Tech N9ne brought a stacked roster of Strange Music artists with him on the road for his Something Else Tour. While their last visit to Seattle was at the Showbox Sodo, this time around, the Kansas City labelmates packed the house at the Paramount. With crowd-pleasing high-energy sets and a light show to match, Strange Music’s found their new home in Seattle.
Tech N9ne
Knothead
Ces Cru
Prozak
¡Mayday!
Krizz Kaliko
Tech N9ne
Brooklyn’s Au Revoir Simone make a visit to Seattle’s Neumos this Sunday, October 27th. The trio, who just released Move in Spectrums in September, create beautiful sounds – it’s great to have them back after a four-year break from recording! Each woman in the band offers such cool vocals, and Neumos should be a great venue for their musical world to reach fans’ ears.
For more details and to get your tickets (not to be pushy, but do it now – this show will sell out) head over to Neumos’ event page.
Au Revoir Simone
The Avett Brothers headlined at the KeyArena over the weekend in support of their new album, Magpie and the Dandelion. Core members Seth Avett, Scott Avett, Bob Crawford and Joe Kwon put on their lively, entertaining show for a very enthusiastic audience. Nicholas David, who placed third on The Voice last year, opened.
The Avett Brothers
Nicholas David
Walking onto the stage to a standing ovation, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell told us how he wasn’t always greeted so warmly as he was on Sunday night. Cornell joked several times about living and working in Seattle as a young man. He shared with the audience several personal stories about certain stage props – including his red rotary phone. Cornell made the audience feel like they were part of something different and more intimate.
Chris Cornell has always had a thoughtful sense of social justice and been anti-war. He made that plain when he opened with “Silence the Voices,” a song about the lack of outspokenness regarding 9/11 and the march to war. Further, Chris Cornell has always had one of the best rock voices in the business, but his Benaroya Hall performance showcased just how great Cornell’s voice really is. I expected his “rock” voice, but I didn’t expect his more nuanced, subtle tones during “Scar On The Sky” and his Casino Royale song “Do You Know My Name.”
Another surprise was the breadth of music that Cornell delivered. He rocked the house with songs from Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, and Soundgarden. Speaking of Soundgarden, Ben Shepherd sauntered onto the stage and played bass to “Halfway There” from the newly released King Animal.
Chris Cornell played to a packed house for 2 1/2 hours, covering 28 songs including the encore. It was a very special show that should not have been missed.
Photographer: John Rudolph
A big favorite of mine since her debut release Eye To The Telescope in 2004, KT Tunstall returned to Seattle last week for a show at the Neptune Theatre. She wrapped up her North American tour the following night in Vancouver, one that began in Toronto with 15 U.S. and Canadian stops in between. Tunstall, an animated storyteller who interacts well with her audience, recently released her fifth album, Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon.
KT Tunstall
