Progressive indie pop rockers Alvarez Kings played a sold-out event at Showbox at the Market over the weekend. The four-member band is on tour with Melanie Martinez in support of their debut release, Fear To Feel. Simon Thompson, Paul Thompson, Sean Parkin and Richard Walker make up the London-based group. Near the end of their […]
Sound Off! 2016 Semifinals have begun!!! Seattle’s COSMOS, Vancouver, BC’s Jazzy Tee, Woodinville, WA’s Copalis, and Lake Forest Park, WA’s Party Shark were the first bands to perform in this year’s annual competition at the EMP Museum. COSMOS came out on top with their R&B/hip-hop sound. In second place was some more R&B/hip-hop, Jazzy Tee. […]
Grace Potter played a sold-out show at Showbox At The Market last week. It was the final night of the US tour for the Vermont rocker and her Magical Midnight Roadshow band. They’ve been on the road in support of her latest album Midnight and have released two singles – “Alive Tonight” and “Empty Heart.” […]
Joplin, Missouri’s Never Shout Never topped the bill at the Showbox on January 26, 2016. Their new album, Black Cat, features a black cat shooting a rainbow laser beam out its eye (and it has three eyes!). Which leads me to the news that Never Shout Never has merchandise featuring that cat. I am not […]
Always one of my favorites, Kaiser Chiefs played the Showbox in April 2015. Featuring their second drummer, Vijay Mistry (founding member Nick Hodgson left in 2012), Kaiser Chiefs had one problem in the show: Singer Ricky Wilson was losing his voice. This didn’t stop them from having an entertaining show. At times it was a […]