This show is a benefit to coincide with the documentary Girls Rock!, which premiered at SIFF last night (and plays again tomorrow afternoon). The film profiles a camp that brings young girls all over the country to Portland for a week to teach the campers about rock and/or roll. One of the regular instructors is Carrie […]
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Tonight's Recommended Show: Amon Tobin, KJ Sawka and DJ Collage at Neumo's
If you've read Erik's review of Amon Tobin's new album Foley Room, you've already been convinced that tonight you should head to Neumo's for the night of DJ-i-licious beat fun. As Erik describes Amon and the new album: Foley Room finds Tobin in his top form, both returning to the sound that he has pioneered […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: Lavender Diamond with the Watson Twins at the Triple Door
Lavender Diamond's new record, Imagine Our Love (Matador), is simply a thing of beauty. It has rich, lush instrumentation and singer Becky Stark has a soft and gorgeous voice. The Triple Door, with its first-rate sound system and elegant (but casual) decor makes this my new favorite place to see a show in Seattle. There is nowhere […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: "Iphigenia in Aulis" at Washington Ensemble Theatre
WET's third-season finale is the gorgeous, intensely physical Iphigenia in Aulis, playing Thursdays through Mondays at the former Little Theater. Words tend to evade me when it comes to the ensemble's work, but here's what I know. Using part one of Ellen McLaughlin's Iphigenia and Other Daughters (adapted from classic Greek tales by Sophocles and […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: Nelson Sings Nilsson at the Triple Door
Sean Nelson might be most famous the world over for his vocal cords, but those of us who remember his stately Stranger legacy and his impeccable 33 1/3 book, know that, in addition to be a charming showman, Sean's writing prowess is unmatchable. So, when recommending tonight's 'Nelson Sings Nilsson' show at the Triple Door, the smartest […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: U.S.E at the Redmond Firehouse {Erik Lashes Benefit}
There're a lot of good shows tonight, but we have to recommend that we all head to Redmond to the Old Firehouse for an all ages benefit show with headliners U.S.E. There are few bands in Seattle that can get the party going than U.S.E — their Daft Punk electronica sensibilities with good time festive […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: The Arctic Monkeys at the Showbox
Tonight is a great night for shows in town: Brit pop rockers the Kooks are at the Croc, !!! (!!!) at Neumo's, but the Arctic Monkeys get my recommendation, if merely on points. The Arctic Monkey's was last year's break-through band, and for good reason; their breakthrough album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: Bright Eyes at The Paramount
Today's the day people! I know, like me, you've been counting down to tonight's performance since the last time Conor was in town (on March 11th at the Showbox to be precise). Since then, our guy has had his latest album debut at #4 on the Billboard charts as well as had rumors circulate re: […]
Tonight's Recomended Show: Jarvis Cocker at the Showbox
TIG has always been perched between a love of local Northwest music and one for most-things Euro-rock (with a UK and Scandanavian bias). From the beginning, for every John Roderick, there was a Pelle Almqvist. Tonight's show-going dilemna exemplifies this duality: on the one hand, we have the 16th anniversary show at the Crocodile, featuring […]
Tonight's Recommended Show: Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground/The Quiet Ones/Southerly at the Croc
When Seattle band Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground were picked as one of the Strangers Bands to Watch for 2007, I must confess I'd never heard of them before. I have now, and all I can say is… whoa. The band features Kirk Huffman and Kyle O'Quin of Gatsby's American Dream and Phil Peterson […]