The Neptune Theatre hosted a raucous and well-attended New Year’s Eve show last night featuring a pair of the Pacific Northwest’s most enduring and historically significant rock bands, Mudhoney and Student Nurse. The evening’s headliners were preceded by a short and enthusiastically received performance by folk/punk acoustic guitarist Barton Carroll. Seattle’s Mudhoney is celebrating their […]
Patterson Hood and Craig Finn, frontmen and songwriters for the Drive-By Truckers and the Hold Steady respectively, visited the Tractor Tavern in November on their ‘Devil is in the Details’ tour. This intimate, primarily acoustic show afforded fans of both bands the opportunity to experience these two revered and highly accomplished songwriters in an up […]
Tokyo’s kings and queen of heavier than heavy rock, Boris, paid a visit to Seattle’s Crocodile Cafe last week and they most definitely left a mark. The three musicians (Takeshi on bass, rhythm guitar and vocals, Atsuo on drums and vocals, and the inimitable Wata on lead guitar and vocals) drew a sold-out crowd to […]
I don’t believe I’ve ever quoted Sir Bob Geldof before and I’ll likely not do so again but the aging rockstar/activist got it right years ago when he said “Rock music in the seventies was changed by three bands: the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and the Saints.” It’s entirely possible that some fans out there […]
Lukas Nelson brought his current tour in support of his new release, American Romance, to Seattle’s Moore Theater Monday evening. The album and tour are Nelson’s first outing in some time without his established band, Promise of the Real. Nelson (son of beloved country music icon Willie Nelson) is a true triple threat with exceptionally […]