Preview: Glassjaw @ the Showbox, Sun. 7/15 ~Dagmar Glassjaw On Sunday evening, post-hardcore band Glassjaw co-headlines with Quicksand at the Showbox. A week into the tour, the group should still be celebrating the release of their first full-length album in fifteen years, Material Control. That album came out in December of 2017, so Glassjaw fans […]
Show Preview: Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ the Moore, Mon. 5/7 ~Dagmar Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s Ruban Nielson – photo by Neil Krug Unknown Mortal Mortal Orchestra, led by Ruban Nielson will be here on Monday, May 7th to headline the Moore! The New Zealand trio are hot on the release of their fourth album, Sex & […]
Show Preview – Suicide Girls: Blackheart Burlesque @ the Showbox, Wed. 5/2 ~Dagmar Suicide Girls are back! And you only need to be at least 18 years old to attend, because this is art. Anyone seeing photos of the show or going to the show knows this is art, and we at Back Beat Seattle […]
ALVVAYS @ Neumos, Fri. 4/6 ~Dagmar ALVVAYS Canadian pop quartet ALLVAYS headlines Neumos on Friday, April 6th. This is just the second time in Seattle that they’ve shared songs of their latest, Antisocialites. Led by such gorgeous vocals from Molly Rankin, the group creates massively rememberable tracks. Really really appealing stuff. “Dream Tonite” must be […]
Show Preview: Romeo & Juliet @ Can Can ~Dagmar Romeo & Juliet – photo by Bruce Dugdale I am a big Shakespeare fan. I have a BA in English and studied Shakespeare at University. Sometimes I am a purist, as in I only want to see Shakespeare done approximately as it might have been done […]