SEA/PDX/TAC/OLY Turkey Week Notable Shows

Olympia: Tuesday, 11.24.2009
The Drug Purse w/ The Strange Boys + Jetty Cats

8:30 PM @ The Northern – 321 4th Avenue, Olympia, Washington 98501
All Ages

Seattle: Wednesday, 11.25.09
Cunnilynguists, Grieves, Looptroop Rockers, Tunji

Wednesday, 8PM @ Neumo’s
All Ages
$13.50 Tickets Here

Tacoma: Friday, 11.27.09
The Fun Police, Ghostwriter, Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel

(TRYPTOPHAN RECOVERY DAY) Black Friday 9PM @ The New Frontier
21+

Portland: Sunday, 11.29.09
1776, Go Fever, The Whole Wide World

8:00 PM @ Rontoms
600 E Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97212
21+

Neumo’s (SEA) & Wonder Ballroom (PDX): The Dandy Warhols’ Xmas shows December 11th-13th, 2009

The Dandy Warhols have announced a mini-series of Pacific Northwest shows (one in Seattle and two in Portland) starting on the 11th of December. The Dandy’s have billed this as a revival Christmas show, or homage Christmas show to the Italian Christmas.

From http://www.dandywarhols.com:

As Dandy Warhols, we like to take a different approach to Christmas: a little more Old World and a lot more jaunty. Take Italy. Their holiday season is comparable in length to the common American holiday season, but with its baked eel and lumps of coal and mash-ups with what we think of as Halloween traditions – La Befana the Epiphany witch, children in costumes going from door to door for treats – it seems a hell of a lot more festive than a fat man whipping flying deer to bring you an iPhone, doesn’t it? We are on a mission to convince Christendom that Italy does it best. But these things take time; Rome wasn’t bilked in a day. Easing into the task we commence this year with our annual Christmas shows with the introduction of a sliver of sunny Italy to the Northwest’s dreary environs. Just a taste, a Fellini twist on the usual Dandys holiday performance, with shows on December 11th at Nuemos in Seattle and December 12th and 13th at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom.

Regardless of how you dress or act for this show, being Fellini inspired, or Italian Christmas inspired, it will likely be one for the memory banks with the promise of their “Little Drummer Boy” cover, as well as the rest of their catalog of great music.

All tickets go on sale Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 10 AM PST.
Tickets to Seattle Show here
Tickets to PDX Shows (12-12-09 21+, 12-13-09 All Ages) here

The Dandy Warhol’s Website

The Dandy’s record label

Glasvegas April 13th Neumos

Their single Geraldine is nothing short of infectious to my raised-in-the-80s music taste.

MAR 18 09, SXSW- Austin, TX
MAR 19 09, SXSW-Austin, TX
MAR 20 09, SXSW-Austin, TX
MAR 21 09, SXSW-Austin, TX
MAR 23 09, The Parish- New Orleans, LA
MAR 24 09, The Loft- Atlanta, GA
MAR 26 09, Black Cat- Washington D.C.
MAR 27 09, The Note- West Chester, PA
MAR 28 09, Music Hall of Williamsburg- Brooklyn, NY
MAR 30 09, Webster Hall- New York, NY

I Highly Recommend Checking Out Adele!

She’s put out easily one of the best albums of the year, “19″. Her powerful and soulful voice can give just about anyone chills. I predict a very long future for this British cutie.

Adele will be in Seattle on the 26th @ Neumos. Doors @ 7pm, more info here.

80’s Invasion at Neumos!

80s cover band extraordinaire 80s Invasion with guests, Love Vigilante and DJ Davey J at Neumos.

Hailing from seattle, 80s invasion play mostly synth-based pop and dance music of the 80s. Covering bands such as Erasure, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, Flock of Seagulls, David Bowie, Siouxsie, The Banshees, Talk Talk, Duran Duran, the Motels, OMD, Berlin, and much, much more.

Doors @ 8pm, tickets $7 at the door, show is 21+

The Walkmen Announce West Coast Dates

Brooklyn’s The Walkmen annouced that they will be doing a short tour though the west coast in early 2009, rolling through the NW region the end of January.

nwmb is currently loving: “I lost you” off their newest LP You And Me, released this year. Stream it for free here.

Dates  below:

Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on 1/23/09                                                                         Seattle’s Neumos on 1/24/09

Neumos Shows At A Glance

Our favorite indie hideaway, Neumos has November jam packed with some of indies finest, all for your listening pleasure.

Here’s the schedule:

Thursday November 6th- Neumos Presents: The Secret Machines and The Dears. 14$ Adv, 8pm doors, 21+

 Friday November 7th – Neumos Presents: HELIO SEQUENCE, The Pale Pacific, Plus Guests. $13 ADV, 8pm Doors, 21+.

Tuesday November 11th - Neumos Presents: THE BREEDERS, Black Whales, Panda And Angel. $25 ADV, 8pm Doors, 21+.

Wednesday November 12th – Neumos and Obese Present: The Legendary… DIGABLE PLANETS, Godspeed, Big World Breaks One Family Inc. House Band & Friends, DJ Topspin (AKA Blendiana Jonez). $18 ADV, 8PM Doors, 21+.

Friday November 14th - Mike Thrasher Presents: TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Champagne Champagne. $13 ADV, 8PM Doors, All Ages/
Bar W/ID.

Saturday November 22nd - Neumos Presents: HEAD LIKE A KITE, TRUCKASAURUS, Slender Means. $8 ADV, 8pm Doors, 21+.

Sunday December 14th - Neumos Presents: HOLY GHOST REVIVAL, The Pharmacy, Wild Orchid Children, Strong Killings. $8 ADV, 8PM Doors, 21+.

*All Neumos shows 21+ unless noted otherwise. Times listed note box office times. Buy tickets online at TicketsWest.com , ticket surcharges and handling fees will apply or purchase tickets at the Neumos box office at MOE BAR (on 10th Ave, next to NEUMOS), a $2 surcharge per ticket will be applied.

Upcoming Shows–At A Glance

Tickets are availble through each venues link.

Neumos Events:

Tuesday October 28th – Neumos and Antarctic Present: CRYSTAL CASTLES, Lymbyc System, David Wolf. $15 ADV, 8pm Doors, All Ages/ Bar W/ID.

November 4th – Neumos Presents: THE BIG DANCE ELECTION NIGHT VIEWING PARTY. More info TBA.

Tuesday November 11th – Neumos Presents: THE BREEDERS, Black Whales, Special Guests. $25 ADV, 8pm Doors, 21+.

Wednesday November 12th – Neumos and Obese Present: The Legendary… DIGABLE PLANETS, Godspeed, Special Guests. $18 ADV, 8PM Doors, 21+.

Friday November 14th – Mike Thrasher Presents: TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: UNDER THE INFLUENCE. $13 ADV, 8PM Doors, All Ages/Bar W/ID. Tickets on
sale Saturday at 10AM.

MOVED TO KING COBRA Sunday November 16th – Neumos Presents: DARKER MY
LOVE, Special Guests. $10 ADV, 8pm Doors, 21+.

Wednesday November 19th – Think Tank Presents: KHINGZ, Waves of the Mind, Gabriel Teodros, Macklemore and XP are Step Cousins, DJ WD40. $10
ADV, 9PM Doors, 21+. Tickets on sale Friday at 10AM.

Tuesday December 2nd – Neumos Presents: BARCELONA, LOW VS. DIAMOND. $12 ADV, 8PM Doors, All Ages/Bar W/ID.

Showbox Sodo and The Triple Door Events:

AT THE SHOWBOX SODO Wednesday November 5th – Wake Up and Obese Present: THE STAY HIGH TOUR with METHOD MAN & RED MAN, Evidence and Alchemist,
Termanalogy. $25 ADV, 8PM Doors, All Ages/ Bar W/ID. BUY TICKETS

At The Triple Door Thursday November 13th – The Triple Door Presents: JON MCLAUGHLIN, with Delta Goodrem. $15 ADV, 8PM Doors, All Ages/Bar W/ID. Tickets on sale Friday at 10AM.

Neumos Decibel Festival Lineup

 

FRI. SEPTEMBER 26TH 2008
DECIBEL FESTIVAL:
“2008 Dirty Dancing Showcase”
Deadmau5 (Toronto): LIVE
Luca Bacchetti (Italy): DJ
Santiago & Bushido (Chicago): DEBUT LIVE SET
Let’s Go Outside (Portland): LIVE
$20 ADV, 8PM DOORS, 21+

SAT. SEPTEMBER 27TH 2008
DECIBEL FESTIVAL:
“Detroit Techno: Past, Present and Future”
Carl Craig(Detroit): DJ
Audion(Detroit/Berlin): LIVE
Chuck Flask(Detroit): DJ
$20 ADV, 8PM DOORS, 21+

SUN. SEPTEMBER 28TH 2008
DECIBEL FESTIVAL: “2008 Decibel Festival Finale”
SUPERMAYER (Cologne): Live
The Bug featuring Warrior Queen (London): LIVE
Flying Lotus (Los Angeles): LIVE
Fax (Mexico): LIVE
$20 ADV, 8PM DOORS, 21+

Neumos Presents: BALKAN BEAT BOX, Deleon, The Bad Things.

Neumos Presents: BALKAN BEAT BOX, Deleon, The Bad Things. $13 ADV, 8pm doors, 21+.  Buy tickets while they last!

Head Like a Kite Free Show @ Neumos

HEAD LIKE A KITE CD RELEASE PARTY
FREE SHOW
Thurs, June 26 Neumos

HEAD LIKE A KITE (11 PM)
SMOOSH (10 PM)
FOSCIL (9 PM)
After party set by DJ GLUE (Cardboard City/Cage/Head Automatica) (12-1:15)
Animals at Night DJ set (before and between bands)
MC’d by KEXP’s Troy Nelson

8PM DOORS

Russian Circles at Neumos 6/09/2008

This coming Monday, Russian Circles will be rocking at Neumos.  The instrumental Chicago band just released their second full-length album, Station, and I have not been able to stop listening to it.  It is intense, immediate, and gripping in ways not usual for music without vocals. 

Station was recorded here in Seattle at Studio Litho by Matt Bayles and was released by local label, Suicide Squeeze.  It also features These Arms Are Snakes guitarist Brian Cook and Past Lives/ex-Bloodbrothers bass player Morgan Henderson. 

Daughters and Young Widows open the show.  It should be good.

In the Empty City/X-Ray Eyes/Halophile @ Neumos

In the Empty City are an emerging alt-rock band in the Seattle scene. They make their Neumos debut tonight alongside the Elvis Costello – inspired jangle rock of The X-Ray Eyes and the textured Indie rock of Halophile.

May 21 – Neumos

10:30 p.m. IN THE EMPTY CITY (http://www.myspace.com/theemptycity)
9:30 p.m. The X-Ray Eyes (http://www.xrayeyesmusic.com/)
8:30 p.m. Halophile (http://www.myspace.com/halophile)

$6. 21+

Racontuers coming to Seattle – Neumos, Apr 21

For those of you who kinda want to see the White Stripes and kinda want to see Brendan Benson, I give you The Raconteurs

The newest album, and second release, Consolers Of The Lonely is due out next Tuesday, March 25th, almost a full month before they begin to tour. This is a nice change for the people as this way you’ll actually have the music in your hands when they come through town. This way, instead of being dumbfounded by new songs you’ve never heard, you’ll already have your favorites. This is the complete opposite of how album releases usually work and it has been speculated that this will a) get the music to you ASAP (oh, sure, thanks) and b) prevent the 100’s of 1000’s “leaks” of the album that are inevitable in the weeks and months between when a band begins to promote an album and when it actually becomes available. (more likely).
It seems that they are starting the tour to support their album here in the Pac NW with a show in Vancouver, Mon Apr 20th at the Commodore Ballroom. Following the Seattle show at Neumo’s on Tuesday, they head to the Wonder Balroom in Portland for a show Wed Apr 22.

Tickets for the Neumo’s show go on sale Saturday March 22nd at 10am through Ticketswest.com and 3pm in the Neumos’ box office, now located inside Moe Bar.

Special Note to Scalpers!! There will be a two ticket limit. Photo ID will be required to match the credit card of purchase. Once tickets are collected you must enter the venue.

Black Lips at Neumo’s: a different kind of review

The infamous Black Lips, in support of their rockin’ album, “Good Bad Not Evil”, played a Monday night at Neumo’s in early February. The show went kinda like this:

It’s not that they didn’t play their asses off. We just weren’t into it.
(p.s. someone STILL hasn’t sent me that King Kong track…)

Who is this JITMAN? The John-In-The-Morning-At-Night show

KEXP DJ, icon and all around presence, John Richards stabs another year dead and to celebrate the station has announced this year’s JITMAN lineup (that’s John-in-the-Morning- at-Night for those out of the Seattle hip lingo loop) happening Friday, March 7th at Neumo’s at 8:00.
This event continues the theme of previous JITMAN shows by showcasing the best up-and-coming artists who are getting significant air play on John’s morning show as well as being host to the John Richard’s Birthday Bash.
The lineup does not include any NW bands this time around, but John has instead invited some far away friends, that he has been touting for years, to come fill our hungry heads. At the top of the bill are the Duke Spirit dark, blues-tinged psych-rock from London. Also performing are stylish British indie-rockers The Voom Blooms, (KEXP has a free sample track from their EP-Nine Ships here) and Tulsa, the atmospheric indie-pop band from Boston. (KEXP has a free sample track from their 2007 EP here) Both the later bands are making their virgin pilgrimages to Seattle.

The show will be aired on KEXP’s Nite Life (Fri nights from 9-1) which also means that the station’s Friday Night Gem, Michele Myers will be there to DJ between sets and throughout the night. That is a party in and of itself.

Proceeds will, as always benefit the station and help keep KEXP listener powered. For more info visit the station at KEXP.org

The Bravery w/ Switches Neumos doors @ 8pm

Uk quartet Switches (not THE Switches, they are very particular about that) will be opening for the Bravery on the 25th at Neumos.

Brit-pop and NY Post-punk in one glorious night!

Neumos-$15 8:00 All Ages

Bee Simonds has got the Skillz

In the plethora of male dominated performing artists here in Seattle, there are only a handful of female performers on the scene. And even though by ratio there are far more impressive female musical artists than male, good looks don’t always make up for talent. Lucky for Bee Simonds, she has both.

Her performance at Neumos last Friday night was nothing less than pro. One would think that an opening slot to a full house would create a flinch of nerves or doubt in the rising artist but that’s not the case. Her Linda Perry approach to vocals and aggressively confident guitaring stole the night as she commanded the crowd smoothly from song to song. Even if you had never heard her songs before she instantly made you a believer of her life trials through her soulful vocal delivery. Her backing band was solid to say the least and emanated her already charismatic energy throughout the set.

And after the show, you didn’t find her in the greenroom with all the other bands that played that night, you found her at her merch table chatting it up with the people who like me, were so impressed with her show.

Her next gig is at The Nectar Lounge in Freemont on the 27th of January and if you haven’t heard of Bee Simonds, well neither had I. But if she continues to put on shows like the one last Friday she’s guaranteed to be a name everyone will know soon.