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Ten years, almost to the day. 9 years, 353 days. Last Friday night, Emery kicked off the West Coast side of their ‘The Weak’s End’ 10th Anniversary tour at El Corazon. With Peace Mercutio and The Classic Crime representing Seattle and Long Beach’s This Wild Life in tow, the second half of the tour was […]

I don’t dance. Not even in the “sway with the music” sense. When I made it to Seattle’s hallowed Neptune Theater for Peace, St. Lucia, and Two Door Cinema Club, I had less than no idea what I was getting into. This was my first time at the Neptune, though I’d heard about it and […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) Last Tuesday, Reggie And The Full Effect swung through The Vera Project on the ‘No Country For Old Musicians’ tour, pushing the newish 2013 record of the same name. With Buffalo NY band Pentimento and NJ duet […]

On June 1st (June already?!), Los Angeles rapper/spoken word artist Propaganda (@prophiphop) brought his album release tour to Seattle’s Vera Project. Only a month out from sleeper hit Crimson Cord, Prop had tour support through Humble Beast labelmates JGivens and Beautiful Eulogy, and Collision artist Swoope, who couldn’t make the Seattle date. It was a night of Humble […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) On April 1st, Michigan’s La Dispute led their headlining tour through Seattle for a sold out show at El Corazon. With Baltimore band Pianos Become The Teeth and Seattle’s own duet Mansions as support, the key venue was […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) Early last week, Scranton quartet The Menzingers brought their headlining Rented World Tour to Seattle’s El Corazon to push the new album of the same title. Supported by Philly band Cayetana, Buffalo trio Lemuria, and Toronto punk hotshots Pup on this national trip, Rented […]

A big part of the reason I love writing for RCA is exploring all sorts of cool venues and artists in places I wouldn’t normally visit, and Saturday night at The Sunset Tavern was the latest in a string of great local adventures. I’d never been to The Sunset Tavern (or most of Ballard) before, […]

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of going to my second electronic show, for Seattle duo Odesza and massive Colorado artist Pretty Lights at the Showare Center in Kent. Pretty Lights’ current West coast run sees him headlining a string of arenas, with names like Tycho, Emancipator, Gramatik, and of course, Odesza, offering touring support […]

Instead of Seattle music’s biggest night at the Showbox last Friday, I made the trek to see Switchfoot at Wild Waves, a band I’ve had a love/somewhat dislike relationship with for years. With ‘Hello Hurricane’ (2010) and ‘Vice Verses’ (2011) out long enough now for me to really soak in, it’s turned more into love, […]

(For the full article featuring pictures from RCA photographer and founder Kelly Mason, head to Rain City Ambience!) I should first note that last Tuesday’s House Party Tour at WaMu Theater was without a doubt the largest rock show I’ve ever been to, festivals and -paloozas aside. This was also the most I’ve ever intentionally listened […]