Actionesse Archives - SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

Actionesse & Mirrorgloss: bruised knees, happy me
By Christine Mitchell on July 17, 2021
It took well over an hour to get down to White Center and Drunky Two Shoes BBQ, but I didn’t care. There had been some...
Actionesse: Plowin’ down the West Coast
By Christine Mitchell on March 13, 2020
Dearly beloved post-horncore band Actionesse has finagled a repeat: they’re working their way around the PNW and down the West Coast on a tour this...
Summer Circus Takes Live Show Experience to New Heights
By Christine Mitchell on July 23, 2019
Okay okay okay! It finally looks like summer is set to begin! The weather icons are finally blessing us with sun, sun, sun. We wouldn’t...
Fisherman’s Village Day Two Recap
By Christine Mitchell on May 21, 2019
Day two of Fisherman’s Village Music Festival saw a move from the core of downtown to the area surrounding the Scuttlebutt Brewery and Taproom, sandwiched...
Actionesse: ‘The Deep, Bright Below’
By Christine Mitchell on April 9, 2019
he Deep, Bright Below, Actionesse's debut lp, pummels your senses for just a hair under half an hour with relentless "post-horncore," a fitting term coined...
Grizzled Mighty, Actionesse do Band In Seattle
By Christine Mitchell on September 11, 2018
Band In Seattle is gearing up for Season Five, which will air this fall on television. This means that Victory Studios is in the midst...
Fifth Fisherman’s Village Showcases Everett Bands and Beyond
By David Arthur on April 24, 2018
My ears are buzzing, my knees are cracking and I seem to have a serious case of what is known as “cankles.” These are the...
Fisherman’s Village Music Festival Lineup Announcement 2018
By Ron Reyes on February 13, 2018
With spring quickly coming up on the horizon, we are on the verge of yet another fantastic music festival season. From the look of the...
Friday: Red Cross Benefit at Barboza
By Christine Mitchell on December 11, 2017
RED CROSS BENEFIT AT BARBOZA THIS FRIDAY ‘Tis the giving season, and the excellent, unclassifiable Actionesse have teamed up with the pop-leaning, rocking Asterhouse and...
Crystal Desert’s Evening of Darkness
By Christine Mitchell on June 8, 2017
It’s a little bit gut-wrenching that the defining moment of Crystal Desert’s career, their apex, was this: they stripped off their black clothing, revealing ramients...
The truncation of Crystal Desert
By Christine Mitchell on June 5, 2017
What makes a legend? If a tree fell in the forest and there were a hundred people to witness it, would you believe them if they...
Actionesse Rolls Out ‘Fortune’
By Christine Mitchell on May 25, 2017
Surfy, punky, horn-laden…Actionesse is a band that defies most any box you try to stuff ’em into. One thing is guaranteed, though…you’re gonna have a...