‘Blues’ Archives
Photo Set: Past Lives, Triumph of Lethargy, Blood Red Dancers
Past Lives, Triumph of Lethargy and Blood Red Dancers @ The Sunset | 8/27/10 Check out the concert review of this show here. Note: The Absolute Monarchs opened the show but no pictures were taken of them due to the tardiness of a certain photographer... Past Lives Spencer Moody of Triumph of Lethargy (Left) and Aaron Poppick of Blood Red Dancers (Right) All Photos by Daniel [...]
Song of the Day: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Hiding All Away”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have been one of my favorite musical entities since high school. The violent to gentle dark gospel atmospheres the Bad Seeds can create depending on Cave's mood and direction has been enthralling since their early 80s albums. Cave's lyrical power and voice are equally venomous and veracious. Off of Abattoir Blues released in tandem with The Lyre of Orpheus in 2004, [...]
Tonight in Music: Grayskul, Shemekia Copeland
Xperience, Grayskul, Black Stax, Sonny Bonoho, hosted by Macklemore @ The Nectar Lounge | 8/19 | 9 pm | $5 doors/$10 with album | 21+ Grayskul live on KEXP This show is Xperience's release party for his new album William the VII. As usual, he's rolling with Oldominion cohorts like Grayskul and Sonny Bonoho. This means groups will overlap on songs like XP's new "Black Nails," which features [...]
Grinderman Announce North American Tour Dates
Facial hair is pretty cool I guess. Nick Cave and Grinderman are officially gearing up to pillage the North American continent. Starting in Toronto, they'll be cutting a bearded sexy swath toward the West Coast all November. On November 27th, Seattle itself will no longer be safe as these infamous outlaws will be making the King Cat Theater their personal plaything in honor of their new album [...]
New Grinderman Single “Heathen Child” Now Streaming
While their first single from Grinderman 2 will be officially released on September 6th, as of this morning fans can listen to "Heathen Child" right here. The tune is very much a continuation of the noisy garage blues that Grinderman dished out on their first LP featuring grinding bar groove and dirty rock lyrics. Regardless, it still kicks ass. Indulge your inner dirty old man below. To see the [...]
Block Party at The Cha Cha (Saturday): Blood Red Dancers
Photo by Justin Renney Aaron Poppick, Julian Thomas, and Kevin Lord have been preaching their fire and brimstone whisky guilt for the past three years as Blood Red Dancers. Having been featured in numerous Seattle publications including being mentioned in the Seattle P-I's blog as having "made one of the best EPs/CDs of the year," for 2008's Let Him Fight, I'll Be In The Breadline, this trio of [...]
The Avett Brothers, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
To See Rating: 7/10 Just Curious Rating: 7/10 Normally a Northwest favorite, Thao opened the show with The Get Down Stay Down, but failed to get much more than piqued interest from the Paramount crowd who was sitting and waiting for The Avett Brothers. The Virginia-via-San-Francisco native chugged through a set of dirty, bluesy folk songs with her three-piece band, starting with "What [...]
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, [...]
Tonight In Music: CocoRosie, Portugal The Man, and more
Coco Rosie, Cibelle @ The Showbox at the Market | 6/25 | Doors @ 8pm | $22 | All Ages Tonight The Showbox stage will be engulfed by the feminine folk delirium that is CocoRosie. Two French sisters who reunited and started playing music in 2003, Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady have become famous for their warped sonic cocktail of electronic instruments, opera, pop, children's toys, [...]
Also Tonight: Left Coast Gypsies, Satellite by Night, Bucket of Honey
Left Coast Gypsies, Satellite by Night, Bucket of Honey @ ToST | 5/26 | 9pm | 21+ Tonight at ToST, an eclectic mix of little known and talented rock bands will be performing for you. Here's your chance to see undiscovered groups in Seattle! The Left Coast Gypsies are a rambunctious and upbeat rock band. Mike Antone channels the vocals of Neil Young, with the rest of the band moving at a [...]
