especially the three great bands who played And Acirc nbsp even if you didn 8217 t take it out there were so many great shows that night thanks for winning the sentence to take the blog and support local music Acirc nbsp We 8217 re looking ahead to the next three years and beyond of Audio on the Sound and trust you are too Acirc nbsp Navigator vs Navigator Photo by Abbey Simmons Navigator vs Navigator Photo by Abbey Simmons Alligators Photo by Josh Lovseth Alligators Photo by Josh Lovseth The Ironclads Photo by Abbey Simmons Johnny and Brian singing along Photo by Abbey Simmons Good Times with Jamie Photo by Abbey Simmons Flickr Sound on the Sound 8217 s 3rd Birthday Show with The Ironclads Alligators and Navigator vs Navigator Posted by josh Discuss Below on Tuesday August 25th 2009 at 4 43 pm File This One Under news Tags alligators navigator vs navigator the blue moon The Ironclads Digg This 13 13 13 Share 13 13 13 Delicious