Live Show Recommendation: Swans at The Neptune Theatre this Friday
Swans have been around since the early 1980s and have undergone a fair amount of lineup changes over the years. They have also weaved through…
Help Save the Youth of America: Billy Bragg at the Neptune Theatre
If you have never seen Billy Bragg perform live, don’t miss this special opportunity, especially in our current political environment. I’m sure the show will include more than a few jabs at our current administration. If you have seen Billy Bragg before, then it’s your job to convert the unconverted....
All your favorite bands love Amadou & Mariam – and you will too
Amadou & Mariam will be at the Triple Door on August 9 and 10, 2017. The Wednesday (August 9th) show will have Smokey Brights opening.…
Capitol Hill Block Party 2017 Preview!
We're officially in the thick of Seattle's Summer music festival season and that means it's time for block party again! It just so happens it's…
Recommended show & ticket giveaway: Echo & the Bunnymen at The Moore {09/23}
Echo & the Bunnymen are an international treasure. If Nicholas Cage was searching the world for the most influential UK bands of all time, he’d…
Everything Thermals, all the time and forever
My love of everything Thermals began the first time I heard Hutch Harris sing the line “EVERYTHING THERMALS” - and has only intensified in three…
Recommended show: Lush coming to Seattle on April 20!
I’m old. By any statistical measure I am past middle age and am impatiently awaiting AARP mailers. There are some benefits to my advanced age,…
Hear the next big thing now! EMP’s Sound Off! 2016!
The EMP's annual Sound Off! competition puts a spotlight on our area's abounding riches of talented all ages bands (rules are: under 21 and live…
Recommended Show and Ticket Giveaway: Coeur de Pirate {2/21 at Neumos}
I’m going through this intense French pop phase right now where all I want to do is listen to sweet-voiced French people sing their dulcet…
Newsmash: Thoughts about caucuses, favorite songs, and reasons to leave the house
Hello dear February and all that you've brought with you this week! Political things are kicking up and getting real with all kinds of insanity…