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Grand Hallway packed the Tractor
9 Jan 2010grndhlwjan10hh.jpg Tomo Nakayama (and all of Grand Hallway for that matter) is a pleasure to watch perform. The eight piece orchestral indie-pop band played to a bursting Tractor Tavern,...
View ArticleThe Moondoggies and Magic Mtn at the Tractor Tavern
16 Jan 2010Magic Mtn, the newest project from Arthur & Yu frontman Grant Olsen, had their first ever show last night at the Tractor Tavern. Basically just Olsen with a backing band of the...
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AA Bondy and Fences at the Tractor Tavern
23 Jan 2010{Photos by Jason Tang in the TIG Flickr Photo Pool}I've been doin' the blogging thing for this here imaginary blog since around 2005, but living down in LA I don't get to see many (or any)...
View ArticleRecommended show: Evan Dando at the Tractor
I'm going to be honest with you: seeing Evan Dando is completely a crapshoot. The last time he graced our fair city with the Lemonheads last June, it was, well, sort of a heartbreaking disaster. But...
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See Me River play album release tonight, with Grand Archives and S. at the...
{See Me River photo by Kyle Johnson}Tonight is a three band deep jubilee of American self-expression as smart and intimate as a poem by Walt Whitman, and as big and overflowing with talent as a Seattle...
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Hey Marseilles celebrate vinyl release of debut with all ages show at Vera...
{Photo: Hot Avocados}I am a latecomer to the mesmerizing travelogues and swirling epiphanies of Hey Marseilles' musical majesties. Wayfarers to the bone, lead singer and guitar player Matthew Bishop,...
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"And this song goes out to all you beautiful American girls and boys..." -...
19 May 2010Eef Barzelay 5-14-10.jpgA cold, blustery, torrentially wet Wednesday night proved to be an ideal backdrop for a cozy night at the Tractor Tavern. The warmth in the air created by the large...
View ArticleRecommended shows: This Sunday & Monday at the Tractor {and we've got tickets...
Ready, steady, win! We've got twenty-four hours and some tickets to give away for two sweet shows at the Tractor.First up is the lovely, swoonworthy Mr. Gregory Alan Isakov, who you may have been...
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Tonight's recommended second-of-three: Matt Bishop at the Tractor
Dear Seattle: You do not want to miss Matt Bishop's set at the Tractor tonight. The end.If you were fortunate enough to see our favorite local seven-piece indie.orchestra-pop band's frontman go solo at...
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Tonight's recommended show: Pablo Trucker at the Tractor
I can guarantee you that tonight's show at the Tractor will be the best $6.00 you spend all week. Period.I make no bones about the fact that my inner sad bastard has had a love affair going with Pablo...
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Local psyche-rock snogs Japanese punk pop: The Purrs, Shonen Knife, The...
Gird your weary loins, as you have approximately one day after Bumbershoot 2010 to prepare for a multi-genre mini-festival at the Tractor. Shonen Knife is headlining, and after recently watching their...
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Earth album release show with Mount Eerie and Low Hums!
My favorite Earth era is 90's Earth: straight-ahead drone, somewhat melodic, altogether mesmerizing. I tend to not be the most generous music fan when bands I enjoy begin to incorporate elements and...
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THIS WILL BE THE BEST SHOW EVER: Jessica Lea Mayfield and Nathaniel Rateliff...
Upon opening the imaginary inbox to read the Tractor's calendar email yesterday afternoon, I almost had an accident. Right there at the desk. Because two of 2010's heavy-rotation best-of-list abounding...
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Recommended show + free tickets: Goldfinch at the Tractor {3/20}
Two things that are making Friday very extra Friday-y: A., This image is causing a full-frontal poster-gorgeousness coma. B., Goldfinch is playing the Tractor on Sunday night! Be excited. Be very, very...
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Jessica Lea Mayfield and Nathaniel Rateliff: a sold-out one-two punch show...
As is the case most every week in Seattle, our nights are filled with options upon options for amazing music to take in -- open mic nights, big theater shows, dirty little clubs, and everything...
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Recommended show + free tickets: Langhorne Slim at the Tractor
My love affair with Langhorne Slim began many years ago (sadly, 2005 is indeed 'many' at this point, definitely more than 'a few') in a tiny room at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City....
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Dave Alvin is headlining a benefit for the amazing Susie Tennant at the...
{Dave Alvin, Christy McWilson, Kasey Anderson, and Andrew McKeag are playing a benefit for Susie Tennant on Tuesday, October 11, at the Tractor Tavern.}Susie Tennant is an incredible lady, having...
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River Giant at The Tractor Tavern
7 Jul 2012 Music has always seemed to work in cycles: sounds and styles that were once being blasted through wood-paneled JBL L100's while teens gazed deeply into their black light posters fizzled out...
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Celebrate 15 years of Barsuk! {UPDATED!}
UPDATE:The lineup has been announced, and it's a doozy! The Long Winters performing When I Pretend to Fall, Nada Surf performing Let Go, Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter, Menomena -- plus tons of...
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Noise for the Needy 2014: the last goodbye
If you haven’t heard the news already, we hate to be the ones to break it to you. But here it goes – Noise for the Needy is ending. Not for the month or this year, like FOREVER. This Friday and...
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