‘Previews’ Archives
Tonight in Music: Thee Emergency, Curtains for You, Above and Beyond
Ear Candy's FunOfficial Bumbershoot Kickoff Party @ High Dive | 09/03 | 9PM | $10 This special event put on by local music blog Ear Candy is one of many being held tonight in celebration of the launch of Bumbershoot weekend. It is your chance to see a diverse lineup of four of Seattle's most beloved bands. On tonight's bill, which will be hosted by Macklemore, is retro-pop band Curtains [...]
BumberPick: Jamie Lidell
If you are already privy to the charms and the stage shenanigans of English soul/funk/blip-bloop superstar Jamie Lidell, this is probably the show of the festival for you. If you are oblivious to just how magnetic Mr. Lidell is on stage, you need to fix that fast. Jamie Lidell has been mixing soul, beatboxing, funk, and electronica with the utmost of charisma and class for the last decade. Like [...]
BumberPick: Hey Marseilles Light Up a Cathedral + Interview!
In honor of Bumbershoot 2010, Matt Bishop, Philip Kobernik, and Samuel Anderson of Hey Marseilles were kind enough to take time out of their jet-setting schedules and give the readers of SSG a private show. Are you familiar with Hey Marseilles? They are a seven-piece band based out of Seattle, Washington, and have stolen the hearts of just about every person who has ever heard their music. They [...]
WIN TICKETS TO: ZION I
ZION I, AmpLive, Ryan Lewis @ Chop Suey | 09/04 | 9pm | $15 Zion I is Chop Suey on Saturday. We're thrilled about this show, but it's criminal that Zion I doesn't pack stadiums. They raise the hip-hop standard to a higher plane and they deserve mainstream recognition for it. They've touched the mainstream, and maybe felt a little bit of payoff when they collaborated with Linkin Park a few [...]
Tonight in Music: The Keeper, Furniture Girls
PAX CONVENTION PARTY W/ The Keeper, Man Rockwell, Fuzed, Tubes | The Comet Tavern | 09/02 | 9pm | $6 "Tell my horse I love her because tonight we ride" The PAX Convention is in town and at least one aspect of the fallout is the pre-PAX Convention Party tonight at The Comet. Northwestern Dungeons and Dragons menstrual metal masters The Keeper will be keeping it nerdy but heavy, [...]
BumberPick: Ra Ra Riot
Ra Ra Riot has gone through their fair share of drama for such a young band. The six-member indie rock band formed in 2006 at Syracuse University, and just before the release of their self-titled EP in 2007, they lost their drummer John Ryan Pike in an apparent drowning. That year proved to be epic for the band, who went on to complete their first solo headlining tour, and made several music [...]
Tonight in Music: Charlie Loesel, Farko Collective, Turtle Island Quartet
Charlie Loesel, Whitney Monge & Like Lightning @ Tractor Tavern | 9/1 | 9PM | $6 In Advance Wednesday night at the Tractor Tavern, midwest transplant Charlie Loesel, celebrates the release of his debut CD, Westfalia. Culling his sound from his experiences playing bluegrass, jazz, rock, and life traveling around in a Westfalia motorhome, Loesel is an up and coming singer/songwriter worth [...]
Tonight in Music: Mumiy Troll, Run Run Run
Mumiy Troll, Run Run Run @ Neumos | 08/31 | 8pm | $25 Adv Mumiy Troll is one of the most significant bands to come out of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Regime. They are leading the way for popular music in Russia, and are extremely influential. They are traveling a long way to come to Seattle! I don't know much about Russian popular culture, except for a few movies, so I found this [...]
Tonight in Music: Kasey Anderson, and more
PETER CASE of the Plimsouls , KASEY ANDERSON @ Tractor Tavern | 08/30 | 9pm | $15 (seated show) Tonight is going to be an evening of chilling singer songwriters at the Tractor Tavern. Kasey Anderson has similar aesthetics as Shawn Mullins with raspy vocals and simple guitar, but Anderson isn't going to have you singing "Rockabye." The song that most are likely to be familiar with if they' [...]
Tonight in Music: Vampire Weekend, Cancer Rising, and more!
Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls @ Marymoor Park | 8/29 | 6 pm | $47.50 | All Ages Once upon a time they were just some boys from Columbia, with the catchy single "Oxford Comma" that would define their sound. That was when I saw them at Capitol Hill Block Party 2008. Some in the audience danced and held their heads in sheer joy. Others scowled and stuck their hands deeper [...]
