The latest from Jesse Sykes: “We are so excited to be playing (as a FULL band!) in Seattle at our old stomping grounds, The Tractor Tavern, on Thursday, Nov. 8th!! Joining us are the amazing Rose Windows – only 10 bucks! Also, we will be in “Big Sur” on Sat. Oct 27th (duo show) and …
Cuban-born percussionist Candido Camero, the man credited with bringing the conga to Jazz in the 1950s and who later enjoyed some success in the disco era, will be performing with friends at Seattle’s Jazz Alley (2033 6th Ave, Seattle) Oct. 18th to 21st, as part of a series of concerts celebrating his life and work. …
Seattle’s intimate Sunset Tavern was the place to be Friday and Saturday nights (Sept. 22 & 23). Officially this was two nights of fun in honor of the release of the new Young Fresh Fellows album Tiempo De Lujo. What it really was was a big party with the YFF headlining two shows with many …
The Generators have officially been a band since 1997, but have been part of the LA punk scene for at least three decades. Vocalist Doug “Dagger” Kane was vocalist and founding member of the early eighties punks Doug and the Slugz. The Generators’ song “You Against You” is politically charged, with an accompanying video depicting …
AAH… punk rock. Is there nothing so sweet? – Holly Homan Saturday night September 15, 2012, El Corazon hosted two separate shows. One show, the Flobots, was held in their main room. The other, with the cool punk band, The Vibrators, was held in the tiny “lounge.” The Vibrators are pure, unadulterated British Oi! Originally …
Last Wednesday, Martin Feveyear was my guest for “Seattle Classics” as we featured the Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion from 1992. Thx to Martin for amazing stories of touring insanity from one of Seattle’s most underrated bands. – Marco Collins is currently rocking at JetCitystream.
The Erickson Theater sits behind Seattle Central Community College on Harvard Avenue. This is a tiny theater in size but a giant theater in terms of talent. As I sat down in the very front row, I was entertained with the Lead Belly version of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night.” Then the music faded …
On Saturday September 8, Seattle legends, X-15 reunited for a free show under Seattle’s Space Needle. I was there. I don’t recall ever seeing X-15 back in their heyday back in the early eighties though I was familiar with some of their songs, including the famous, “Vaporized,” which they did perform. Though they’re all looking …
August 27, 2012 – Seattle, WA – On Monday, there was only one library open in all of Seattle: the People’s Library. Located on the plaza outside of the Douglass-Truth Library in the Central District, the open air library has everything a library should have: books, computers, and even arts and crafts activities for the …
Holey Moley, I can’t believe I didn’t know that Whipped Cream had a Seattle connection…. the model being a former “Miss Greenwood” and all. Now 77! – Steve Stav shares his wisdom here and at SteveStav.com. Here’s an article from SeattlePI.com which will explain it all.
Legendary Two Tone band The English Beat played to a packed audience Saturday night August 11th. From the entrance all the way to the stage was nothing but packed bodies waiting in anticipation for Dave Wakeling and friends to emerge. Wakeling came on stage commenting about our (rare) sunny day and thanking us for it, …
The legendary Joe Jackson (the musician, not the shoeless ball player) is on tour in the US in September and October. His only Northwest date will be in Seattle on October second at the Moore Theater. Jackson, who started out in the punk/new wave scene over thirty years ago, has now switched to more eclectic …
“I never saw a frown,” recalled Tom Robbins, who wasn’t yet a famous author but was writing for The Helix, Robbins also had a radio show on KRAB-FM, “Notes From the Underground.” “Everyone was happy and smiling. It was such a utopian event. There was a feeling of freedom and sharing and loving.” The germ …
Hello, dear readers. August 5 proved to be another hectic day for Mr. Renton. Sunday began by covering the Seafair Cup races at Lake Washington, including another mindblowing aerial display by the Blue Angels. Nighttime found yours truly catching, simultaneously, JESSE SYKES at Gainesbourg and KASEY CHAMBERS at The Triple Door. In between, Mr. Renton …
Monday night, July 30, I had the pleasure of not only setting foot inside The Triple Door in downtown Seattle for the first time, but also seeing new-comer Sarah Jarosz. Sarah Jarosz is only twenty-one, but her songs and musical capabilities sound like they could have come from someone twice her age. She holds a …
Sunday Night July 22, Seattle’s tiny Chop Suey club hosted New Jersey’s Bouncing Souls. Chop Suey sits on the southern end of Seattle’s diverse Capitol Hill neighborhood and this night right on the edge of the annual Capitol Hill Block Party. The aforementioned is a musical event where several streets are cordoned off and several …
I had no idea that “The Wave Speech” from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas had been given a name and taken on a life of it’s own amongst Thompson mavens and literary academics. I had wrongly assumed that I was the only one to find beauty in these six paragraphs and to excerpt them …
After seeing Poorsport on Friday the 20th of July, I headed to West Seattle to The Skylark Club. Seattle’s legendary ska masters, Easy Big Fella had reunited for their twentieth anniversary and were doing a few west coast shows. I arrived just as openers, Seattle’s Natalie Wouldn’t were being introduced. I was familiar with Natalie …
Friday afternoon July 20, I headed to the Seattle Center (home of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle) to witness Seattle’s Poorsport perform at The Bite of Seattle festival. The rain had finally stopped after dumping buckets all morning, but the clouds were still ever present and threatened to dump again at any moment. But this is …
Wow. Can’t stop crying. This is so powerful on so many levels. – Marco Collins is currently working at JetCitystream. http://youtu.be/xUD_c9MqtEU
Best-selling author and onetime publisher of legendary Northwest music magazine, The Rocket, Charles R. Cross, is throwing a reunion for all of the writers, artists, phographers, staffers and anyone who ever contributed to the publication. The soiree will take place Sunday, August 5, 2012, from 2:00pm until 7:00pm at the Feedback Lounge in West Seattle. …
Sunday July 15th, 2012 was a day I looked so forward to and now it’s gone. I wish it could have lasted forever. July 15th in Portland, OR was Ray Davies Day. The entire city, by decree of the mayor, designated this worthy affair to be so. The first event was at Portland’s historical Hollywood …
When I learned there was going to be a fabulous ska show on the same night my hero, Ray Davies was playing, I was caught in a real dilemma. Of course I couldn’t NOT see my god, but the ska show was The Pietasters with Georgetown Orbits and Skablins opening. Solution: Pay for a choo …
A new protest organization has sprung up in Seattle. They are The Student Debt Noise Brigade. SDNB have organized to rally and march to protest the rising cost of tuition and the staggering debt students must now endure if they want a college education. The #SDNB (Student Debt Noise Brigade) was formed by by Seattle …
Greetings Portlanders! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mr. Lumberjack. I am the creator of Palikka – the game where people throw some wood. If you’ve never heard of it, Palikka is described by some as “the long-awaited sequel to the internet, except better, because it’s made of wood.” Others have noted the …
Wednesday night, June 27, The Chop Tops headlined a show at Seattle’s El Corazon. I was unfamiliar with the Chop Tops, but heard the show advertised on KGRG, liked what I heard, so decided to check them out. I was not disappointed. The Chop Tops are a psychobilly trio from Santa Cruz, California. This means …
On Sunday June 24, 2012, I attended my first Pride Parade. Actually, that may not be entirely true. I remember attending a pride event in Seattle way back in 1979. But recently I received an invitation from my employer, Seattle Public Schools, to ride with them on their school bus, and since my younger son …
[Young Empires will perform in Portland on June 30 at Dante’s and in Seattle on June 29 at The Vera Project.] I like the jangly guitar sounds througout the song. The song reminded me of music which dominated the airwaves in the early eighties. Although the video itself is visually stunning, I don’t get the …
As a fan of unabashed critical HYPERBOLE and Pomo Theory Whoredom in general, I note the following double-shot of HIDEOUS NOISE and High Concept “Rock” coming to our fair town this September: http://showboxonline.com/eventdetail.php?id=36481&src=AEGLIVE_ENEWSSEA061312AEG001 FUCKED UP have the most perfect name for any band in rock history. In two words it bluntly states the truth …
Trentalange, Shana Falana (from NY), Gems, Half Light and a multi-media artist from NY who wants to be referred to only as “Special Guest” will be playing a mix of ambient/shoegaze/garage and every other good thing at the Rat and Raven in Seattle on June 28. It has been a year and a half since …