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10th Annual Summer Meltdown – Artist Previews #2 (WIN TICKETS!!!)
10th Annual Summer Meltdown | Whitehorse Amphitheater - Darrington, WA | Aug. 6-8 Buy Tickets Here With Meltdown only a couple weeks away, SSG is excited to bring you Round 2 of some of this year's scheduled performers for Saturday, August 7; find the Round 1 Previews here and the general festival preview here. For the full festival line-up, head over to the Summer Meltdown website. Without [...]
10th Annual Summer Meltdown – Artist Previews #1 (WIN TICKETS!!!)
10th Annual Summer Meltdown | Whitehorse Amphitheater - Darrington, WA | Aug. 6-8 Buy Tickets Here By now, you've likely read all the pertinent festival info that was posted last week, if not, head here NOW; this week SSG brings you the first round of artist previews. Let's start with a few from the line-up performing on Thursday and Friday. EOTO - Thursday 9:15PM Main stage Jason Hann [...]
Tonight in Music: Boy Eats Drum Machine, The Spinto Band, & Hotels
Boy Eats Drum Machine,w/ Control Keys, 5H1F7Y, & DJ Johnny Whitney @ Neumos | 7/21 | 8PM | $6 at the door Jon Ragel, otherwise known as Boy Eats Drum Machine, is a solo act out of Portland, OR. BEDM is equal parts DJ, savage saxophonist, poet, performance artist, and a music geek with wicked kazoo skills. Prone to jumping around on stage while performing his relentlessly catchy tunes [...]
Also Tonight: Empty Space Orchestra & The Staxx Brothers
The Staxx Brothers w/ Empty Space Orchestra, & Coldnote @ Tractor Tavern | 7/16 | 9:30PM | $10 Buy Tickets Tonight at the Tractor Tavern, The Staxx Brothers are throwing down the 2nd Annual Homecookin' party. Joining the Staxx crew is Empty Space Orchestra from Bend, OR and locals Coldnote. There is nothing more exciting than getting a recommendation to check out a band who in turn, [...]
Tonight in Music: Viper Creek Club, The Black Seeds, Beacon Hill Rocks
Viper Creek Club w/ Nice Nice @ Chop Suey | 7/11 | 7PM | $8 In Advance Producer Mat Wisner and guitarist Brandon Jensen bring a rare amount of passion to their brand of electronic music. The production is flawless, the vocals angelic, and the guitar work is nothing if not heart-felt. Seattle’s already known for many things musically, but Viper Creek Club is on the verge of putting us [...]
10th Annual Summer Meltdown (WIN TICKETS!!!)
10th Annual Summer Meltdown | Whitehorse Amphitheater - Darrington, WA | Aug. 6-8 | Buy Tickets Here Summer has finally arrived here in the Pacific Northwest, only time will tell how long it intends to stick around. Regardless of how long summer decides to stick around, we music lovers can at least rejoice for the return of festival season, rain or shine. The Pacific Northwest is lucky to [...]
Preview: Lilith Fair (WIN TICKETS!!!)
Lilith Fair @ The Gorge Amphitheater | 7/3 | $33.00 - $107.00 Buy Tickets It's been over a decade since the last installment of Lilith Fair. Bringing women together in cities across the country, Lillth Fair created a sense of pride and community while raising awareness for numerous women's issues and millions of dollars to support the charities devoted to those issues. With the return of [...]
Preview: The Radiators
The Radiators @ The Triple Door | 6/30 | 7:30PM | $29 In Advance $34 DOS Long before the term jamband, there were The Radiators. Serving up the hottest swamp rock since the group formed in 1978, there are still very few who can be compared to these rockers. For more than 25 years, The Radiators have toured relentlessly and amassed a huge fan base (affectionately referred to as Fish Heads, [...]
New Video: The Staxx Brothers “1992″
DP Staxx & Ayo dancing their way to stardom during the "1992" video shoot Now that everyone has had a week to check-out "Oh Carolina," the first video in The Staxx Brothers "Phonebooth Graveyard Trilogy," SSG is excited to premiere the next installment, "1992." In this video, we get a peek at the Reverend DP Staxx' day job and get a lesson in how to party like it's 1992 and oh holy hell [...]
Tonight in Music: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Lou Barlow, and YOU
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Heavy @ Showbox SoDo 06/21 | 8pm | $23.50 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are legendary party-makers. This lady and her guys have built a reputation around the country for showing up, making a soulful ruckus, and leaving the audience sweaty but still wanting more... Regardless of your musical preferences, a Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show will [...]
