2024-02-06 Hardly Raining Jeff Fielder (guitar, vocals), Barrett Martin (drums), and Joe Doria (organ, synth) played the Sea Monster Lounge on February 6, 2024. The Seattle supergroup performs together rarely, so this late show was a treat. Gallery
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2024.02.01 Hardly Raining NYC jazz group Civil Disobedience graced the new Seattle Jazz Fellowship space on February 1, 2024. Bandleader David Ambrosio (bass) was joined by Donny McCaslin (saxophones), Brandon Lee (trumpet), David Kikoski (piano), and the esteemed Victor Lewis (drums). Performing to an appreciative crowd, Civil Disobedience played two sets of late-1960s releases from
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2024-01-26 Hardly Raining The Seattle Jazz Fellowship (SJF) reopened its doors in a new Pioneer Square location on January 26, 2024. Founded in 2021, the nonprofit organization has operated “Fellowship Wednesday” concerts at Vermillion, the “Julian Speaks” community talk series at Langston (with legendary trombonist Julian Priester), a youth-focused jam session at the Seattle Drum
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2024-01-26 Hardly Raining The Freakout Weekender returns to Belltown on March 2-3, 2024. The two-day psychedelic mini-festival will feature 20 bands across four stages at The Crocodile building. Headliners include Ty Segall’s San Francisco hard-rock project Fuzz, Chicago indie-rock trio Dehd, Jamaican British vocalist Derv Gordon (of The Equals), Brazilian psych-pop group Boogerins, Los Angeles
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2024-01-21 Hardly Raining Seattle post-punk group Swamp Wife played the Cha Cha Lounge on January 21, 2024. The quartet formed less than a year ago, but has already released an eponymous EP and received some media attention. Opening was Seattle hardcore punk/hip-hop band The Bitter. Their set was notable for powerful social-justice lyrics and an
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2023-11-06 Hardly Raining Now in its eleventh year, the four-day Freakout Festival returned to Ballard on November 2-5, 2023. The psychedelic music event provided an anything-goes experience where you could try a new band or genre, mosh, crowd-surf, or (ahem) expand your mind. Bands appeared on eight indoor stages throughout the nightlife area of the
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2024-01-15 Hardly Raining Seattle’s 41st annual MLK Day March and Rally took place on Monday, January 15, 2024. The event was part of a multi-day celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., sponsored by the Seattle MLK Jr Coalition. This year’s theme was, “Dream: Unfinished.” View a gallery from the 2023 event
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2023-11-05 Hardly Raining Phoenix garage-rockers The Darts played an in-store show at Easy Street Records on November 5, 2023. Sharing the bill were Mexico City punk group Carrion Kids, and Seattle mainstays The Sinister Six. The visiting bands were in Seattle to play the 2023 Freakout Festival. See photos from The Darts at their 2022
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2024-01-05 Hardly Raining Seattle singer–songwriter Mt Fog, AKA Carolyn B (keys, vocals), returned to the Tractor Tavern, joined by Casey Rosebridge (bass, synth) and Andy Sells (drums). The trio performed mostly songs from their upcoming album, plus a few from the 2022 Spells of Silence. Mt Fog opened for Seattle folk-rock group The Cave Singers.
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2023-12-09 Hardly Raining The annual Tremolo Shoegaze Music Festival returned to Seattle on December 7-9, 2023. (Click here to view images from the 2022 festival.) Held at the historic Central Saloon in Pioneer Square, this year’s event featured 12 bands over three nights. The Saturday lineup included Helens (Portland), Valley Suns (Seattle), bloococoon (Seattle), and
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