Seattle Weekly -- Oct. 2011
In concert, their natural blend of Screaming Trees-like melodi-grunge and Southern twang explodes into a wailing mass of guitar solos and extended funk riffage.
TODD HAMM
Flowmotion is a band you simply have to see live to fully understand. In concert, their natural blend of Screaming Trees-like melodi-grunge and Southern twang explodes into a wailing mass of guitar solos and extended funk riffage that you don’t necessarily have to be paying full attention to to enjoy, which is good because it’s nearly impossible not to get lost in the ass-shakeability of the set. That said, this night at the Tractor is a Halloween show for which they will be playing The Beatles’ Rubber Soulin its entirety. Crazy? I say ballsy.
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SUMMER MELTDOWN JAMBASE REVIEW
In the end this was about as good as ANY headline set I’ve ever seen anywhere, tying together place and moment and people. Flowmotion is an undiscovered country that one needs to explore in depth.
By Dennis Cook
…And while the lineup isn’t household names, from hosts/curators Flowmotion on through, the level of musicianship and raw talent held its own against anything out there, and perhaps resonated more because so many acts proved such a happy surprise. The anticipation of the known has its own value but there’s no replacing the ontological smack of coming face-to-face with an amazing unknown quantity that rocks your world – something that happened repeatedly every day of the Meltdown. Like kindred spirit Las Tortugas – Dance of the Dead, Summer Meltdown is a celebration of great players and perseverance, a stupendous harnessing of wondrous music unleashed with the wholehearted goal of delighting one and all.
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ON STAGE: GIMME MO' FLOWMOTION: Flowmotion plays quintessentially honest rock and roll, but can get funky when needed. The band’s new single, “How I Know” is a perfect example of the band’s evolution from jam band to all-encompassing rock act. (Posted 989 days ago)FLOWMOTION, IZABELLA TO PLAY A SHOW IN BEND: These guys have an inner pop soul that keeps the music on the right track: highly listenable and with light at the end of the tunnel. (Posted 989 days ago)PIMPIN' HO DOWN: This is primo melodic rock … with hair on its chest and a quick step. This Seattle band … seem[s] ripe for wider discovery. (Posted 1063 days ago)JOSHUA TREE MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW
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JAMBASE
These guys are possessed of such undisguised beauty, muscular musicality and ‘holy crap, they’re good’ chops, all in service of material that anxiously reaches out and seizes you with sureness.
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Energetic Jimi Hendrix guitar bravado, driving funk bass lines and Clauson’s gruff vocals help ground the songs within the rock genre, while the band’s tendency to break into unscheduled improv keeps the live shows fun and flamboyant.
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