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Concerts and Tour Dates

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    City Arts Fest: Big Boi, She & Him, Gogol Bordello, Belle and Sebastian, Oct. 20 to 23

    big dog​From the department of "reasons to call in sick for a week", the first annual City Arts Fest is another reason we're in for a stellar Rocktober. Among the highlights are Belle and Sebastian and She & Him playing separate shows at the 5th Avenue Theater on October 20 and 22, respectivel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2010

    Tonight: Brite Futures at Neumos, Sounds Outside at Cal Anderson Park

    Chona Kasinger​Brite Futures, with Sap'n, Motopony. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. Some names need to change. Starfucker tried to become Pyramidd. And now, due to a less-than-sympathetic muse, the band formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head has gone through a ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Chona Kasinger​Brite Futures, with Sap'n, Motopony. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $14. All ages. Some names need to change. Starfucker tried to become Pyramidd. And now, due to a less-than-sympathetic muse, the band formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head has gone through a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Lady Gaga Performs New Song For Live Audience of 18,000 on the Today Show

    18,000 fans swarmed to Rockefeller Center this morning to see Lady Gaga perform a half-hour set as part of the Today show's Summer Concert Series. Gaga looked lovely in a white bra, goggly white glasses, and a head of cropped hair; she performed the smash hits "Bad Romance" and "Alejandro" as well ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Sorry, Duff Kids, the Jonas Brothers Have Canceled Their White River Amphitheatre Gig

    ​That would be the Jonas Brothers' Sept. 14 show at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre. But, according to LiveNation and Team Jonas, it's not because the Brothers don't love them some 206. Via Live Nation: Due to recent changes in the Jonas Brothers schedule and the addition of several interna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Also Tonight: Austin Garage Rock Trio Harlem at the Sunset; Watch "Someday Soon" Video

    The Austin trio Harlem -- Michael Coomers, Curtis O'Mara, and Jose Boyer -- will be headlining the Sunset tonight at 9pm. Matador released the band's second studio album, Hippies, in April -- the music is hooky garage rock, kind of like a poppier Pixies. They'll spend the late summer opening up fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Matador's 21st, Dirty Projectors Bjork, Slash at The Showbox, and SSO's New Hire

    Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    No Lunch Plans Today? Watch Hey Marseilles Perform at Noon at the Harbor Steps

    Hayley Young​If you've got nothing planned for lunch today, maybe you should forgo food for musical sustenance. Hey Marseilles, fresh off a West Coast tour, will perform a totally free show at noon at the Harbor Steps, 1221 First Ave. (Unless you're already downtown, you'd best get a move on. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    This Afternoon: Out to Lunch with Hey Marseilles at Harbor Steps

    Carmen Irish​ Carmen Irish​ The songs of rising local folk act Hey Marseilles are very much an ode to place. Nearly every accordion-laden, tambourine-shakin' track on their album (not to mention the name) makes a vague reference to a journey or a destination--Tallahassee, Costa Rica, Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Today: Have a Groovy Lunch Downtown at the Harbor Steps with Wheedle's Grove

    Even if you didn't see the recent SIFF documentary Wheedle's Groove, but especially if you did, today's opening act of the Out To Lunch summer concert series is a can't-miss show. Wheedle's Groove, an all-star band consisting of some of the top performers in Seattle's late-'60s/early-'70s funk an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    The xx Play The Paramount On Sept. 25, the Band's Fourth Seattle-Area Stop In 10 Months

    Renee McMahonThe xx at the Sasquatch! Music Festival on May 30. The trio plays The Paramount on Sept. 25.​How's this for a roller coaster ride? In 10 months, British electric pop trio the xx will have gone from being the opening act at Neumos (Nov. 27, 2009), to headlining Showbox SoDo (April ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Getting Stood Up This Summer: Bono, Interpol, Aguilera, and Durst Bail on Scheduled Tours

    Thanks for nothing, Xtina​This past week has seen a spew of artists pulling out of their planned summer tours. First Bono cracked up his back and had to go in for emergency surgery, causing U2 to cancel the first leg of their world tour, including their headlining gig at next month's Glastonbu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Weezer, Hole Said to Be Headlining Bumbershoot

    ​Rolling Stone apparently included the headliners in their summer music preview. If they're right--and Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Weezer, and Hole are headlining Bumbershoot--then this is the most excited I've been about the headlining acts in years, and makes the full-priced ticket ($40, versu ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Adam Zacks on Jack Johnson, Seattle Center, and Selling Out

    Nine years after its founding, Sasquatch! is more than just household-name headliners.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Q&A: Sasquatch! Founder Adam Zacks On Jack Johnson, Seattle Center, and Selling Out

    Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002. Now in its ninth year, the three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend sold out months in advance.​Could we be witnessing the end of budget-busting headliners at the Northwest's most popular music festivals? After years of griping about the rise in ticke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Maps & Atlases Reveal Album Artwork, Headlining Summer Tour Dates

    ​Barsuk's Maps & Atlases will release their debut full-length, Perch Patchwork, on June 29. (Click here to listen to the record's intricately proggy first single, "Solid Ground"). Today the band revealed Perch Patchwork's album cover and announced a headlining summer tour. They're currently on ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Green Is the New Rock

    The members of Pearl Jam will likely be pushing up daisies by the time they've offset the carbon impact of their last tour.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    The Strokes Confirmed To Headline Lollapalooza 2010

    Frank Ockenfels​The Chicago Tribune just confirmed that The Strokes will be headlining this year's Lollapalooza Festival, which will take place on August 6-8 at Grant Park in Chicago. Lollapalooza will join four other headlining festival dates for the Strokes - the European Rockness, South Sid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Win-Win: Help Haiti, Listen to Local Hip-Hop

    ​Want to do something about the earthquake damage in Haiti? Here's your opportunity: grab a ticket to the Feb. 4 benefit show at Neumos. Organized by SOL and hosted by fellow Haitian-American MC Khingz, the lineup also features Dyno Jamz, The Physics and Common Market -- the latter two accomp ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    Five Holiday Shows That Won’t Make You Retch

    But which would be even better after a glass of hot buttered rum.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    THEESatisfaction's "Snow Motion" EP Is Unleashed Upon the Internet

    ​Did you miss THEESatisfaction's set last month at REVERB? Bad move. The duo's performance at the New York Fashion Academy was a sensation, warming up the tepid fluorescent emptiness of the venue with their quirky, sultry space jams that made the Ballard crowd get down. The ladies then took of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    No, The Damned Won't Make Their Halloween Gig at Showbox SoDo

    ​Or any other show on their U.S. tour. They've encountered Visa issues. Damn. Via OfficialDamned.com: Due to circumstances beyond our control, THE DAMNED regret to announce the cancellation of all of their October / Halloween U.S tour dates. As of today, the band's U.S. Visas were still not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    The Shine In Your Japan, The Sparkle in Your China: Steely Dan at the Paramount

    ​Who: Steely Dan Where: Paramount Theatre When: October 12 Monday night, just as his band concluded the all-Aja portion of its show at the Paramount (the first of two; Kornelis will review Tuesday's finale), keyboardist/vocalist Donald Fagan revealed that the historic theatre was where Steely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    P!nk Concert Moves from WaMu Theater to Key Arena

    ​Damn. When did P!nk become such a huge superstar? The pop artist has five albums under her belt, but she's never quite reached the celebrity status that many of her female peers have. But the outspoken singer, whose national Funhouse Tour kicks off in Seattle on September 15, has had to mov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Rocky Votolato at the Triple Door

    ​Seattle's Rocky Votolato played an important benefit show over the weekend at the Triple Door. The Texas-born and Washington-bred singer-songwriter was raising funds for the IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) and the packed venue was full of folks who gladly paid $15 to support Voto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Please Lend a Hand If You Can

    ​Before I get to this week's column, I would like to ask for your help for a friend, whether it be a few dollars, or a gracious prayer or meditation. Next Tuesday, August 18 at the Sunset in Ballard, I'll be playing with Loaded's acoustic offshoot, the Rainmakers, at a benefit concert for Dave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Throw Me The Statue on KEXP at Noon

    ​Tune in to KEXP 90.3 at noon today to catch Throw Me The Statue, a Seattle-based peppy indie pop group, as they perform live in studio. If you haven't heard them before, get a taste because they are releasing a new CD, Creaturesque on Tuesday. Yes, these are the same guys who are performing F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Sunn O))), Pelican and Earth to Play Together This Fall

    Wow, this is one fine, fine line-up. The drone metal dork brigade will be out in full force that night (myself included). I am very impressed that they managed to resist calling this "The Sonic Solar System Tour" or use any other silly, celestial references (I guess that's what dumbasses like myse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    More on the Suit That Would Stop the Show

    There'll be no fireworks over Elliott Bay this year--and if Ben Schroeter has his way, there won't be any over Lake Union either. As the P-I reports this morning, the local activist has filed suit to stop One Reel's fireworks show, arguing that the State Environmental Protection Act requires a revi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Sunny Day Real Estate Reunion Tour: The Rumors Were True

    It's true: we just got word from Sub Pop that the original emos of Sunny Day Real Estate will reunite for a fall tour. Sub Pop will reissue both Diary and LP2 on September 15, and the band will tour in support of the re-issues, including an October 16 stop at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. Tour d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Tegan & Sara versus Green Day on July 3

    Seattle Theatre Group announced today that Canada's charming indie-pop duo (and identical twins) Tegan and Sara will play the Showbox on Friday, July 3. That same night Green Day kicks off their reunion tour at the Key Arena. Their new album 21st Century Breakdown was released last month to rave r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    K'naan Opens for Matisyahu June 24 at The Moore

    For anyone who missed K'naan's show at Neumos this past March, you'll get another chance to check out the Somali global pop star when he returns to Seattle on June 24. He'll be opening up for Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu who'll be in town promoting his new album, Light, which drops this summer. So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Last Night: K'naan, Gabriel Teodros, and Yze at Neumos

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    God...Er, I Mean, Neil Young...Is Coming

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Radiohead is Coming to Town

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Big, Big News About the Showbox: It's Sold!

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    No King for Spring

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    Drink for the Whigs

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Verizon aiming to destroy concert experience?

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2007

    Arrested!

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2007

    The Police on Tap for Grammys

    Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickloudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies

    Runs at Grand Illusion, Fri., Sept. 29– Thurs., Oct. 5. Not rated. 82 minutes.

  • Music

    April 5, 2006

    Pure Doe

    X frontman John Doe talks about harmony, jagged emotions, and performance meditation.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2006

    Same Time Next Year

    In the wake of a lawsuit, One Reel postpones the Summer Nights concert series until 2007.

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Family Therapy

    EMP's Family Concert Series gives a new meaning to all-ages shows.

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    GALLERY CONCERTS

    EMP's Family Concert Series gives a new meaning to all-ages shows.

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Yo La Tengo

    EMP's Family Concert Series gives a new meaning to all-ages shows.

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    Kid Rock

    Susie Tennant has raised a delightful family concert series at EMP.

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    All-ages rebirth?

    Recent signs—and the efforts of a few dedicated promoters—could mean more rock shows for young music fans.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    ROCK UNSTEADY

    A new attitude at the Liquor Control Board? Maybe not.

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