Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit at the Paramount Theater

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit played the Paramount Theater Friday evening, his first visit to Washington State since the summer of 2024. Isbell released his 10th post Drive By Truckers album in 2025, ‘Foxes in the Snow’. The release is his first solo acoustic album and it has been nominated for 3 Grammy awards, […]

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 […]

New Year’s Eve with Mudhoney, Student Nurse, and Barton Carroll at the Neptune Theatre

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 […]

Show Review: Andy Bell at The Showbox, Seattle

Andy Bell, the iconic voice of Erasure, made a triumphant return to Seattle’s Showbox, noting he hadn’t played the venue in about a decade. The sold-out, all-ages crowd was noticeably on the older side, but their energy was youthful and electric. The night began with LA Art Rock artist Savannah Pope. Despite a minimalist setup, […]