Song Show Tonight: David Bazan, THEESatisfaction and Loch Lomond

Special Bumbershoot Edition

Tonight at the Triple Door, City Arts editor Mark Baumgarten continues the unique series of onstage interviews and stripped-down performances, where musicians take the audience inside their process of songwriting.

This installment of the Song Show features artists performing at the Bumbershoot 2010: David Bazan, THEESatisfaction and Loch Lomond.

Former singer for Pedro the Lion, David Bazan is known for answering personal questions from fans at his shows, something that is giving Mark a hard time - how do you get to the heart of an artist, who already bares it on stage?

THEESatisfaction has no problem speaking their mind. The rap duo writes confrontational and political lyrics over soul, funk and digital samples that are playful and intellectual.

Ritchie Young of the Portland-based Loch Lomond has developed a much more subdued sound with his band mates, incorporating folk music and symphony instruments, that nonetheless has an amazing presence in its musical complexity and Young's powerful and heartfelt voice. 

What more can these artists can say? Find out tonight starting at 6pm.

Until then here's a really intimate performance by David Bazan playing his song "Hard to Be."

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