2024-04-21 Hardly Raining Dreampop duo Still Corners returned to The Crocodile on April 21, 2024. They were last in Seattle in 2022. The group included Tessa Murray (vocals, keys) and Greg Hughes (guitar, electronics), along with Jim Wallis (drums). Seattle was third stop on Still Corners’ month-long tour of the U.S., Mexico, and Europe. Their […]
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2024-04-20 Hardly Raining Seattle “dreamgaze” band somesurprises performed at the Tractor Tavern on April 20, 2024. The group included Natasha El-Sergany (vocals, guitar, keys), Josh Medina (guitar, synth), Laura Seniow (bass), Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy (drums), and special guest Lori Goldston (cello). The well-attended show celebrated the release of their LP, Perseids. In support of this album,
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2024-04-14 Hardly Raining Vocal supergroup säje — Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage — performed at the Edmonds Center for the Arts on April 14, 2024. The jazz-influenced group is notable for their tight harmonies, skillful arrangements, and catchy original compositions. The band included Dawn Clement (keys), Michael Glynn (bass), and Roberto
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2024.04.15 Hardly Raining Baltimore experimental electronic duo Matmos performed at Here-After on April 15, 2024. Matmos includes partners Martin Schmidt and Drew Daniel. The pair sampled unconventional musical instruments—a balloon, metal bowls, textured tile, pouring water, duck calls, a broken record—and constructed them into banging dance tunes. They used quadraphonic sound to provide each seat
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2024-04-06 Hardly Raining Portland rockers Sun Atoms headlined the fourth and final day of Seattle’s Seagaze Festival on April 6, 2024. Held at the Tractor Tavern across two weekends, Seagaze celebrated the Pacific Northwest shoegaze, post-punk, and psychedelic-rock genres. The festival began in 2016. Sun Atoms have performed in Seattle several times, most recently at
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2024-04-09 Hardly Raining Guitar master and composer John Scofield and his group played the Kirkland Performance Center on April 9, 2024. Joining Scofield were jazz talents Vicente Archer (bass) and Bill Stewart (drums). Their set included originals from their latest album, bebop standards, and a Bob Dylan cover. Scofield’s trio is playing three dates in
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2024-04-05 Hardly Raining Malian singer–songwriter Fatoumata Diawara performed at the Neptune Theatre on April 5, 2024. The show was part of the 2024 Spring Concert Series, presented by PDX Jazz. Diawara’s tour continues at Portland’s Revolution Hall on April 6. Gallery: Fatoumata Diawara
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2024-03-30 Hardly Raining Legendary avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson performed “Let X = X” at Benaroya Hall on March 30, 2024. Anderson incorporates electronics, spoken word, invented musical instruments, surreal video, and audience participation into a stunning multimedia experience. She played to an enthusiastic, nearly full house. The event was part of the 2024 Spring Concert
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2024-03-29 Hardly Raining San Diego garage-rockers The Schizophonics played an action-packed set Seattle’s Substation on March 29, 2024. The trio recently performed at Boise’s Treefort Festival, and their west-coast tour continues in Portland tonight. Opening were Seattle bands Shark Legs and The Checks. Gallery: The Schizophonics
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2024-03-22 Hardly Raining Portland alto-saxophonist and composer Owen Broder performed at the Royal Room on March 22, 2024. His multi-city quintet included Noah Simpson (trumpet), Carmen Staaf (piano), Emiliano Lasansky (bass), and John Sturino (drums). (Broder also played the Royal Room during the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival.) The group completes their three-stop west coast tour
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