Well crap! I snoozed and I lost; despite the fact that it doesn't
happen until this Friday night, the Tim Hecker performance at the Good Shepard
Center is officially sold out. Lots of other good stuff this week though.
Big
name acts include 90's dream pop icons Mazzy Star at Neptune tomorrow night,
and Of Montreal at Neumos on Wednesday. The former are touring behind
'Seasons of Your Day', their first since '96, and the
later behind 'Lousy With Sylvianbriar', which many people (including myself)
think is a step back in the right direction for them/him after a few strange
turns. However, if neither of those options work, the Deerhoof show at Vera on
Thursday, and some of the Barsuk Records 15th
anniversary events look pretty good too.
Local band shows: if you like the
hard stuff, then tonight you should be heading down to Black Lodge for
Condition, Iron Lung, Bone Sickness and Drowner; if you don't, then go to the
Crocodile's back bar and support Wind Burial (formerly Snowdrift). Both the
Stickers, Haunted Horses show tomorrow, and the Curse of the North, LB!, show
on Friday give a great excuse to check out Waid's (where the majority of former
Comet power booker Mamma Casserole's effort seem to have gone). However, my
personal favorite local option this week is the Guitar Worship Service at the
Josephine on Saturday. Featuring 9 performances by local musicians (most of
them integral pieces of larger bands), the pictures from the last service were
amazing. In the words of the late great Mr. Reed, "Take a walk on the wild
side". Have a great week!
November
3 ArtAche Market with Lindseys, DJ Mamma Casserole, and DJ Bobbi Rich at Chop Suey--free
3 Wind Burial, Greenhornbluehorn, Levi Fuller and the Library at Crocodile
3 Condition, Iron Lung, Bone Sickness, and Drowner at Black Lodge
4 Mazzy Star at the Neptune
4 Sepultura at Neumos
4 Stickers, Haunted Horses, Coming, and Sailor Mouth at Waids
5 Ubu Roi at Spin Cycle Records
6 Of Montreal at Neumos
6 Acapulco Lips, Gang Cult, and Red Ribbon at Chop Suey
7 Deerhoof, LXMP, and Jarv Dee at Vera Project
7 Nada Surf with Mates of State at Showbox at the Market
7 Pentaglam, Display, The Pentagraham Crackers, and Le Fomo at Waid’s
7 Heavy Petting at Currency Art Gallery
7 Tecumseh, Thrones, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, and Blsphm at Josephine
7 NEKROFILTH, Trepanation, Old Skin and Burn Pile at Black Lodge
8 Chants, Cock & Swan, DJAO, Slow Year, and Little Weather at Electric Tea Garden
8 Curse of the North, LB!, Argonaut, Gladiators Eat Fire at Waid’s
8 Minus the Bear with Constant Lovers and Slow Bird at Showbox at the Market
8 Cass McCombs at the Crocodile
8 Tim Hecker at Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center SOLD OUT!
8 The Pharmacy, Bad Lovers, Sick Sad World at Black Lodge
9 The Big Dig Record Show at Vermillion
9 Barsuk 15th Anniversary Celebration ft. Cymbals Eat Guitars at Neumos
9 Guitar Worship Service at Josephine
9 Phantogram, Menomena, Maps and Atlases, Yellow Ostrich, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and Say Hi at Neptune
10 Scorpio Party Feat DJ sets by Justin Timbreline, TRANQ, and Menami at Vermillion
11 White Lung, and Antwon at Barboza
11 Crystal Antlers, and Elephant Stone at The Comet
11 Black Black feat. Grave Babies (Live + DJ Set), DJ Hojo, and Dutty Wilderness at Neighbours
12 Toro Y Moi and Classixx at Showbox at the Market
12 Crocodiles with Wymond Miles at Barboza
12 Bad Motivators with Killer Ghost at Waid’s
13 Crypts, Pop 1280, Haunted Horses, and Clayface at Chop Suey
14 Sepultura, Unearth, KATAKLYSM, Dark Sermon, and Lesbian at Neptune
14 Fruit Bats at Neptune
14 Nightlands, USF, and Special Guests at Sunset
15 Jessie Ware at Sonic Boom--Free
15 Jessie Ware at the Neptune
15 Screaming Females, Upset, Darto, and Big Crux at Black Lodge
15 New Weather record release party at LoFi Gallery
15 Moose Portrait, Spider Ferns, J. Martin, Pete Jordan of Could Person at The White Rabbit
16 KMFDM with Chant at Showbox at the Market
17 Cults at Neumos
17 Stalebirth, Cove, 27 Doors and Pablo at Vermillion--free
17 Darkpine, Hibou, Us on Roofs, and Uh Oh Eskimo at Chop Suey
20 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelton, Army Navy, and Hibou at The Tractor Tavern
20 James Blake at Showbox at the Market
20 Vienna Teng at Neptune
20 Bill Callahan with Mick Turner at Neumos
20 Nobunny at Barboza
21 The Meat Puppets with The World Takes at The Crocodile
21 Drill Seattle: Earth with Pillar Point at Barboza
22 Quasi, Blues Control, and Hobosexual at The Tractor
22 Helmet with FF at The Crocodile
23 Vibragun, Piano Piano, Foreign Resort, and Scriptures at The Sunset
23 They Rise We Die, Piano Piano, Foreign Resort, and Scriptures at The Sunset
23 Wire, Chastity Belt, and Vestals at Neumos
23 Stickers, Mega Bog, Viviane James at Atlas Space
26 Jon Hopkins, Clark, and Nathan Fake at the Crocodile
27 Waxahatchee, Swearin’, and Dead Bars at Chop Suey
29 Daniel Bachman and Chris Forsyth at Gallery 1412
30 Weeks of Wonders, Charms, Sun Angel, and Gang Cult at The Comet
30 The Cave Singers at the Neptune
30 Sandrider (LP release), Constant Lovers, and Dust Moth at Neumos
30 Cock and Swan, Suzanne Perry with Golden Gardens, and Levator at Columbia City Theater
30 La Luz, The Shivas, Specs Wizard at Washington Hall
December
107.7 The End's Deck the Hall Ball, Seattle,
3 Kid Smpl, Zoolab, Newazeyes, Algebraic Satellite at Barboza
5 Sandrider at Easy Street Records
5 Sarah Davachi, Kaori Suzuki, and Total Life at Chapel Performance Space
7 The Dismemberment Plan at the Neptune
13 Pere Ubu at Neptune
14 Holograms, TV Ghost, and Atomic Bride at Chop Suey
14 King Krule at Barboza
14 Lunamoth, Gems, and Piano Piano at The Josephine
20 MOTOR XI feat. Pete Swanson at Chop Suey
21 He Whose Ox Is Gored, Grenades, and more at Chop Suey
27/28 Built to Spill at Neumos
30/31 SRTFKR at Neumos
January
9 Reverend Horton Heat with Nekromantix and Old Man Markley at Showbox at the Market
17 Wooden Shjips at the Crocodile
22 Darkside at Neumos
24 Patterson Hood at the Crocodile
February
11 Delorean at Barboza
March
1 Skinny Puppy with Baal at Showbox at the Market
April
17 Godflesh with Special Guests at Neptune (Rescheduled from Oct)
