Feb 12 at Neumos: Sebadoh and Quasi Feb 12 at Crocodile: The Radio Dept Feb 12 at Moore: Cake Feb 12 at Comet Tavern: The Spinning Whips Feb 12 at Hard Rock Cafe: Massy Ferguson Feb 12 at Tractor Tavern: Cotton Jones Feb 12 – 13 at Emerald Queen Casino: Smokey Robinson Feb 16 at […]
Read more "February/March Concert Recommendations"Feb 6 at Market Showbox, The Thermals and Das Racist. Feb 7-8 at Triple Door, The Church. Feb 7-8 at Jazz Alley, Jack Bruce. Feb 10 at Studio Seven, Marcy Playground. Feb 10 at Snoqualmie Casino, Herman’s Hermits. Feb 11 at Comet Tavern, Black Nite Crash. Feb 11 at New Frontier Room, Cave Singers and […]
Read more "February Concert Recommendations"Imagine I was touched on the shoulder with a weighty broadsword and declared Music Czar of Seattle. My initial fiats would be as follows: 1. ) If you didn’t come to listen to the band, then move to the back and make room for people who did. Respect the band. Repeated offenses and you’d be […]
Read more "If I Were Music Czar Of Seattle"Four months ago I had signed up on the Soundgarden website to get updates from the band. Lucky me, because the website was about to send fans a secret code for a chance to buy tickets online to the first Soundgarden show in over 13 years. There were no physical tickets for sale at the […]
Read more "The Stupidest Soundgarden Fan In Seattle Part II: A Glutton For Punishment."I raced down the freeway, assuming that every car I passed was trying to beat me to the Seattle Showbox. I parked a stones throw from the venue and sprinted to the doors in my sweats and tattered wool overcoat. I arrived, victorious. It was 12:05 AM. There were a handful of stragglers stumbling out […]
Read more "The Stupidest Soundgarden Fan In Seattle: Part I"In case you were drunk, asleep or distracted last night, Soundgarden announced a reunion. Frontman, Chris Cornell tweeted the following: “The 12 year break is over & school is back in session.” This confirms one of the worst kept secrets in town. They boys have been quietly meeting for months. I was sworn to secrecy, […]
Read more "Rock Royalty Returns"Finding a terrific band playing in Seattle on New Years Eve is as easy as finding water, falling out of a boat. My suggestion is to pick one – find some friends and go. I’ve picked one, the show at China Harbor. But this show is nothing I can recommend. It is an acquired taste. […]
Read more "New Years Eve Concert Pick"Jan 8 at the Triple Door Vince Mira doing Elvis is Alive. Jan 20 at the Triple Door Asobi Seksu acoustic. Jan 22 Steve Earle at The Moore. Also, I’ve added a VENUES page for fast, fast, fast, one-stop shopping of all the noteworthy concerts in town.
Read more "Add to Your Concert Schedule"Jan 9 is a must see at the High Dive: Department of Energy, Tripwire, and Spanish for 100. Jan 10 Chop Suey has a terrific bill, Blacknite Crash with The Purrs. Jan 15 Robert Cray is playing at the Snolqualmie Ballroom on my birthday. I haven’t seen Mr Cray in almost 20 years, since the […]
Read more "January Concerts"I missed so many shows this week. Dude, I can’t see them all. But the shows I did see were visually – and musically – CRUSHING it. Mew on Friday a Neumos featured avatar characters on stage – created through rear screen projection. Seattle knew the lyrics to every song. The crowd was sharing the […]
Read more "And So It Begins"