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Photo story: Naked Giants, Gypsy Temple, Emma Lee Toyoda

March 22nd, 2019: Neumos

Photo story: Naked Giants, Gypsy Temple, Emma Lee Toyoda March 24, 2019
Naked Giants at Neumos. // Photo by Lydia Ely

On Friday night, Emma Lee Toyoda, Gypsy Temple, and Naked Giants put on one heck of a rocking show at Neumos. Toyoda opened with their brand of soft punk, and Gypsy Temple followed it up with some raging rock anthems. Naked Giants finished out the night with garage rock that did The Emerald City Proud. Click through our photo story below to see all the action.

The bassist for Emma Lee Toyoda, Khyre Matthews, sets a steady rhythm.
Emma Lee Toyoda is a Seattle native that makes soft punk.
Toyoda and Matthews enjoy a moment on stage together.
Toyoda is a self-described "sunflower." They wore a bright yellow shirt and attached a sunflower to their microphone to stay on theme.
The performance was energetic, and the crowd reflected the energy with cheering and moshing.
The drummer for Emma Lee Toyoda, Zeke Bender, takes a moment to laugh mid-set.
Gypsy Temple, a local rock band, played second.
Kai Hill, the drummer for Gypsy Temple, sets a sharp and dynamic beat.
The five-piece band played a wild set with plenty of head-banging and ramping up of the crowd.
Hamoon Milaninia plays bass for Gypsy Temple.
Cory Cavazos drives Gypsy Temple's cello-heavy sound.
Wilson Rahn contributes guitar and vocals to Gypsy Temple.
Cameron Lavi-Jones heads Gypsy Temple with a strong voice and skilled guitar playing.
Milaninia looks to his bandmates as he plays.
Rahn plays with passion, one moment jumping from an amp, the next on his knees in front of the crowd.
Lavi-Jones runs out to dance with the crowd at the end of Gypsy Temple's set.
Hill waves to the crowd as the set concludes.
Gianni Aiello is the animated bass player and vocalist of Naked Giants.
Naked Giants guitarist and vocalist, Grant Mullen, shakes his hair in time with "TV," the first single off Sluff.
Henry LaVallee set a strong rhythm on the drums.
The band toured with Car Seat Headrest, Twen, and The Black Tones so far this year and will continue with Car Seat Headrest later this year.
This show was their first home headliner since New Year's Eve.
Naked Giants plays a contagiously energetic set — it's impossible not to get as caught up in the moment as the band does.
Aiello throws his bass over his head.
Mullen pauses to tune his guitar.
LaVallee smiles triumphantly mid-set.
The crowd reaches for the band during "Slow Dance II."
Mullen's guitar playing is deliberate at moments and gives in to the wild energy of the room the next.
With a twirl of his drumsticks, LaVallee brings spirited fun to the set.
LaVallee plays his other band members off stage in the band's final song before their encore.
Naked Giants played new and old material, from "Ya Ya" of their 2016 EP, R.I.P., to their newest single release, "Green Fuzz."
Sweat-drenched and adrenaline-filled, the crowd grins as the night comes to a close.

 

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