Staff Picks
From a Seattle rock legend’s film premiere to the hottest ticket in jazz and the leaders of an indie rock renaissance, these are 12 highlights from the upcoming music and concert calendar.
The Brudi Brothers
This Friday, Seattle Americana breakouts The Brudi Brothers will release their first project since catching viral fame with their cowboycore-skewering “Me More Cowboy Than You” and signing with indie label Mom + Pop. On their five-song “Dark and Stormy” EP, the trio’s out-of-time folk-country whistles and sings from Ballard docks to wide-open Western skies filled with constellations. After a free in-store performance at Easy Street Records (April 16), the buzzworthy Brudis play a sold-out show at Vashon Theatre (April 18).
7 p.m. April 16; Easy Street Records, 4559 California Ave. S.W., Seattle; free; easystreetonline.com
6 p.m. April 18; Vashon Theatre, 17723 Vashon Highway S.W., Vashon Island; sold-out; vashontheatre.com
Wednesday
Led by singer-songwriter Karly Hartzman, this critically acclaimed North Carolina band has helped spearhead a Southern-charmed indie rock revolution, marrying twangy guitars with sublime shoegaze, slacker rock and chunky, sludged-out grooves that could dig a crater into the Appalachian Mountains. With Gouge Away.
8 p.m. April 23; Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $40.50; stgpresents.org
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman
Speaking of indie rock’s Southern renaissance, this co-headlining tour pairs two of its brightest luminaries in Waxahatchee — the nom de plume of Katie Crutchfield — and slacker-rock standout MJ Lenderman, the Wednesday guitarist who recently stopped touring with the band following his romantic split with Hartzman. Waxahatchee is still sailing on 2024’s Grammy-winning “Tigers Blood,” which featured Lenderman on guitar and occasional vocals, including the exquisite harmonies on the banjo-plucking single “Right Back to It.” Brennan Wedl opens.
7:30 p.m. May 3; Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle; sold-out; stgpresents.org
Queens of the Stone Age
The desert rock greats added five West Coast dates to their limited-run Catacombs Tour, inspired by a spookily intimate concert the band shot in 2024 with a string ensemble in the Catacombs of Paris. Main man Josh Homme, who started Queens of the Stone Age during a brief Seattle stint in the ‘90s, and his crew “promise to twist the volume knob in both directions” while reimagining songs from their catalog. Libby Grace opens this hotly tipped underplay, which quickly sold out.
7:30 p.m. April 29; Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle; sold-out, stgpresents.org
Ann Wilson’s ‘In My Voice’
Last seen slaying Climate Pledge Arena with Heart in November, Seattle rock hero Ann Wilson comes home to premiere her documentary, “In My Voice,” with a screening and live Q&A session where Wilson and director Barbara Hall will take audience questions. The film chronicles Wilson’s journey from childhood through Heart’s rise to fame.
8 p.m. May 11; Neptune Theatre, 1303 N.E. 45th St., Seattle; $38; stgpresents.org
Pat Metheny
Quite possibly the hottest ticket in jazz, guitar virtuoso Pat Metheny returns to Seattle for an eight-show run at Jazz Alley. This year, Metheny released his first studio album with his evolving Side-Eye band, a project designed to surround the jazz fusion heavyweight with younger musicians he admires. The ruminative “Side-Eye III+” was produced by Metheny’s longtime collaborator, bassist and University of Washington Jazz Studies faculty Steve Rodby.
7:30 and 9:30 p.m. April 23-26; Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $138; jazzalley.com
The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus are calling it quits after pushing the boundaries of jazz for 25 years. Founded as a piano trio, the group achieved early success with feather-ruffling jazz renditions of rock and pop hits (including Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”), once considered taboo. The avant-gardists have continued to evolve since pianist and co-founder Ethan Iverson left at the end of 2017, eventually welcoming Ben Monder (guitar) and the Seattle-raised Chris Speed (sax/clarinet) ahead of their last two albums. Before kicking off The Bad Plus’ farewell tour in Seattle on April 21, Speed will lead his Yeah No group (featuring Seattle pals Cuong Vu and Jim Black) in a rare hometown date at Baba Yaga on April 15.
7:30 p.m. April 21-22; Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $41; jazzalley.com
Telehealth
This Seattle band leveled up on its sophomore album, “Green World Image,” its first with hometown label Sub Pop. Taking more of a full-band approach compared with its pandemic-conceived debut, Telehealth combines synth-charged post-punk and new wave with satirical and lol-inducing takes on our doomscrolling times — a refreshingly original and distinctly modern-Seattle band helping define the current scene. Local shoegazers Coral Grief and Buddy Wynkopp open this “Green World Image” release show.
7 p.m. May 14; Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., Seattle; 21-and-older; $25.37; neumos.com
Grace Ives
Following a New York-to-Los Angeles move and decision to stop drinking, rising alt-pop singer-songwriter Grace Ives came into full bloom on last month’s resplendent “Girlfriend.” With whispery, gold-dusted vocals, Ives’ third full-length takes a candid, sophisticated leap from her bedroom-y synth-pop beginnings and sticks the landing with assists from producers Ariel Rechtshaid and John DeBold.
5 p.m. May 1; Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., Seattle; $36.97; neumos.com
Rick Ross
Perpetually hustling Florida rapper Rick Ross is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album in style, performing “Port of Miami” in full with orchestras across the country, including this date with Seattle Symphony. With “Port of Miami,” the Maybach Music boss combined gangster rap lyricism with gleaming, booming production that carried crossover appeal — hooky, party-ready anthems for chartered yacht cruises.
7:30 p.m. May 6; Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; tickets start at $105; seattlesymphony.org
Sunn O)))
For the first time in their career, Seattle-formed drone metal titans Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson of Sunn O))) eschewed outside musicians for their 10th studio album, released this month through Sub Pop. Recording at Woodinville’s Bear Creek Studio entirely as a duo hardly scaled down their colossal sound: an earthen dirge of harnessed feedback and distortion as thick as a Cascade forest.
8 p.m. April 24; Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle; $56.34; showboxpresents.com
Northwest Terror Fest VIII
Seattle’s extreme metal fest returns with another bulldozing lineup led by progressive sludge lords Kylesa, Finnish psychedelic black metal vets Oranssi Pazuzu and cult-hero grindcore band Pig Destroyer, performing “Prowler in the Yard.” But perhaps the biggest treat for PNW metalheads is the addition of Seattle thrashers Black Breath, playing a rare reunion set following the 2019 death of bassist Elijah Nelson.
4 p.m. May 7-9; Neumos and Barboza, 925 E. Pike St., Seattle; 21-and-older; northwestterrorfest.com
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