The Old '97s at the Showbox {Rhett Miller is a serial lady killer}
The lights dim just before the band walks on stage, and entrance music starts. Full volume. All of a sudden, imaginary Victoria asks, "You guys.…
Bounce up and down and cackle madly with We Wrote The Book On Connectors this Saturday at Chop Suey
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krVvVMcCKSc] I first saw We Wrote The Book On Connectors' Ben Baier live playing with H Is For Hellgate, and if you've seen him too…
Photo of the day: Old 97s at the Showbox
{photos: Victoria VanBruinisse -- more photos to be posted soon!} Last night's Old 97s show was the dreamiest night I've had in a long time. …
Winter's Bone
{Winter’s Bone opened in Seattle on Friday, June 25 and is currently playing at The Guild 45th and Uptown Cinemas} This affecting human drama focuses…
Recommended show: Les Shelleys (feat. Tom Brosseau) at Hattie's Hat tonight
I've had the fortune of crossing paths with Tom Brosseau many times in the five years since we first met, and it's always been nothing…
Imaginary Interview: Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde
I’ve already declared my adoration for Concrete Blonde, and recommended you come see the show with me tonight (Thursday, June 24) at The Showbox –…
Things look CocoRosie this Friday night, June 25
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68E_JSCOD_I] Maybe with drawn-on beards and no doubt charismatically-weird, CocoRosie are coming to the Showbox at the Market this Friday night. Sisters Sierra and Bianca's…
Recommended Show: Concrete Blonde at the Showbox on Thursday
Though Bloodletting was released shortly after I escaped High School, I was already a long-time Concrete Blonde devotee. Having rocked my way through their debut…
The Purrs album release, with Brent Amaker & The Rodeo and Battle Hymns this Thursday, June 24
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cjexVDGiwU] Pent-up, viciously provoked, ready to shred psycho killer line-up this Thursday night at the Crocodile (June 24) as The Purrs give an official release…
Anatomy of a venue: The Sunset Tavern {10th anniversary celebration}
{Photos by Victoria VanBruinisse} The old adage is true; good things come in small packages. Though postage stamp-sized, The Sunset Tavern is the Scrappy Doo…