2025-01-20 Hardly Raining Seattle’s 42nd annual MLK Day March and Rally took place on January 20, 2025. In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Seattle MLK Jr. Organizing Coalition held several days of community events leading up to the holiday. This year’s theme was, “We Rise Against Project 2025.” The march began at […]
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2025-01-18 Hardly Raining The Seattle People’s March protested the agenda of the incoming Presidential administration. This event was part of a nationwide day of unity and feminist political action ahead of Monday’s inauguration. After rallying in Cal Anderson Park, thousands of protesters marched two miles through downtown to Seattle Center. Gallery: Seattle People’s March
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2025-01-09 Hardly Raining Seattle gothic band Society of the Silver Cross played the Tractor Tavern on January 9, 2025. A dark and meditative blend of eastern and western influences, their sound transcends boundaries of folk, ambient, and even shoegaze. The group is fronted by a couple, guitarist–vocalist Joe Reineke (Alien Crime Syndicate, The Meices) and keyboardist–vocalist Karyn
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2024-12-17 Hardly Raining World downtempo group Thievery Corporation returned to the Showbox Market for three nights. (Read about their 2021 show here.) After a show in Sacramento tonight, they will be back on tour starting in February 2025. The band included founding member Rob Garza (production, guitar), Rob Myers (guitar, sitar), Frank Orrall (percussion, vocals), Jeff
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2024-12-14 Hardly Raining Seattle’s Tremolo Shoegaze Music Festival returned on December 12-14, 2024. Held at the Central Saloon in Pioneer Square, the festival featured 14 bands over three nights. The lineup included shoegaze, darkwave, psychedelic, and electronic acts, primarily from greater Seattle. Lightgazr provided psychedelic visuals. Click for this year’s official playlist. See Hardly Raining‘s
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2024-11-23 Hardly Raining Seattle supergroup Stargazr played their first-ever show at The Rabbit Box on November 23, 2024. The “celestial soft grunge” band includes Leeni Ramadan (vocals, guitar) of Prom Queen, Billie Bloom (vocals, singing saw) of Von Wildenhaus, Natasha El-Sergany (guitar) of somesurprises, Bree McKenna (bass) of Tacocat, Aimee Zoe (drums) of Loose Wing,
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2024-11-10 Hardly Raining Freakout Festival XII returned to Seattle November 7-10, 2024. The four-day psychedelic music festival took place across eight venues, featuring over 100 bands. Previously contained within Ballard—Tractor Tavern, Sunset Tavern, Ballard Smoke Shop, Conor Byrne, and two rooms at the Salmon Bay Eagles Club—this year’s event added the High Dive and Nectar
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2024-11-06 Hardly Raining The annual Freakout Festival returns November 7-10 at seven venues throughout Ballard and Fremont. Tickets are still available. Click for Hardly Raining‘s previous coverage of Freakout events.
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2024-09-14 Hardly Raining Seattle “folktronica” trio Mt Fog celebrated their album release at the Tractor on September 14, 2024. Ultraviolet Heart Machine is available on Bandcamp tomorrow. Mt Fog will also play shows in Portland on September 20, and in Tacoma on September 21. Opening were Seattle “dreamgaze” band somesurprises, and contemplative singer–songwriter Tiny Vipers
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2024-08-25 Hardly Raining The annual Wiener Dog and Wannabe Races returned to Emerald Downs on August 25, 2024. See coverage of the 2021 event here. The Wiener Wannabe champion was “Ice Ice Lady” (trained by Trevor Schneider of Seattle), who defeated “Arlo the Long Boi” (trained by Jamie Jensen of Auburn) in a photo finish.
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