Wed., March 10, 8:00pm - In 2001, the Kansas quartet The Appleseed Cast made a seminal departure from their hard-driving, heavily distorted sound by released a double LP called Low Level Owl Volumes One and Two. The album received unanimously high accolades for its stirring and accessible melodies, its tumbling, murm...
Wed., March 10, 8:00pm - A fixture in the Seattle music scene for ages – via her solo career, her stint in Whalebones, and her moody Night Canopy collaboration with former Pretty Girls Make Graves drummer Nick Dewitt – ethereal folk songbird Amy Blaschke packed her bags and left for Los Angeles a couple of years a...
Wed., March 10, 9:00pm - Though she’s barely three years into her career, Kaylee Cole is poised to become one of the next breakout singer-songwriters from the northwest. With a phrasing and tone reminiscent of dour chanteuse Chan Marshall, but with an appealing, self-depreciating sense of humor figuring prominently in ...
Daily, 2:30pm-2:00am - Private karaoke rooms should always be dark and dirty—stained cushions and rickety tables make screaming off-key into a microphone seem perfectly natural. Which is why Venus Karaoke in the International District is the perfect setting for your next songfest. Sure, their equipment crashes every...
Thu., March 11, 6:30pm - When Nothing Gold Can Stay was released in 1999, New Found Glory epitomized the pop-punk revolution. With nasally, post-adolescent vocals and a mosh-able beat, songs like "Hit or Miss" became anthems for Hot Topic-goers. Eleven years later, New Found Glory is still recording the same music. 2...
Thu., March 11, 7:30pm - In keeping with the symphonic pop trend that’s been sweeping indie music for the past five years or so, Danish outfit Efterklang’s 2007 release, Parades, is (as its name suggests) a bright, brassy, cheerful treat of a record. Now Efterklang appears to be going for a slightly more et...
Every week Thursday, Saturday, 9:30pm - Ladies, are you looking to be swept off your feet by a suave Latino man? Look no further than Century Ballroom. The venue’s Thursday and Saturday salsa nights typically draw more men than women, so it’s not uncommon to have guys fighting to be your dance partner. Those who want to jump rig...
Fri., March 12, 8:00pm - Jazz has been syncretizing since it started. And while some of the multi-culti fusions of recent years seemed driven more by downtown fashion than sonic potential, the cross-border approach—at its best—is doing a lot to keep jazz interesting. An outstanding case-in-point is saxophonist Rud...
Fri., March 12, 8:00pm - The London electro-rock duo The Big Pink is nothing if not grandiose. Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell made an audaciously comprehensive claim by titling their debut album A Brief History of Love. But unlike many of their predecessors, The Big Pink comes through. Somewhere in the simulated caver...
Fri., March 12, 8:00pm - The mythos of all-encompassing evil that surrounds Seattle speed punk freaks Zeke would lead you to believe they crawl into pentagram-lined coffins at the crack of dawn and quickly say their anti-prayers to Lemmy before the goodness of the sunlight burns them whole. Our boys in black have done littl...
Fri., March 12, 9:00pm - For a hardcore metal band as popular as Akimbo is, it’s a bit strange they don’t play out more often. Luckily, fans of the unearthly loud and brutal trio can get a partial fix tonight with Sandrider. Also a trio, and comprised of Akimbo frontman Jon Weisnewski on guitar, Ruby Doe leader Je...
Fri., March 12, 9:30pm - The Wooden Birds – a quartet led by the long-lived and much beloved American Analog Set’s Andrew Kenny – are proving to be a reliable band. Last year’s Magnolia, the band’s Barsuk debut, garnered them warm reviews and comparisons to Fleetwood Mac. Now a new EP, entitl...
Daily, 9:00pm-2:00am - The Rickshaw Restaurant & Lounge serves greasy Chinese food and American fare, but nobody ever goes there to eat. The establishment is much better known for satisfying folks who’ve got an insatiable appetite for karaoke. It’s packed with singers until closing every night of the week...
Daily, 11:00am-2:00am - The appeal of Lower Queen Anne is the idea of something for everyone. It doesn't matter if you're a barely legal frat brother or a 70-year-old karaoke nut, you're either going home with someone's digits, a beautiful stranger, or, at the very least, a good story. Karaoke enthusiasts flock every night...
Fri., March 12, 7:30pm - All 10 singers in the cast of Seattle Opera's new production of Verdi's final opera make their roles vivid and hold their own. This is the first Falstaff I've seen, I think, where no one gets lost in the shuffle. As young lovers Nannetta and Fenton, Anya Matanovic and Blagoj Nacoski are as fr...
Sun., March 14, 8:00pm - Gomez has evolved over six studio releases, starting with 1998's rootsy, booze-and-blues-fueled debut Bring It On - which set the bar high, winning the Mercury Prize as the UK's best album - but this Sourthport quintet have always made their bones on stage. There's a natural rapport and easy ...
Sun., March 14, 8:00pm - Seattle MC Lisa Dank's current popularity has more to do with showmanship than actual musical ability. Her vocal control is hit or miss, and some of her songs are ridiculous enough to make you cringe. But what Lisa Dank lacks in polish and songwriting chops, she makes up for tenfold in showmanship: ...
Mon., March 15, 8:00pm - Released last year, Gabriel Teodros’ GT’s Ethiopium: A Jitter Generation Mixtape is that rarest of albums in the annals of so-called “conscious rap”: a socio-political treatise that doubles as intimate biography. The Seattle native (he now lives in Brooklyn) is equally com...
Crescent Lounge Karaoke Nights
Daily, 12:00pm-2:00am - The Crescent is easily the most popular karaoke bar on Capitol Hill. Drag queens, dykes, and hipsters squeeze into the claustrophobic space like sardines on any given night, and by 12 a.m. there’s usually standing room only. The booze is dirt cheap ($3 wells, $4 pitchers), the bathrooms are fil...
Every week Monday, 9:00pm - Monday night karaoke at the Hen has always been a lot mellower than Wednesdays (which can get shoulder-to-shoulder crowded): It’s all about the crowd, and I love performing southern rock in front of these old cowboys. There’s nothing better than having people get up and dance as you perfor...
Mon., March 15, 8:00pm - Alt-country icon Dave Alvin has a thing for the ladies. Musically, that is. One of those ladies is Seattle’s own Christy McWilson, who, after a decade spent singing for local band The Picketts, was convinced by Alvin to strike out on her own. The two solo albums Alvin produced for her—T...
Tue., March 16, 7:30pm - Jazz has produced a long succession of killer guitarists: Django, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Charlie Byrd, Pat Metheny and Joe Pass, to name just a few. Yet only a select number of players have become renowned as solo performers. Martin Taylor sits near the top of that list. Though he’s pl...
Every week Monday, Tuesday, 8:00pm-2:00am - 88 Keys is better known for its dueling piano action than for its Monday and Tuesday karaoke nights. And that’s why it’s ideal for musically challenged crooners to sing their hearts out. Unlike some karaoke joints, the crowd here is forgiving. Nobody takes themselves too seriously. Tone-de...
Sun., March 14, 7:00pm
Thu., March 11, 7:30pm - Composer Samuel Barber’s strengths were affectingly reticent lyricism and an equally unassuming craftsmanship, which have made his Violin Concerto, the orchestral song Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and his greatest hit, the Adagio for string orchestra, beloved repertory standards. (F...