By
Christian Nelson
June 27, 2007
Thursday, June 28
8 p.m., Neumos – Apple Jam: Seattle rockers play the solo hits of The Beatles, with special guest Alan White, "legendary" drummer for Yes, John Lennon and George Harrison. 21+. $10.
Friday, June 29
9 p.m., Crocodile Café – Handful of Luvin', Forgotten Sol and Slacktide Soul. 21+. $10 adv, $12 dos.
Saturday, June 30
9:30 p.m., The Funhouse – Thee Emergency, The Hands and Shim. 21+. $6.
Sunday, July 1
9 p.m., Tractor Tavern – Trainwreck, an L.A.-based six-man band featuring Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, with KPOP & The Coalition of the Willing. 21+. $10 adv, $12 dos.
Tuesday, July 3
8 p.m., Neumos – The Album Leaf, with Under Byen and special guests. 21+. $12.
Show of the Week
TODAY:
End of the School Year/Summer Kickoff Bash
The Old Redmond Firehouse in Redmond, Wash.
3–10 p.m. (Day show is free, night show is $5)
Come kick off the summer and hail in 4th of July with an all-day rock extravaganza. A free barbeque/acoustic show will set the stage for the day, featuring Whitney Ballen and Dear City. Be sure to participate in the water ballooning and pool tournaments and enjoy the fortune tellers and clowns. An all-ages show, starting at 6 p.m., will feature Shotty, Novelty Hill and The Tabs. Fireworks and a barbeque will finish up the night. Wear your summer clothes and rainbow patterns, and be prepared to get your eardrums blown out.
There's still time to prepare for summer's loud blare.
This week, summertime finally gets into full swing, starting with tonight's Fall Out Boy show at the Tacoma Dome.
The equivalent of a blockbuster popcorn flick, the concert also includes performances by (+44) (one of Blink-182's splinter groups), The Academy Is..., Paul Wall, and Cobra Starship, whose song "Bring It" appeared on last summer's Snakes on a Plane soundtrack. The question is, can they bring anything else? (Tonight, 6 p.m., $35)
Over at Neumos, you can take a ride on the "S" express with Flowmotion, "a self-proclaimed World Funk Blender" that is perhaps a bit too sunny and smooth for some, but inarguably quite skilled, having honed its chops on the road 120 days per year since 1999.
With a solo acoustic performance by reggae maestro Clinton Fearon and up-and-coming experimental jazz group Das Vibenbass, this show is guaranteed to be the safest bet to start the summer off right. (Friday, June 29, doors at 8 p.m., 21+, $12).
If you're desperate to get outside without going very far, then check out Chop Suey's first Sunday Summer BBQ of the season, with performances by With Friends Like These, Feral Children and The Love Lights.
Comprised of a trio of local music vets, With Friends Like These delivers solid, albeit standard-issue, agresso-deppressive indie rock. Feral Children, on the other hand, is a bit more daring.
It can perhaps be forgiven for occasionally sounding like a genetic experiment gone bad, tapping not so much from the veins of Animal Collective and Modest Mouse as from the members colons.
Expect bigger and better smelling things from them if they stick around long enough to solidify their own sound (Sunday, July 1, doors at 3 p.m., 21+, $5).
And what would a perfectly sunny day be without a tinge of melancholy? The Divorce, after nearly seven years on the scene, is, as was perhaps all too inevitable, disbanding.
The final chance to catch its upbeat indie rock live, complete with crunchy guitar riffs and jagged rhythms, will be Saturday at The Crocodile Café.
At 4 p.m. there will be an all-ages performance with Sirens Sister and Crosstide, followed by a 21+ disengagement, also with Crosstide as well as With Friends Like These. Both shows are $12.
If you want to see a lot more than just fireworks this Fourth of July, be sure to get your tickets to Willie Nelson and Family at the Columbia River Gorge, with opening performances by Son Volt, Old 97's, Drive By Truckers and Amos Lee (4 p.m., $35-$79).
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