Seattle Subsonic - May, 2010
Quasi – "Little White Horse"
Here’s the new video for “Little White Horse”, maybe the best song (or at least my favorite) on Quasi‘s ramblin’, rockin’ and rowdy alt-punk record American Gong. Really, you should give it a whirl.
.
Seemingly hijacked from some 50s Western TV show or movie, it displays an ornery, fed up mustang, er, “going off” on a meathead of a black bear. I mean, I know the bear growled at him and everything, but did he really need to stomp the poor guy into oblivion?? Also, I’m confused by the ethical foot put forward by the man and boy who apparently condone this belligerent behavior from their livestock. The 50s were such an odd time.
.
Partman Parthorse Album Release @ the Funhouse
So there’s this poster. What’s going on with that guy’s penis, anyway? It looks like one of those banner advertisements trailing behind a plane (what happened to those, btw?). Is this pose yoga-porn? Factoid: frontdude Gary Smith, who likes getting “fairly nude” on stage, moonlights as a yoga instructor.
.
Mash Hall (you know, the rap-rap-rappers who used to be They Live!) and Scraps will be helping PMPH celebrate the release of their 3rd album, Emerald City Dummies. We (I) told you about that shit-talkin’ video the band put out recently, so maybe a brawny beef will break out? Only time will tell, dudes, only time will tell. DON’T FUCK WITH THE HORSE.
.
.
9:30 pm
$6 / 21+
The Buzzcocks at El Corazon
Holy Crap! I was truly astonished (did one of those cartoony, mouth agape, big-eye-blink thingys) when I ran across this in print the other day. The Buzzcocks in Seattle! Awesome! At El Corazon! Eh, not so awesome. But, really, the band trumps the venue (as it usually does), so I think I have to go to this. I really had no idea they were touring, but I guess with all the reissues EMI has put out this year, it makes sense. The legendary Manchester punk band will play their first two albums front-to-back, Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites. I bought Love Bites for the first time a few months ago, and I think it’s spot on.
.
The band’s rhythm section has changed over the years, but guitarists Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still ably ampin’ up their axes. Cocks get buzzed Wednesday June 2nd at 8pm.
.
$18.50 adv/$20 dos
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Show starts at 8:00 PM
The Dollyrots
Images
The Buzzcocks Are Coming To Town
Holy Crap! I was truly astonished (did one of those cartoony, mouth agape, big-eye-blink thingys) when I ran across this in print the other day. The Buzzcocks in Seattle! Awesome! At El Corazon! Eh, not so awesome. But, really, the band trumps the venue (as it usually does), so I think I have to go to this. I really had no idea they were touring, but I guess with all the reissues EMI has put out this year, it makes sense. The legendary Manchester punk band will play their first two albums front-to-back, Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites. I bought Love Bites for the first time a few months ago, and I think it’s spot on.
.
The band’s rhythm section has changed over the years, but guitarists Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still ably ampin’ up their axes. Cocks get buzzed Wednesday June 2nd at 8pm.
.
$18.50 adv/$20 dos
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Show starts at 8:00 PM
The Dollyrots
Images
Maldives Soundtrack for Riders of the Purple Sage @ Triple Door
Local boys The Maldives are going to perform a movie score the way a movie score should be played. Live during the film. I have always been a fan of live music accompaniment to films. With out music movies would be boring. Having a fantastic live band perform for you while you watch an old film takes that film to a whole new Level.
.
This will be some great fun.
.
Get your tickets for one of the TWO shows that night HERE.
Thanks to SIFF for putting this out there. I WANT MORE
.
The Maldives perform “Riders of the Purple Sage” @ The Triple Door
May 25, 2010 7:00 PM and May 25, 2010 9:30 PM
tickets are 16$ in advance.
The Maldives Perform Riders of the Purple Sage @ The Triple Door
Local boys The Maldives are going to perform a movie score the way a movie score should be played. Live during the film. I have always been a fan of live music accompaniment to films. Without music, movies would be boring. Having a fantastic live band perform for you while you watch an old film takes that film to a whole new level.
.
“The Maldives have been breaking hearts and melting faces with their Northwestern brand of country rock since 2006. Their music is made of blue jeans and brown beards, fiddle tunes, and moonshine. They will provide musical accompaniment for cowboy legend Tom Mix’s silent 1925 film, “Riders of the Purple Sage”. Adapted from the sensational novel by Zane Grey (1911), this 1925 silent film is a consistently action-packed Western featuring quick-draw cowboys, numerous outlaws and villains, a cattle stampede, and an avalanche. Tom Mix plays easterner Jim Carson who reinvents himself as cowboy Jim Lassiter when he learns that his sister Millie and niece Bess have been kidnapped by dastardly lawyer Lew Walters and his cronies. Lassiter devotes himself to hunting the fiends down, and after several years on the trail, he comes across Walter’s three henchmen in a frontier saloon and kills them all in a gun duel. With the help of ranch owner Miss Jane Withersteen, Lassiter learns that Millie is dead but continues his quest to catch up with the wicked Lew Walters and rescue Bess from whatever fate may have befallen her. Maldives front man Jason Dodson explains, “There’s a band from the late ‘60s called ‘New Riders Of The Purple Sage’ that Mayor McGinn compared us to at his inauguration, which was a big influence on our selection!”
.
This will be some great fun.
.
Get your tickets for one of the TWO shows that night HERE.
Thanks to SIFF for putting this out there. I WANT MORE.
.
The Maldives perform “Riders of the Purple Sage” @ The Triple Door
May 25, 2010 7:00 PM and May 25, 2010 9:30 PM
Tickets are 16$ in advance.
The Black Keys' New Album Brothers Is Muy Bueno
Ah man. I love the Black Keys, those guys really no how to put a solid blues sound together. I remember I first got into the Black Keys back in 2006, when that movie Black Snake Moan with Samuel L Jackson and Christina Ricci came out, and the opening scene where Ricci was walking in front of a giant tractor and the shot was super slowed down with the Black Keys song When the Lights Go Out playing… man that was such a good placement, so badass.
.
Their new album Brothers just came out May 18 and you have got to check it out. It starts out right strong and fun with Dan Auerbach hitting quite the pitch on Everlasting Light and winds down 14 songs later with These Days, a song that has an ability to leave you in a dreamy haze. I’m a huge fan of the tracks Tighten Up, it is a muy bueno track that gets you up and ready to dance, and also Too Afraid to Love You, the perfect paradox in sound to Tighten Up, looking to slow you down, but keeping the subject of lovin’ strong. The album is all across the board as far as tempo goes, I really dig the range and just the great sound. Dan Auerbach was apparently born with the pipes to sing the blues.
.
NPR actually streamed the new album for free a few weeks before it dropped, I’m sorry I am sharing this news now, it was actually a dick move on my part. I should have mentioned something earlier, the only reason I do now is to give props to the Black Keys and NPR for the great idea, I’m a fan of free and internet embracing artists.
.
The Black Keys are touring now and stopping by the Paramount on October 2 that will most likely be a killer show.
.
Check out the video for Tighten Up. You can watch Auerbach and Patrich Carney getting their shit kicked by some little kids. It is classic.
.
The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
The Black Keys | MySpace Music Videos
Win Tix to Toots and the Maytals!
A couple years ago I saw Toots and the Maytals play the stadium at Bumbershoot. I was utterly blown away by the amount of energy thrown out there. Not just on a song or two but throughout the entire set!! The man is a venue-rockin MACHINE! And he’s been doing it almost non-stop since 1967.
.
This Friday, May 21st, the man-the myth-the machine is bringing the famous Kingston sound to the Showbox MKT. If you’re not familiar, just think about every Sublime song you’ve ever heard. Those are Toots songs (well mostly) the most familiar being “54-46 was my number.”
.
Rumor has it that the band is putting together a new release but as past experience shows that will not stop them from playing all the greats. It’s their bread-n-butta, Mon. (Update: Toots and the Maytals actually JUST released their new album Flip & Twist. A reader just saw him in LA and he definitely sticks to the classics)
.
If you’d like to check out the show on Subsonic for freezies, just drop us a note here: with “Toots” in the subject. Winner will be pulled at random tomorrow afternoon (5/20) at 4:00 and you will be notified by email. Oh.. you gotta be 21. (Congrats to Ian for picking up those tix!!)
.
Toots and the Maytals
with Rey Fresco and DJ Kid Hops
Fri, May 21, 2010
8:00 PM
21 & Over
Tickets: $25.00 ADV-$27.00 DOS
Buy tickets here
Capitol Hill Block Party 3-Day Passes On Sale This Friday
You might’ve noticed in recent days that the organizers of the Capitol Hill Block Party have added a third day. The urban event takes place in the Pike/Pine corridor July 23rd – 25th, 2010. Apparently (rumor), an additional day was petitioned for so as to accommodate the touring schedule of the Jack White/Alison Mosshart clusterfuck the Dead Weather. Enough signatures and emails were garnered in support of the festival’s expansion and the city approved. Can’t say I was totally on board with the additional day, but now that it’s a reality, I’ll go with it. Haven’t missed one CHBP yet, and I don’t think I’ll start now.
.
Plenty of folks seem to have slapped on their bitchin’ shoes, but I say if the price and un-block-partiness bother you, then skip it. There’s no dearth of music festivals these days. I will say that opening up ticket sales before any sort of lineup has been announced is quite lame. This Friday, May 21st, you can purchase a limited quantity $60 3-day pass at this URL. But the lineup won’t be announced until June 1st. Single-day $23 tickets will be available June 4th. You’ll have to pay $30 at the gate day-of-show.
Sunset Tavern to Celebrate 10 years!
Ballard’s rockin’est venue, The Sunset Tavern, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this June. Back in 2000 when it opened, Ballard Ave was much a quieter place flanked by tiny fishing houses rather than Condo-maximums. The Sunset was actually one of my first 2 stops when arriving in Seattle, the other being the Tractor, and they’re still my favorites. It’s a small space with big sound and bigger bands. Since it’s inception The Sunset stage has been graced by amazing acts such as The Fleet Foxes, Camper Van Beethoven, Of Montreal, The Cave Singers… I even saw The Rebirth Brass Band squish their 9-piece band up on that little platform – eventually we all found it ridiculous and proceeded to march our asses “second-line-style” out into the street to get some breathing room, might be the best show ever.
