In case you missed Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs AND Johnny and the Moon the first couple times around, you still have one more shot at some Wolf Parade-offshoot fun: next Wednesday, October 24’s Sunset Rubdown show at the Croc. Fronted by Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown is currently touring in support of their new album Random Spirit Lover. Fellow Wolf Parader Dante DeCaro’s band Johnny and the Moon, as well as Magic Weapon, will be opening.
Thursday, October 25 brings the debut Comet performance of up-and-coming Seattle indie-popsters The Birthdays. Now, I can’t claim any objectivity here, as they are my friends/housemates, but I will direct you to Three Imaginary Girls’ glowing endorsement of them. Now that an unbiased third-party has jumped on the Birthdays hype train, let the shameless promoting begin! Seriously though, it should be a fun show, replete with sugar-sweet melodies, wailing harmonicas, piano jams, maybe a Talking Heads cover thrown in for good measure. I promise they’ll jowl your socks off.
Avant-folk troubadour/harp goddess Joanna Newsom will grace Benaroya Hall backed by a 29-piece orchestra on October 29, the third stop on her U.S. orchestral tour, which kicks off Sunday in Milwaukee. That’s third of only five shows, mind you, so this is not to be missed.
Halloween night, in between giving candy to trick-or-treaters and getting wasted with your costumed friends, you should find some time to catch Canadian instrumental rockers Do Make Say Think at the Crocodile. It’s sure to be an amazing show, with the added bonus of potential Halloween-related weirdness. Hopefully I won’t be the only one wearing a costume. That’s October 31, for the date-challenged.
