Soundtrack: The Pleasure Is All Yours by Tomten.

Tomten at The Experience Music Project. Seattle, WA.

Although I came down to the EMP Sound Off round one for Ambulance (previous post), another band crept into my heart that night. Tomten held the audience in their grip with songs boiling over with influences from 60’s Brit rock… and yet felt modern enough for the band to not be simplified as a throwback. They also performed an incredible ballad called ‘Sonny Don’t’. Check out this clip from the show. You can listen to their album ‘Tomten’ as well as get a free download of their new single on Bandcamp, or just go ahead and buy their CD from iTunes.

Soundtrack: Ring Finger by Ambulance.

Ambulance at the Experience Music Project. Seattle, WA.

These guys are definitely the most played band on my iPod right now. Their songs are perfect to edit images to, so it was extra awesome to get a chance to photograph them last weekend at the Experience Music Project. They took away the audience favorite prize for the first semi-final round of Sound Off, Seattle’s 10th annual underage battle of the bands. Their live performance did not disappoint. In fact, I would say they’re one of the best live bands I’ve seen in quite awhile. Definitely check out their CD ‘People In Places’on bandcamp and after that, you can go ahead and buy it from iTunes HERE.