‘Reggae’ Archives
Tonight In Music: The Trashies, Livingston Taylor, Safe & Easy
The Trashies, The Pharmacy, Shannon and the Clams, Butts @ The Black Lodge | 8/15 | 9pm | $7 | All-Ages Probably a common hangout formation for the guys of The Trashies Whether they're back to stay trashed or for a few boughts of vomiting before slinking back into the gutter, The Trashies being back in action is a victory for all. With monikers such as Billy Goat and Ronwolfman, this local [...]
Matisyahu
On Saturday night, Matthew Paul Miller, better known by his Jewish Hasidic name Matisyahu, brought his inspirational Jewish reggae music to an enthusiastic group of Seattleites. Before the show started, the audience was told, "this is not a sit-down show," causing the ground floor to rise to their feet and rush to the stage in eager anticipation, demonstrating right off the bat how [...]
Photo Set: Matisyahu
Matisyahu live at The Moore Theater on Saturday, August 7. Photos by Suzi Pratt.
Tonight In Music: Sleepy Eyes of Death, The Wailers and more!
Sleepy Eyes Of Death, Sleepy Sun, WIldildlife @ Chop Suey | 7/6 | 8 p.m. | $10 | 21+ Regular readers may have noticed that we at SSG are pretty big fans of local boys Sleepy Eyes of Death. Their intense, electronic brand of post-rock mixed with a sweet light show always makes for a great evening. Don’t forget your earplugs, SEOD shows have been known to get very, very loud. Opening for [...]
Tonight in Music: Junip, Slightly Stoopid, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and others
Junip, Born Anchors @ The Vera Project | 6/19 | 7:30 pm | $14 | All Ages All the good-looking gods up on the Swedish indie mountain are smiling down on Jose Gonzalez these days. He's dating Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon, and has a hot new EP/forthcoming full-length album with his new-wait-scratch-that-it's-actually-old band Junip. He's only stopping at eight American cities in the U.S., [...]
Also Tonight: Toots & the Maytals (WIN TICKETS!!!)
Toots & the Maytals, Rey Fresco, DJ Kid Hops @ Showbox Market 05/21 | 8pm | $25 Its always a pleasure to catch the forefathers of a genre live, especially if they're still good at what they do. Toots & the Maytals' performance on Saturday Night Live in 2004 was surprisingly strong, as has been their recent string of festival appearances, in which they've surprised unsuspecting [...]
Preview: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (Win Tickets!!!)
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars @ The Triple Door | 05/19 | 7pm All Ages |9pm 21+| $20 adv / $22 DOS Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars is a band comprised of refugees displaced by Sierra Leone's Civil War. They formed the band while living in Guinea. Since then, they've been able to return to Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital city, but have continued to tour the world spreading their [...]
Preview: Wailing Souls
Wailing Souls @ Nectar Lounge | 4/25 | 8:00 PM | $20 ADV | 21+ "Legendary performance" is not a term to be thrown around casually, but when a group like the one pictured above blesses Seattle with its presence, the use of the phrase is probably warranted. On April 25 at Nectar Lounge, reggae heads will have an opportunity to bear witness to the duo of Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd [...]
Preview: Tribal Seeds (Win Tickets!!!)
Tribal Seeds , Northwest Sons @ Nectar Lounge | 01/14 | 9pm | $8 @ The Door Nectar Lounge is well known for being the epicenter for World Music in North Seattle. This Thursday they will be expanding that reputation by bringing world class reggae outfit Tribal Seeds to their stage. Tribal Seeds have been steadily making a name for themselves over the last few years, but things [...]
Bumbershoot Preview #4: Adrian Xavier, reviewed!
In honor of Bumbershoot 2009, .S.S.G. went the extra mile to review one of Bumbershoot's performing artists, Adrian Xavier. In the realm of event previews, you can't be more thorough than this. ::Brushes shoulders off.:: Adrian Xavier is a renowned regional reggae artist who is scheduled to perform at 2:15pm on Saturday, September 5th at the Fisher Green Stage. I am excited to give you a [...]
