OMG Madonna – Rebel Heart Tour
Madonna w/ Michael Diamond Moda Center, Portland, OR 10.17.15 The Moda Center of Portland was nearly sold out, with everyone ready to feast their eyes on all that is Madonna. This show was almost more circus and burlesque than music. It was absolutely unreal. Sexual,...
Viet Cong: Inciting a Great Set
Viet Cong w/ Grave Babies Neumos, Seattle, WA 10.16.15 The Canadian band Viet Cong has been around for about 3 years now and has seen more than moderate success, especially in the last year and a half. A night of straightforward post-punk at my favorite music venue...
NadaMucho’s #41for2015: A Toe In The Local Waters
NadaMucho's #41for2015: Night 2 Substation, Seattle, WA 10.14.15 - 10.18.15 There’s maybe fifteen, twenty people here, two arcade games, one guy drawing in the corner, two girls doing Jell-o shots. Ballard’s newest underground venue Substation is playing host to...
The Black Dahlia Murder: Consumed
Black Dahlia Murder El Corazon, Seattle, WA 10.15.15 El Corazon got rocked on Thursday night, as Michigan-based melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder made a heart-stopping visit. This group has seen plenty of personnel changes since their inception in 2001,...
CHVRCHES: Go Beyond Indie Pop
CHVRCHES w/ Mansionair Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA 10.14.15 It’s been a powerful couple of years for Scottish electro-pop band CHVRCHES, who blasted airwaves with their super-charged 2013 full-length debut The Bones Of What You Believe and spent the past two years...
New Politics: A Mixed Bag Of Tricks
New Politics w/ Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, The Griswolds, and Lolo Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA 10.13.15 The crowd is on the younger side and the show starts early. On a Tuesday night, the Wilderness Politics tour takes over Showbox SoDo with a four-band lineup of...