Punk band Black Flag takes its Victimology tour to Showbox at the Market on Tuesday, May 27th. After reforming in 2013, the group released, What The. . ., their first album in 28 years (the masters of short, yet hard, songs, included 22 songs on that album.) Black Flag, with new singer Mike Vallely, are […]
Canadian duo Chromeo return to Seattle on Wednesday, April 16th to headline Showbox at the Market. Band members Dave 1 and P-Thugg will release their fourth album, White Women, on May 12th, so I’d expect some brand new tunes for this show – the first song off White Women, “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)” sounds […]
Temples, a quartet from Kettering, England, appears at Neumos tomorrow night – that’s Wednesday, April 9th. The self-described psychedelic band’s Seattle date will be just their second show of the tour, and I think they’ll be very welcome in North America. They just released their debut, the very cool Sun Structures, in February. It is […]
New York’s Walking Shapes just premiered their video for the brilliant song “Horse” in November. Also brilliant is this video, which includes kids who are part of the New Jersey-based Peanut Blooder & Jelly Studios, a company who makes horror movies. Walking Shapes — Dead Ship Sailing, the excellent Seattle duo made up of Graig […]
Sometimes everything just comes together right with a voice and the songs that voice joins. Exhibit A: Hawaiian singer/songwriter Kimie’, who’s in Seattle tomorrow night to open for the Green (she appeared on their album, The Green). The self-taught guitarist (she grabbed her dad’s guitar) has influences such as Barrington Levy, Amy Winehouse and Bob […]