Show Preview: DIR EN GREY @ Showbox at the Market, Mon. 11/2

In the mood for some Japanese metal? Then you’ll need to catch DIR EN GREY at the Showbox tomorrow, Monday, November 2nd! The band will bring the first date of their Never Free From the Awakening tour to Seattle, and it means it’s an evening with DIR EN GREY. No openers, no waiting, just what you want: DIR EN GREY!

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With a huge and beautiful sound mixing speed and melody, DIR EN GREY is also known for their cool live shows. While singing predominantly in Japanese, they also have songs in English. Either way the songs are accessible in their intensity and mood. All these things explain why DIR EN GREY has now been around for sixteen years, and perhaps why they’ve maintained their original lineup (this is very, very difficult for bands to do)! To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the band released Arche, DIR EN GREY album nine, which reached number 4 on Billboard Top World Albums’ charts. Excellent!

And this witch ended up taking a couple days off around Halloween, so apologies there was no show alert for this show earlier.

The Showbox has tickets and more details available on its DIR EN GREY event page.

Photos: Bumbershoot – Day 3 w/Ellie Goulding, Hozier, Kris Orlowski & More

The last day of Bumbershoot found English superstar Ellie Goulding headlining in the most wonderful shirt. In just a shirt. With Daffy Duck on it. Excellent! Also appearing were Ireland’s Hozier, whose song “Take Me to Church” seemed to take over the world for at least one year, and Seattle’s Kris Orlowski, who did a sweet cover of Beyoncé’s “Halo” (that track was featured on a Grey’s Anatomy episode). Oh, and Orlowski shared fake mustaches with the audience. Special attention as well to Seattle bands Bread & Butter and Hey Marseilles!

All photos by Kirk Stauffer:

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Photos: Hall & Oates @ the Paramount

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s own Hall & Oates and Seattle’s Paramount Theatre made a winning combination on September 3rd. Also known as Daryl Hall and John Oates, the soul/pop duo has six Gold albums and six Platinum albums (wow!), and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Well done!

All photos by Tino Tran:

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Photos: Eagles of Death Metal & Sinner Sinners @ the Showbox

Eagles of Death Metal played the Showbox in Seattle on September 2nd. The group covered Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer” on its latest album, Zipper Down, which came out this month. EODM’s Josh Homme told Kerrang! that: “four out of three doctors say Zipper Down is an eargasm trapped inside a crazerbeam.” Wow! Los Angeles punk band Sinner Sinners opened the night.

All photos by Monica Martinez:

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Photos: Melanie Martinez @ Chop Suey

Melanie Martinez brought her Cry Baby Tour to Chop Suey on October 4th and played at a sold-out show – complete with screaming girls. Her two band members on keys and drums wore mouse hats while Melanie sported her distinctive black and white hair. Her debut album Cry Baby was released this summer with “Pity Party” as the lead single. Melanie gained fame with numerous appearances as a member of Team Adam on The Voice last year.

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