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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
2023-11-14 Hardly Raining Pianists Mathis Picard and Jovino Santos Neto played a double bill at the Royal Room on November 14, 2023. The Mathis Picard Trio included Jonathan Pinson (drums) and Parker McAllister (bass). It was the last stop of their west-coast tour, which celebrated the release of the trio’s November 2023 album Heat of …
2023-11-16 Hardly Raining Los Angeles jazz act Lizzy & The Triggermen played a sold-out show at The Triple Door on November 16, 2023. Led by vocalist Lizzy Shapiro, the group included a ten-piece swing band and members of the vintage dance troupe The Atomic Cherry Bombs. Gallery: Lizzy & The Triggermen
2023-11-12 Hardly Raining Punk band The Linda Lindas held an in-store show and album signing at Easy Street Records on November 12, 2023. The group includes Bela Salazar (guitar, vocals), Eloise Wong (bass, vocals), Lucia de la Garza (guitar, vocals), and Mila de la Garza (drums, vocals). The Linda Lindas rose to fame in 2021 …
2023-11-09 Hardly Raining Acclaimed pianist and composer Brad Mehldau played the Neptune Theatre on November 9, 2023. His trio included Larry Grenadier (bass) and Jeff Ballard (drums). It was Mehldau’s first time back in Seattle since the pandemic. Fingers flying, Mehldau showcased his trademark chromaticism, contrapuntal improvisation, and odd-meter mastery. Ballard added clever, minimalistic drum …
2023-11-01 Hardly Raining Seattle’s beloved Freakout Festival XI returns to Ballard November 2-5, 2023. The four-day event emphasizes live psychedelic music and DJ sets. Mad Alchemy Analog Liquid Light Show will again provide trippy live projections. This year’s headliners include Allah Las, The Gories, The Spits, Son Rompe Pera, Sextile, and Jonathan Bree. Many Seattle …
2023-10-10 Hardly Raining British shoegaze pioneers Slowdive played Showbox SoDo on October 10, 2023. More than three decades after their debut, the group continues to enchant with layers of jangly guitar, plodding drums, dreamy vocals, and devastating emotional swells. Personnel include Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar), Rachel Goswell (vocals, keys), Christian Savill (guitar), Simon Scott (drums, …
