Relive and Rejoice with Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes w/ Phoebe Bridgers The Showbox, Seattle, WA 05.14.16 Thirty-five years of acoustic punk later, and Violent Femmes haven't lost their ramshackle draw. Touring in support of We Can Do Anything, their first full-length release after a 15 year hiatus, the...
Santigold: Worth The Wait In Gold
Santigold w/ Kilo Kish & Do Normaal The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA 05.14.16 Expectations were high for Santigold's belated Seattle show, after the original date for her appearance at Seattle Theatre Group's fifteenth "Little Big Show," was cancelled due to...
Blaqk Audio’s Material Tour Keeps It Coming
Blaqk Audio w/ Night Riots The Crocodile, Seattle, WA 05.11.16 The line at The Crocodile started modest and early, but it didn’t take long before it outgrew the block, stretching around the corner. The early faithful to Blaqk Audio, the night’s headlining act, were...
Falling Out Of Love: The Virtual Reality Experience
Preview: Falling Out Of Love - The Virtual Reality Experience 05.16.16 You've invested in professional-quality headphones, you always know the hottest live show, and you consider yourself an expert at compiling the perfect playlist. So where does your music-loving...
Folk-Pop Dreams From Daniel Blue and Lou Doillon
Daniel Blue w/ Lou Doillon The Triple Door, Seattle, WA 05.10.16 There are so many ways to be alone in the world, but watching Daniel Blue perform a solo set at The Triple Door, you get the sense that though he is flying solo, neither he nor the crowd is lonely...
Primal Fear, Rhapsody, Substratum, Children Of Seraph, and Rhine: Metal Is Forever
Primal Fear, Rhapsody, Substratum, Children Of Seraph, and Rhine El Corazon, Seattle, WA 05.08.16 It has been almost two years since Primal Fear was last Stateside. Supporting their 2016 release Rulebreaker, the German power metal commandos are here to show us that...