Charley Crockett at the 5th Avenue Theatre

Texas born country music revivalist Charley Crockett and his tight as a drum 5 piece backing band did their best to transform Seattle’s typically genteel and refined (and absolutely gorgeous) 5th Avenue Theatre into a lively honky tonk last night. The Grammy winning Crockett is touring in advance of his next release, ‘Age of the […]

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Celebrate REM’s ‘Life’s Rich Pageant’ at the Neptune Theatre

What do you get when you combine former members of Sunny Day Real Estate, Wilco, the Mountain Goats, and Poi Dog Pondering with a Oscar nominated actor and set them loose on the catalog of one of our most revered and fondly remembered rock bands? The answer at the Neptune Theatre Friday night was ‘Michael […]

Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift at the Neptune Theatre

Alt rock progenitor and charming eccentric Robyn Hitchcock played a satisfying and memorable show to a full house at the Neptune Theater Friday night. Hitchcock has amassed a large and enthusiastic following during his 5 decades in music, a decent chunk of that time spent as a resident of the Pacific Northwest. He and his […]

JD Simo & Luther Dickinson at the Tractor Tavern

Guitarists JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, drummer Adam Abrash, and vocalist Datrian Johnson played what will likely prove to be (for me) one of the musical highlights of 2026 at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard this week. Simo and Dickinson are touring in support of their first collaboration, ‘Do the Rump’ (released in late 2024), with […]