There's Needtobreathe and The Maldives, Concrete Blonde and wouldn't you know it Dr. Dog! From Sexy Comedy to the Tao of drumming we've got you covered so check out the concerts on sale this week! more ›

We're back with another installment of Will Call, in which we let you know what's on sale this week, so that you can start planning your own personal concert calendar.
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The Bangles hit the stage at the Showbox Market last Saturday. This "gallery" of two photos from their show was all they approved us to use. As an aging rock star should you be more concerned about your looks or entertaining your fans and enjoying your fame? Does it have to be a choice? more ›

Chromeo brought the funk and Mayer Hawthorne brought the soul for a show to remember. more ›

The Foster The People bus rolled into town Sunday night and proved once and for all that Seattlites can dance. The Showbox SoDo turned into a sold-out dance party starting off the night with Reptar and Cults. more ›

The Fleet Foxes returned to the Paramount for another double-header along with the Walkmen. Happy to be back home they played another packed house in their usual quiet manner. The venue was silent between songs while the band tuned up and switched instruments. Robin Pecknold and J. Tillman took turns with the crowd banter, stories, and gems like this one: "I'm in a very nostalgic self-mythologizing kinda mood tonight." Shows like that make for more of a living room vibe than the massive venue that is the Paramount. more ›

On Monday, Atmosphere rolled into Seattle on the Family Vacation Tour, bringing with them a a solid lineup from the Rhymesayers label to show us all a good time. more ›

Atmosphere's in town, and they want you to join the family. An all star crew hits the Showbox SODO stage tonight for the Seattle stop in Atmosphere's Family Vacation Tour. Joining the tour are fellow Rhymesayers members Blueprint, Evidence with DJ Babu (of famed Dilated Peoples) and Prof. more ›

Rob Zombie and Slayer may be both considered heavy metal acts, but they could not be more different in performance style. more ›

Don't worry, we won't be bowing to Lebanese overlords anytime soon. The band Beirut is actually based out of New Mexico and headed to Vancouver, BC tonight and Portland, OR tomorrow. Led by singer Zach Condon, whom also tinkers on the trumpet and ukulele, Beirut creates an off-kilter sound which on first listen seems like it shouldn't work but it just does. There's some kind of special something that pulls together the unique instrumentals, vocals and electronic sounds the band shells out into a loosely cohesive bubble. That may not sound like your idea of enjoyable music or even make sense--but once you've heard it you'll know what we mean. more ›

Today we have another big haul of concerts going on sale this week. From Duran Duran to Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival and from Feist to The Blue Man Group you'll find someting that you're dying to attend. If there's anything that we missed let us know. We'll post local and national acts. If it's out there to be seen, we're here to post it. more ›

It's rare to find a true storyteller amongst musicians. Granted, most songwriters are able to use words to their advantage in creating a solid combination of music and lyrics, and are able to weave them together in a way at which the rest of us jealously marvel. more ›

Lots of great stuff going on sale this week like Chris Tucker, Young Jeezy and Dum Dum Girls. If there's anything that we missed let us know. We'll post local and national acts. If it's out there to be seen, we're here to post it. more ›

We've got Gang Gang Dance, Evaline, Justin Townes Earle and so much more in this week's Will Call. Get your ticket news here first. more ›

Didn't make it to either of Fleet Foxes sold-out shows? Take some solace in Morgen's incredible shots. more ›

Earlier this month we announced that Seattlest Music has finally gotten the chance to put together a lineup for its very first Presents show. Not only will it be on a Friday but it's also taking place at Columbia City Theater, one of our favorite venues in the Seattle area. It would probably be an understatement to say we're excited. Ecstatic might be a bit more accurate. Ok, by now you're probably saying "Who the hell is playing already?!" We hear ya, so ask and ye shall receive. This is the first in our three part series to introduce you to our lineup starting with the opener, The Elderly. Anything but old, this group of young musicians has talent to spare and we're so excited for you to get to know them. We headed over to Bud's (William Ransom, the lead singer) house to talked to the band and grab a couple photos. It ended up being a chat with what felt to be old friends and we look forward to what they have in store for all of us in the future. more ›

Saturday promised to be another great night of local music. We started off in the Moe Bar to check out their live streaming of Coachella on the big screens. We were tempted to just hang out there and drink all night watching that instead, but we realized what we'd be missing and changed our minds. more ›

As we shuffled into Neumos around nine o'clock, it was a pretty bare-bones crowd, which we kind of expected. I mean come on, it's Monday and it's rainy. However, as the night progressed and the Dodos were about to take the stage, we noticed the room getting quite a bit warmer. more ›

Knowing nothing else about the film Julie & Julia, aside from the fact that the screenplay is by the same person that wrote When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail, you could safely assume it’s a chick flick. more ›

MY AVATAR: We're very fond of the internet and of books, and knowing you, you're fond of those things too. The Richard Hugo House's Literary Series comes to a close with an event tonight called My Avatar, featuring writers who explore identity, technology, and this beautiful wired world in which we live. The Maldives are playing, too, in case you missed them last weekend. more ›

Take a break from harrowing five-year Iraq war retrospectives and political sex scandals to see the lovely Johanna Kunin and DC's These United States at the Sunset tonight! The first time we went to see Johanna Kunin, we left practically purring with satisfaction. We expect tonight to be no different. more ›

We're by no means theatre majors, but we do loves to get out for some culture from time to time. Which is why this Thursday we're getting dolled up for the 5th Avenue Theatre's "MAME". more ›

Ostensibly an adaptation of presents itself as a comic yet troubling exploration of madness and obsession. The sole female performer (Maggie Hoffman) enters the stage, with stunningly coiffured hair, clambers up a rope ladder, straps herself to the rigging so that she can dangle forward like the figurehead on a ship, and then delivers a weather report into a microphone. Within seconds, her voice quiets to barely audible whisper, swirling about the theatre, a seamless chain of meteorological observations and nautical coordinates delivered in hushed monotone. hissing from the microphone; then, in full voice, the declaration: "You're the only one who can't hear it." more ›

magazine claims, "You can't swing a dead cat this time of year without hitting a Top 10 List." Never one to waste a perfectly good dead cat, we decided to take a swing and create a Top Random-Number Shows Seattlest Saw This Year. And now, without any further ado, here's how your favorite bloggers broke down the year: more ›

In which The Showbox gives the live music-going people of Seattle a belated lump of coal: more ›

No matter what Dane Cook's myspace page says, the Reverend Dr. Samuel McKinney, narrator of the gospel musical Black Nativity, is the only person you'll see on a Seattle stage this month who went to school with Martin Luther King, Jr. Our favorite part of this consistently entertaining show was watching 80-year-old McKinney--who also once met Langston Hughes, its author--tap his toes, silently sing along, and break into a smile during the solos by the Total Experience Gospel Choir. more ›

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We'd never seen the quotable George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House before; all we had to go on was the Intiman's postcard copy, which informed us that it is an "affectionate, Chekhovian portrait of England before the World War I." more ›

Intiman's first-ever Richard III opened last Friday. 25 actors pack onto the company's intimate stage for the scheming, slander, and swordplay of Shakespeare's morality play. It runs through July 15. Tickets are $27 - $46, but if you're under 25, prove it and they'll sell you a ticket for $10 for any performance. $20 rush tickets (if any) go on sale 15 minutes before curtain time. [Box Office: 206-269-1900.] more ›

Welcome to Intimania! The Intiman had its annual Gala last Saturday (more on that after the jump). On Sunday, Intiman's leadership, Bartlett Sher and Laura Penn, were in New York to collect Intiman's 2006 Regional Theater Tony. [Seattle Times, Seattle P-I] The Sher-directed Awake and Sing! took the Tony for best play revival. His Richard III opens at the Intiman this Friday. more ›