“Hard On For War”- Mudhoney. Saw them last night at the Tractor, complete with moshing and crowd-surfing. Epic. Seattle.
– Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
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Season of Nightmares It’s St. Patrick’s Day 2012 and I’m headed to The Sunset Tavern in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. When I arrive, Season of Nightmares was already on stage. I had to push my way to the front, which was not an easy feat. The Sunset is puny and the sold-out crowd was packed . . . → Read More: Wages of Sin and Season of Nightmares Shake Up St. Pat’s Day at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern, By Holly Homan Is there any justice in this world that I get a rare (for me) head cold and end up feeling punk all week – the week my beloved Flogging Molly are playing? This proves a negation of God. No god would be so cruel as to make my bi-annual head cold coincide with such . . . → Read More: Flogging Molly, Suedehead, and Duo Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss Shake the House Down at Seattle’s Paramount Theater, By Holly Homan Unovae Nights, the long-awaited album from Eighteen Individual Eyes is out now. EPB contributor Matt Brown expresses his love for EIE and their new record in this way: “I loved this band before they even existed outside my imagination. It’s breathtaking to finally hear them recorded with the right amount of punch-to-the-face. The . . . → Read More: Eighteen Individual Eyes – Four Poses
Georgetown Orbits On the Sunday evening of March 11, I ventured out to the Ballard neighborhood to see the Aggrolites at the legendary Tractor Tavern. When I arrived, the first band, Seattle’s own Georgetown Orbits, were well into their set. I had seen the Georgetown Orbits last fall when they opened for the Slackers . . . → Read More: Aggrolites, Mike Pinto Band, and The Georgetown Orbits Turn Seattle’s Tractor Tavern Into a BIG Funky Reggae Party, By Holly Homan Dead Air is coming May 23. It is a full-length blast from Atomic Bride. FREE non-album new single “Crush Vaccine” is available here: http://www.atomic-bride.com/crush_download “Crush Vaccine” was co-produced by Bill Rieflin (The Telepaths, Blackouts, Ministry, REM) and engineered by Don Gunn (Henry Kaiser, KMFDM). There will be a FREE Atomic Bride . . . → Read More: Atomic Bride – Free Download of Crush Vaccine – New Album, Dead Air, Out May 23 Seattle pop-punk band Quickie, who most recently penned a song celebrating Emerald City superhero Phoenix Jones, is taking a stand against domestic violence by teaming up with Phoenix Jones and his wife Purple Reign. The Healing Reign Music Benefit and Auction will take place May 12th at Nectar in Fremont. Ghost Town Riot joins . . . → Read More: Superheroes Phoenix Jones and Purple Reign Unite With Seattle band Quickie to Fight Domestic Violence in “The Purple Reign Campaign” on May 12 [The Staxx Brothers will appear at East Portland's Mt. Tabor Theater on March 16, and at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle on St. Patrick's Day.] When the larger-than-life Staxx Brothers take action, they think big. For the band’s third video for Jungle Cat —an album with a young prizefighter’s legs under it — . . . → Read More: “Sugarwalls” Video Debuts; Behind The Scenes With The Staxx Brothers, By Steve Stav No, the last Fleet Foxes record, Helplessness Blues, wasn’t quite as good as the first. That doesn’t mean it didn’t hold some bits of magic. The not-so-simple, tragic beauty of “Lorelai” was one example; this is another. Robin Pecknold‘s gifts are so seemingly divine in nature, they’re almost enough to prompt someone to get . . . → Read More: Fleet Foxes – Grown Ocean, By Steve Stav
Guttermouth Saturday night, March third, I ventured to The Funhouse for the first time to see Guttermouth, the So. Cal punk band I also was seeing for the first time. The Funhouse is a cozy little club sitting in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle. This is are Seattle’s foremost punk club. When . . . → Read More: Guttermouth Headline at The Funhouse with Boldtype, The Uncivil & Ol’ Doris Warming things up, By Holly Homan Back in the “old days” (from 2000 until 2005 or so), one could see this delightful 8-minute short film only by purchasing a cheap VHS copy at various cool Seattle record stores. I gave quite a few as gifts, back then! But . . . → Read More: Bloodhag–”The Faster You Go Deaf, the More Time You Have to Read: Timberland Library Tour 2000″! By Tom Kipp Here is Dead Ship Sailing performing “Bad Luck” live at the Comet Tavern in Seattle. Filmed by Marlon Schaeffer. Seattle’s latest and greatest baroque pop band, Tomten, will perform Thursday, 2/23 at Neumos with Pica Beats and Curtains for You. Tomten goes on at 9pm sharpish. KEXP describes Tomten, who hope to release a 10 inch vinyl EP in April and a full length work in June, in this way, “Well-crafted and . . . → Read More: Tomten with Pica Beats and Curtains For You at Neumos 2/23 As I waited for the show starring The Presidents of the United States of America to begin, great music streamed from the break tape and I found myself hearing bands such as the Sweet, the Runaways and the Sonics. Then the show began right at nine as scheduled with some guy from LA called . . . → Read More: The Presidents of The United States of America Make a Triumphant Return to Seattle’s Showbox Market, By Holly Homan The Presidents of the United Sates of America Rock The Showbox Market, 2/17 and 2/18, By Holly HomanThis Friday and Saturday nights Seattle will witness the return of local icons, The Presidents of the United States of America (Presidents for short). The Presidents, fronted by the charismatic Chris Ballew came onto the national scene back in 1995 with catchy, poppy tunes like Kitty, Peaches and Lump (the latter of which . . . → Read More: The Presidents of the United Sates of America Rock The Showbox Market, 2/17 and 2/18, By Holly Homan
Toasters Last night, February 4th, 2012, I once again headed to Seattle’s El Corazon where ska legends The Toasters were headlining a show. When I arrived, the opening band, Life Afterlife, was just starting. Life Afterlife is a five-piece from the Tacoma area who play a mix from pure punk pop to some harder . . . → Read More: The Toasters, Poorsport, Juice, Poke Da Squid and Life Afterlife Wow An Enthusiastic Crowd at Seattle’s El Corazon, By Holly Homan
Tommy Keene – Sunset Tavern, Seattle 1/28/2012. Photo by Steve Stav. All rights reserved. Seattle maintains an open marriage with roots music, and has been noted for its dalliances with grunge and hip-hop. However, the Jet City has held pop music — jangle-pop, folky pop, avant-garde pop, power-pop — dear to its heart for . . . → Read More: Tommy Keene – The Parson Red Heads – The Riffbrokers – Jan. 28 – The Sunset, Seattle, By Steve Stav Stone in Love, the West Coast’s foremost Journey tribute band is based right here in Portland. They will perform at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on February 11 at 8pm and the Star Theater in Portland on May 19 at 6pm. Just watch the videos here or listen to the sound clips on . . . → Read More: Stone in Love Journey Tribute Band to Rock the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, 2/11 and the Star Theater in Portland 5/19
Authority Zero My whirlwind week ended the night of January 26th with The Voodoo Glowskulls and Authority Zero headlining at Seattle’s EL Corazon. Unfortunately I missed the first band, Success!, but arrived just in time for a full set by Skyfox. Skyfox is a four-piece similar in look and sound to Blink 182. Singer . . . → Read More: Authority Zero, Voodoo Glowskulls and Skyfox at El Corazon, By Holly Homan Hi, I, along with Mr. Murphy, work at Franklin. While I appreciate everyone who went to the protest, the kind of language used does not help unify us, but rather divides. Specifically, to imply that if we didn’t go to the protest it means we don’t care is simply untrue, and very narrow-minded. I . . . → Read More: Seattle: I’m Interested in Bigger Education Issues Than Just Money, By Daniel Magill |
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