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 […]
Australia’s Jagwar Ma put on one of my very favorite shows last year when they headlined the Neptune. Their album, Howlin’, took over my summer; I think I can nearly dream in that album. I’m currently enjoying their video for “Uncertainty,” with its starry skies and desert landscape. Jagwar Ma The distinctive Maximo Park is […]
This summer saw the release of Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Richard Hawley‘s seventh album and first since 2009’s Truelove’s Gutter. What a welcome return! His video for single number one, “Down in the Woods” features that cool burn out film strip look. Richard Hawley The Fratellis had to cancel their appearance in Seattle recently […]