Year Candy: The best photos of 2011

By
Travis Hay
– December 19, 2011Posted in: Best of '11, Photos

Year Candy is a look back at some of the notable people and events that made an impact on the local music scene during 2011. Since engaging photography is a Guerrilla Candy hallmark this post spotlights some of the best work from Guerrilla Candy’s fine crew of contributing photographers.

Blue Scholars at the Cinemetropolis release show
A young fan crowdsurfing during AWOL Nation at 107.7 The End's Summercamp
Sol at Bumbershoot

Trombone Shorty at Bumbershoot
A young concertgoer at Capitol Hill Block Party
Motopony at Bumbershoot

!!! at Sasquatch! Photo by Dave Lichterman
A packed KeyArena for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at Bumbershoot
Carbon Leaf at Bumbershoot

PUSA at EMP's Nevermind tribute concert
The Physics at Guerrilla Candy's Bumbershoot Prefunk
Hell's Belles' Adrian Conner. Photo by Alex Crick

Mike McCready of Tres Mts at the Showbox
Charles Bradley at Bumbershoot
Hall and Oates fans at Bumbershoot

The Kills at Bumbershoot
A young conertgoer hanging out with a white pixie at Bumbershoot
Wayne Coyne pretending to eat a baby backstage at Sasquatch! Photo by Travis Hay

Queens of the Stone Age at the Showbox
Hobosexual at Guerrilla Candy's Bumbershoot Prefunk
Robyn at Sasquatch! Photo by Dave Lichterman

Grieves at Neumos
Les Savy Fav at Capitol Hill Block Party
Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds at the Neptune. Photo by Brittney Bush Bollay

Rammstein performing at the Tacoma Dome
The Head & the Heart shoes
My Goodness at Capitol Hill Block Party's Vitamin Water room

Cage The Elephant at 107.7 The End's Deck The Hall Ball
Kaylee Cole at Bumbershoot
Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes at the Helplessness Blues release show

Grace Potter at the Crocodile. Photo by Brittney Bush Bollay
Mad Rad at the Showbox
Rammstein performing at the Tacoma Dome

Natasha Bedingfield at Showbox at The Market
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at Bumbershoot
Seattle Rock Orchestra rehearsal

Les Savy Fav at Capitol Hill Block Party
Fitz and The Tantrums at Bumbershoot's KEXP Music Lounge
Shabazz Palaces' Black Up release show

Thee Oh Sees at Bumbershoot
Sleigh Bells at Sasquatch! Photo by Dave Lichterman
Brent Amaker at the Crocodile. Photo by Dave Lichterman

Eddie Vedder at Benaroya Hall
Daredevil street performers at Bumbershoot
Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle


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About Travis Hay

Travis Hay has spent the past decade writing about and enjoying Seattle's diverse music scene. He is the founder and former editor of the music site Ear Candy and has written for various medial outlets including the Seattle-Post Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Crosscut.com and others.