The Lemon Twigs and Mod Lang at the Neptune Theatre

The Lemon Twigs and Mod Lang hosted a power pop lover’s dream bill at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre last week. Both bands satisfied and impressed, delivering a perfect sunny spring day soundtrack to a delighted and enthusiastic audience. The Lemon Twig’s (brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, bass & keyboard player Danny Ayala, and drummer Reza Matin) […]

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Celebrate REM’s ‘Life’s Rich Pageant’ at the Neptune Theatre

What do you get when you combine former members of Sunny Day Real Estate, Wilco, the Mountain Goats, and Poi Dog Pondering with a Oscar nominated actor and set them loose on the catalog of one of our most revered and fondly remembered rock bands? The answer at the Neptune Theatre Friday night was ‘Michael […]

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 […]

The Saints ’73 – ’78 at the Neptune Theatre

I don’t believe I’ve ever quoted Sir Bob Geldof before and I’ll likely not do so again but the aging rockstar/activist got it right years ago when he said “Rock music in the seventies was changed by three bands: the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and the Saints.” It’s entirely possible that some fans out there […]