Results tagged “music”

AUSTIN CITY SHIMMY: Bob Schneider made our sister site Austinist's highlight reel for SXSW back in March--winner of the SXSW Band of the Year and Best Male Vocalist awards, Schneider is touring for his new album Tarantula. Country, roots-rock, call it what you will, just don't expect a 45-minute set. With 15 or so albums to draw from, Schneider has more songs up his sleeve than a double-sided LP. Plus, he's at the Triple Door, so you can just sit back and make yourself comfortable.

Mark Morris's Mozart Dances are performed at the Paramount Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $35-$75 plus fees.

MONKEYSHINES: We were going to suggest you go see Chris Cornell at the Showbox SoDo, but it's sold out. So instead we'll remind you that you have until May 10 to catch the Curious George-inspired exhibit at the Children's Museum, Let's Get Curious! Is it an egregious example of product placement? Whatever, we just like it, to paraphrase Liz Lemon. Not to overshare, but Curious George was easily the most appealing character we remember coming across in our toddling era. Oh, that monkey!

EARTH DAY: The UW's Green Coalition invites you out to the campus today for some live music, a gallery of environmental art, a zero-emissions electric car show, a social on the Lake Washington waterfront, and a presentation about sustainable business practices from Jerry Heinlen of Yakima Products to be followed by the movie The Eleventh Hour. Don't worry--there's more earthy doings on tap if you can't make that.

ELECTRONIC LOVE: Washington D.C.-based d.j. duo Thievery Corporation will be coming to the Paramount for one night only. Known for their "acid jazz" cocktail lounge sound and progressive worldly beats,they are definitely one of those groups you may think you've never heard, but once you've listened to, you'll recognize. One of their most popular songs, "Lebanese Blonde", became a hit after it appeared in a little but well-known movie, Garden State, and it is used frequently in intros on radio stations such as KEXP and NPR. We guarantee this to be great for a date night, and hopefully some movin' and shakin'.

We spoke with Seattle jazz composer Andrew Boscardin about his new album Four-Color Heroes, the kind of inspiration you get from comic books, and what jazz that wears tights and a cape sounds like. Download the song "Professor Kubert" here, or listen to "Grimm's Waltz" on Jazz NW.

Last weekend, we were sitting at the bar at Solo (at 200 Roy St., where, coincidentally, Seattlest Happy Hour will be this Monday at 5 p.m.), talking with the owner, Val Kiossovski, who also happens to play guitar for Kultur Shock. We were drunkenly requesting a change in the music, and he obliged by putting on a record we've been listening to quite a lot lately: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's self-titled debut.

BICYCLE ROLLING: Pioneer Square's 88 Keys Dueling Piano and Sports Bar is kicking off their roller biking (if that's an appropriate name) tournaments and grudge matches tonight. Wikipedia schooled us on the relevant history: bicycle rolling was originally popular in Britain in the 1950s. It also states that people would normally partake in the rolling matches before watching movies at the cinema (strange), or while waiting in between dances at dance halls (even stranger). Roller racing is still popular in Britain, mainly with the bicycle messenger community, heading tournaments under the name Rollapalooza. Bizarre? Maybe, but we're still curious about this seemingly grueling activity of biking on rollers to the imaginary finish line. 88 Keys will be supplying the bikes, but it is recommended to wear or bring street shoes.

We've already mentioned the Thermals show tonight, but if you're more inclined to shake your bon bon tonight, here are some safe bets.

Just a quick note--there's a couple concerts coming up in June that have got us excited, and tickets are on sale this week. Right now, you can buy tickets ($13) for Art Brut's Saturday, June 13 show at Neumo's (all-ages, bar w/ID).

Gui Boratto's latest album, Take My Breath Away, is another entry marking the fortunate shift away from the strict confines of dancefoor-ready techno into more indie-friendly territory. Like recent albums from Telefon Tel Aviv, School of Seven Bells, and the less-recent full-length from Matthew Dear, the Brazilian Gui Boratto incorporates influences from outside the traditional confines of Berlin and Detroit.

At last year's Decibel Festival, one of the big disappointments was the fact that the duo CLP (Chris de Luca of Funkstorung and electro producer Phon.o) were unable to perform due to de Luca's inability to get through customs at the Canadian border. Sure, Phon.o performed, but for those looking for the full CLP experience it was a let-down. Well, tonight's the chance to alleaviate that disappointment, and without the frenzy of the festival setting. Decibel's brought CLP back to Seattle to play Nectar tonight, and will hopefully draw out a nice mix of techno nerds, hip hop beat freaks, and those looking for nothing more than a good time on the dance floor. For the latter group the video above should help you pick up a few moves.

The current owner of Jimi Hendrix's childhood home has the little house resting on a foundation in a Renton mobile home park across the street from the musician's grave. Next week, however, is the final deadline for the owner, Pete Sikov, to come up with money, a plan, and a convincing argument for how he can meet City of Renton requirements to renovate the house appropriately; otherwise, he'll have to tear it down.

DESIGN: Attention parents! Before you pony up the dough to send your little Da Vinci to Cornish, drop in at the Design Faculty Exhibition and see what the faculty at the Design department (Susan Boye, Jeff Brice, Tiffany Laine De Mott, Jon Gierlich, Jacob Kohn, Claudia Meyer-Newman, Julie Myers, Ellen Forney, Julie Gaskill, Hovie Hawk, BeAnne Hull, Marisa Mangum, Dan Shafer, Hal Tangen, Daniel Thornton, and Junichi Tsuneoka) can do. It's due diligence, people, and worth it for no other reason than because Ellen Forney's name is in the middle of that list.

Seattlest is in Austinist territory for the next few days, experiencing the glorious clusterfuck known as South by Southwest. After debating coming down for the techier Interactive segment, we narrowed our itinerary to just the music portion of this huge annual media-centric event. There's no Seattle parallel to this, so we'll be sharing our thoughts on the music, the scene, and of course the food we're experiencing. Not to worry, we'll try to keep things on the brief side.

Want tickets to My Bloody Valentine at the Wamu Theatre on April 27? The pre-sale goes through Thursday at 10 a.m. Two pre-sale codes: MYBLOODYVALENTINE and LOVELESS. Tickets here, from TicketMaster, so there's fees galore, but the tickets are $38.50.