Show Preview: Sum 41 @ Showbox SoDo – Sun. 10/13

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Show Preview: Sum 41 @ Showbox SoDo – 10/13/19
~Dagmar

Sum 41

Canada’s Sum 41 headlines at Showbox SoDo on Sunday, October 13th. Bringing The Amity Affliction and The Plot In You with them, Sum 41 kicks of their Order in Decline Tour on Saturday. The tour gets its name from Sum 41’s latest release, which just hit stores in July.

It’s a bit difficult to put Sum 41 into any specific rock genre. This isn’t a bad thing. I’ll just call them rock with hardcore elements. While the setlist promises to feature Order in Decline strongly, the band revealed on their Facebook that special attention will be paid to their album Chuck, which turns 15 this year (!!!) .

While putting together a set list for the Order In Decline World Tour, we decided to do something special. In addition to launching this world tour for our new album, Order In Decline, we are also celebrating the 15th Anniversary of our album Chuck.
We’ll be playing songs from our two heaviest albums, as well as fan favorites from throughout our career into one behemoth sized set each night. We couldn’t let this monumental anniversary pass us by and we are so ready to bring this tour to fans across the United States.

Admirably, Sum 41 will donate $1 from every ticket sold to War Child, an organization which helps families affected by war.

Personal detail from me: Does This Look Infected?, Sum 41’s second album, always gets high marks for name alone.

Get tickets and more details here.

Photos: Hot Chip w/ Holy Fuck @ the Showbox

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Hot Chip w/Holy Fuck @ the Showbox – 9/18/19
Photos by Alex Crick

Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip – photo by Alex Crick

Wow, Hot Chip released their seventh album in June! Seems like just yesterday their debut, Coming on Strong came out. This year’s A Bath Full of Ecstasy found the band producing again, but this time with Rodaidh McDonald and Philippe Zdar (Zdar was one half of Cassius). The band deserves bragging rights, as their albums just keep getting better. This is hard to do, as every single one is great. To celebrate this, the band has hit the road, and appeared at the Showbox with Canada’s Holy Fuck.

Hot Chip – photos by Alex Crick
Holy Fuck – photos by Alex Crick

Show Preview: Adia Victoria @ the Neptune, Mon. 10/7

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Show Preview: Adia Victoria @ the Neptune, Mon. 10/7
~Dagmar

Adia Victoria

Nashville, Tennessee’s Adia Victoria brings her beautiful voice and songs to the Neptune on Monday, October 7th. Victoria, who’s released two very well-received albums, including 2019’s Silences, is a legitimate blues artist. I don’t know who first tagged her as a gothic blues musician, but it seems to work. With songs like “Devil Is A Lie” and “Dope Queen Blues,” I get it. Victoria writes poetry as well, and this year won the 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame Holly Prize, which awards an “all-in-one songwriter.”

She’ll be the opener for Tank and the Bangas, so get there on time (show starts at 8 P.M.).

Preview: Earshot Jazz Festival – Oct. 4 – Nov. 6

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Festival Preview: 31st Annual Earshot Jazz Festival – October 4th – November 6th
by Lisa Hagen Glynn 

Brian Blade – photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn

A chill in the air and the first autumn leaves signal the start of Earshot Jazz Festival season in Seattle. The festival is presented by the nonprofit music organization Earshot Jazz, which has served greater Seattle since 1986. Unlike traditional single-weekend festivals, Earshot Jazz is a month-long event series held at venues across the region, from the intimate club Timbre Room to the spacious Benaroya Hall. 

This year’s stunning lineup features several Grammy Award winners, including drummer Chick Corea, pianist Chucho Valdés, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, drummer Brian Blade, trio Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons, guitarist Julian Lage, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts (with Orrin Evans Trio). The festival highlights acts from around the world, as well as staples of Seattle’s thriving local jazz scene. Several Seattle-raised artists who now reside in New York City—pianist Aaron Parks, drummer–rapper Kassa Overall, and pianist Carmen Staaf (with Parlour Game)—will be returning home for the festival, too. With over 50 shows that span big-band to Latin to rap to avant-garde, the 2019 festival promises concert options for almost any jazz fan. 

The official event runs from October 4 to November 6, with a Brian Blade: Life Cycles “festival warm-up” that happened on September 27. Visit the Earshot web site for the schedule and tickets (including student, military, and senior discounts).