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Say Goodbye to Wall of Sound
Through July 31
Over the last 36 years, Wall of Sound has been one of Seattle’s greatest music retailers for people whose tastes migrate far below the mainstream. Tragically, due to an exorbitant rent increase and declining sales, the store’s two ultra-knowledgeable owners, Jeffery Taylor and Michael Ohlenroth, cannot continue to do business at their small 12th Avenue and Pike shop. The duo’s curation has been excellent and eclectic, presenting the cream of various international musics, ambient, jazz, rock, techno, experimental, library, funk, and other styles. It would behoove music lovers to pay their final visits and make their last purchases before Wall of Sound closes in late July. Personally, I’ve spent thousands of dollars at WOS over the last 24 years and consider myself fortunate to call Taylor and Ohlenroth friends. As many in the region can attest, they’ve improved our minds with their selections and warmed our hearts with their kindness and good humor. Rest in power, Wall of Sound. (Wall of Sound, 11 am–7 pm daily, noon–6 pm Sundays, through July) DAVE SEGAL
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
July 7
I respect a music project that’s a whole thing. A costume, a plan, a concept. Even if it doesn’t quite work, I prefer to live in a timeline where people make the effort at all. And when it’s great? Buenos Aires duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso spent years honing their craft (and well-developed sense of irony) before their 2024 album, Baño María, and a viral Tiny Desk concert introduced their music (and lewks) to a much wider audience. Since then they’ve switched hair colors, adopted a deadpan wellness aesthetic, released the EP and short film Papota (2025), which earned them several Latin Grammys, followed by the full-length Free Spirits this year. The music is a blender of trap, jazz fusion, funk, club, and pop; their performances are theatrical, often with live-band arrangements, abrupt tonal pivots, and swaggy/absurdist choreography. (Paramount Theatre, 8 pm, all ages) EMILY NOKES
Amy Denio
July 11
Educated out East (and in Colorado, if that counts) but a Seattle fixture for decades now, Amy Denio’s never been rich, never been famous, and has taken more than her share of brickbats (a snarky program director called her “toneless”). But she’s stayed the course and maintained her creative bent while gathering accolades in the underground. She sings, plays a small orchestra’s worth of string instruments, plays woodwinds, French horn, and occasionally balloons—basically, anything she thinks might yield revelation. She’s run her own record label for 40 years. She speaks several languages, including Italian; she once took an artistic fellowship in a 15th-century Italian castle. The Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame inducted her in 2015. For a performance at Broadview Library, she’ll bring her accordion, guitar, and bass. One can never tell which directions she’ll take—and who knows if there will be any balloons—but her sound should contrast with the expected quietude of a library. (Broadview Library, 3:30 pm, free) ANDREW HAMLIN
Sincere Engineer, Ways Away, Smug LLC
July 13
If you like fast-paced, pop-punk-tinged rock songs about fucking up, falling in love, and/or finding joy in watching your enemies suffer, then you may already be in love with Chicago’s Sincere Engineer. The Hopeless Records act, led by vocalist/guitarist Deanna Belos, has an anthem for every major life milestone. Feeling like a failure and spiraling? “Trust Me.” Didn’t get into the dentistry school that you didn’t want to go to anyway? “Overbite.” “Fireplace” is for when you hate someone so much you relish the thought of them getting kidnapped by a serial killer; “Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7” is for those nights when you’re brokenhearted and nursing a late-night corn-dog-induced tummy ache; and “Twist My Tongue,” from the band’s new record, Probable Claws, captures the frustration of not thinking of a decent comeback when stuck in an argument with an idiot. Too real. The lyrics are so relatable that when Sincere Engineer played at Madame Lou’s in 2024, every song turned into big, emotive sing-alongs. Grab Probable Claws and learn the words ASAP so you don’t miss a moment of therapeutic bonding. (Vera Project, 6:30 pm, all ages) MEGAN SELING
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
July 14–15
Recording for the revered Colemine Records, Seattle’s Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio have been revivifying soul jazz and old-school funk since their scorching 2017 debut single, “Concussion”/“Memphis.” Leader and Hammond B-3 sorcerer Delvon Lamarr has had a rotating cast of amazing players filling the group’s drum seat and guitar slots, including Champagne Bubblebath titans Grant Schroff and Jimmy James. Sure, the indelible, galvanizing grooves and soul-stirring melodies DLO3 generate have roots in Jimmy Smith, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, and the Meters’ output from 55 to 60 years ago, but this music is ageless and should appeal to all. And it rocks hard, too. Check out “Between the Mayo and the Mustard” from their 2018 debut album, Close but No Cigar. And they’ve just dropped a slashing new funk joint, “Chicken Leg,” that continues their winning streak. (Jazz Alley, 7:30 pm, all ages) DAVE SEGAL
Hilary Duff, La Roux, Jade LeMac
July 15
There is a common arc of teen idols becoming successful through the Disney machine, then spending the rest of their lives distancing themselves from it. But something really powerful happens when a teen idol embraces their past, e.g., Aly & AJ recording an explicit version of “Potential Breakup Song” in 2020, Mandy Moore performing “Candy” live in 2022, Miley Cyrus releasing a new Hannah Montana song in 2026, and, now, Hilary Duff touring the country singing early-aughts anthems like “What Dreams Are Made Of” and “Come Clean.” This reclamation of their often cringy past reminds us that we all have permission to revisit our younger selves with sweetness, not judgment. I will be one of thousands of millennials unabashedly singing along with Duff on the lucky me (lowercase stylization hers) tour, celebrating a past version of myself who believed that I, too, could go on an eighth-grade trip to Rome and be mistaken for an international pop star à la The Lizzie McGuire Movie. “Bulletproof” singer La Roux and Canadian singer-songwriter Jade LeMac will open. (White River Amphitheatre, 7 pm, all ages) AUDREY VANN
Alice Bag, Someone’s Daughter
July 17
It was from the glittering ashes of male-centric glam rock that one of LA’s first punk bands emerged. As a music-obsessed teenager who was convinced she’d one day marry Elton John (this is the bi experience, people), Alice Bag met Patricia Morrison (Legal Weapon, the Gun Club) while waiting in line to see John guest star on Cher’s variety show. Later, when the two unsuccessfully auditioned for a post-Runaways Kim Fowley project, they scouted the fellow audition rejects. And this was the start of the Bags, a group of paper-bag-masked teenagers making angry, chaotic music. Although the Bags only released one single during their three-year stint, the band’s freewheeling ethos lives on through Alice’s solo music, collaborative projects, memoirs, advocacy, and appearance in Penelope Spheeris’s seminal punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization (as the Alice Bag Band). She will return to Seattle to play songs from her 2020 album Sister Dynamite, after an opening set from Seattle-based punk band Someone’s Daughter. (Black Lodge, 7 pm, all ages) AUDREY VANN
Deep Sea Diver, Nation of Language
July 18
Nation of Language’s “Weak in Your Light” is my all-the-time song. On Sunday mornings. In the car. While I’m working. It fits every mood because it manages to be moody, vibey, almost melancholy, while also being absolutely danceable. Their newest album, Dance Called Memory, threads that same needle, and getting to hear them on a summer evening in Remlinger Farms couldn’t be more perfect. Joining them at the farm is Sub Pop labelmate Deep Sea Diver. So if you missed their homecoming show with Coral Grief at the Paramount, now’s the time to make it up. (Remlinger Farms, 6 pm, all ages) HANNAH MURPHY WINTER
The Lostines, Kinsey Lee, Sequoia
July 19
With her former band, the Wild Reeds, Kinsey Lee and Co. released three albums of harmony-filled, emotionally raw indie folk that led them to tour with Lord Huron and Shakey Graves, along with gigs on NPR’s Tiny Desk and KEXP studio sessions. When the band stopped touring at the end of 2019, Lee pursued a career as a flight attendant until she felt the urge to make music again. Her debut solo album, Cold Cuts, is the first thing she’s made and produced entirely on her own. The album is an amalgamation of Lee’s personal experiences: dissociating on airplanes, working in her family’s Italian deli, connecting her ancestry, soundtracking New Orleans hangouts, and finding slices of home at Italian community centers while living between LA, Seattle, and New Orleans. Sonically, I hear glimmers of Jenny Lewis, Sharon Van Etten, and Julia Jacklin. Like the aforementioned indie queens, Lee finds the perfect balance between authentic emotion and pop gloss. She will support the album alongside alt-country duo the Lostlines (also celebrating their new album, Meet the Lostines) and Virginia singer-songwriter Sequoia. (Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+) AUDREY VANN
Snõõper, Happy Death Men, Miscomings
July 21
Every time I go to see Nashville garage-punk band Snõõper live, the next handful of shows I attend are ruined. At the least, they feel incomplete. What do you mean your band doesn’t have props? That stage suddenly looks kinda empty without CRT monitors stacked one on top of the other, flashing strobe lights and playing CCTV footage of the crowd back at themselves. The bar is raised for everyone. Why aren’t your homemade puppets crowd-surfing? If the tempo doesn’t fall within the range of frenetic to blistering, then it won’t compare to a Snõõper show. Happy Death Men and Miscomings open. (Baba Yaga, 7 pm, 21+) DYLAN BUECHE
Charlie Porter Quintet
July 21
Can you afford to miss this? Trumpeter Charlie Porter brings to sonic life the themes of key science fiction films launched primarily during the generation designated as X. In Porter’s program, we find interpretations of the scores for Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Alien, Star Wars, and Dune. Can you feel that? Going back to the time when the future had a chance, to the time when it knew exactly where we would end up if we didn’t radically change course. Today, we are experiencing an environmental catastrophe that matches (if not surpasses) that which was visualized by Blade Runner. As for The Terminator, AI is actually here, in this world, and we are finding ourselves more and more powerless to resist its growing domination of every aspect of human (and, as a consequence, all) life. In the 1980s, we sat in the dark theaters and received these important transmissions from a future that was right around the corner and, it seems, we did nothing. And this is Generation X’s shame. But we still have the music from a period that warned us to “wake up” before it’s “time to die.” (Royal Room, 7:30 pm, all ages until 10 pm) CHARLES MUDEDE
Colleen Green, Mini Blinds, Faerie Born
July 22
Colleen Green, looks kinda mean, used to play guitar with a drum machine. This summer she’s performing her album Cool with a full band and all-time lineup, giving the record the party it never got back in 2021. Released by Hardly Art, Cool is the perfect dose of her sharp, lo-fi instrumentals and irreverent songwriting. Come early to see beloved and feared Seattle legends Faerie Born—who describe themselves as Illyrian indie, pop ACOTAR, faewave, and House of Wind house—play songs inspired by the wildly popular romantasy series A Court of Thorns and Roses. (Clock-Out Lounge, 8 pm, 21+) DYLAN BUECHE
Kim Gordon
July 25
The punk icon and eternal kool thing, best known for her time in Sonic Youth, will stop by Seattle to support her third solo album, PLAY ME. Taking inspiration from “the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the AI-fueled chill-vibes flattening of culture,” Gordon raps through crunchy beats and hip-hop samples with her signature unbothered affect. It kind of sounds like an album that Beck would have released in the ’90s, but admittedly, a lot cooler. Sigh, I’m still praying that Free Kitten—Gordon’s project with Pussy Galore’s Julia Cafritz—will re-form one of these days. (Neptune Theatre, 8 pm, all ages) AUDREY VANN
Black Moth Super Rainbow, Giant Day
July 27
Since 2003, Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow have been creating some of the finest honey-glazed, weird-dream soundtracks in the USA. If you like rock music that sounds as if it’s being filtered through clouds of DMT haze and sung by a wonderstruck waif, BMSR will set your wheelhouse on fire. Back in 2009 in these pages, I wrote, “BMSR’s songs are concise and hooky, but peculiarly out of focus, smeared into a hazier dimension via technology—and a creator—that seems imbued with an otherworldly spirit.” Led by a singular presence named Tobacco, BMSR write uniquely warped and catchy songs—some unbelievably tender, some grotesquely sinister, some absurdly ebullient. Their newest LP, 2025’s aptly titled Soft New Magic Dream, doesn’t disorient like their first three albums did (“Tastebud” is an exception), but it still casts an oneiric spell. (Showbox, 8 pm, all ages) DAVE SEGAL
of Montreal, Sloppy Jane
July 28
I’ve seen of Montreal live three times, and this month, I won’t miss the chance to do it again. The first time I saw them was a whole 20 years ago at Bumbershoot 2006, where Kevin Barnes was surely part of my journey to figuring out just how queer I am. Then again in 2010, when the band was collaborating closely with Janelle Monáe, and they were small enough that they were touring as of Montreal’s opener. And the third time was in 2018 at the Knockdown Center in Bushwick, where someone in a Spiderman costume crowdsurfed and twerked while standing on people’s hands (remember pre-2020?). And my fourth will be at Neumos. Their new album, aethermead, brings it back to their early-2000s era, before any of us knew what a President DJT was, so it’s a perfect time to pack into a club and twerk while standing on people’s hands. This year of our lord 2026 needs more of Montreal. (Neumos, 7 pm, 21+) HANNAH MURPHY WINTER
Marcos Valle, Fabiano do Nascimento
July 30
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, Marcos Valle is one of those rare musicians who’s remained artistically and physically vital into his 80s. The Brazilian legend popularized bossa nova in the ’60s and then expanded his repertoire to embrace samba, rock, soul, funk, and jazz, making him a towering figure of MPB (Música Popular Brasileira). He’s a suave synthesist of styles, bringing a lovely lightness and danceability to his sophisticated compositions. And unlike with most aging musicians, Valle’s later albums have maintained lofty quality control; check out 2024’s lusciously groovy Túnel Acústico for proof. His last Seattle show a couple of years ago proved that this octogenarian still has energy and creativity to burn. (Neptune Theatre, 8 pm, all ages) DAVE SEGAL
More
The Revivalists, True Loves July 1, Woodland Park Zoo, 4:30 pm, all ages
Bonita Fishwife, Glutz, Pink Moss July 1, Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
Deck’d Out #3: DJ Said, Costa Showcase July 2, Monkey Loft, 7 pm, 21+
5 Seconds of Summer July 2, Climate Pledge, 8 pm, all ages
Noches de Rock en Español: Emi Pop, Albina, CcStencil July 3, Baba Yaga, 8 pm, 21+
Kurt Vile and the Violators July 3, 5th Avenue Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Yaeji July 3, Substation, 9 pm, 21+
Wolfmother July 5, Showbox, 8 pm, 21+
EMM x TeZATalks July 6, Hidden Hall, 7 pm, 21+
Seattle Chamber Music Society 2026 Summer Festival July 7–26, multiple locations, times vary,
all ages
Lady A July 8, Jimi Hendrix Park, 6:30 pm, free, all ages
Infinity Song July 9, Westlake Park, 6 pm, free, all ages
Beautiful Freaks, Apocalipsticks, Torch July 9, Add-a-Ball, 8 pm, 21+
Wimps, Love in Hell, DJ Martin Douglas July 9, Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
Eric Howk, Daggerhands, Grant Steele July 10, Add-a-Ball, 9 pm, 21+
Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors July 10, Marymoor Park, 6 pm, all ages
Souls of Mischief July 10, Crocodile, 6 pm, 21+
Modest Mouse, Pinback July 10–11, 5th Ave Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
The Head and the Heart July 10–11, Remlinger Farms, 6 pm, all ages
Ballard Music and Seafood Fest: Built to Spill, Nite Wave, Low Cut Connie, and More July 10-12, Ballard Ave, times vary, all ages
Tutti Flutti Flute Ensemble July 11, Ballard Locks, 2 pm, all ages
Zookraught, Buddy Wynkoop, Edging, Toxic Tears July 11, Baba Yaga, 9 pm, 21+
Art Gecko, Russian Blue, Velvet Heartbreak July 11, Neumos, 5 pm, 21+
Lucero, Thomas Dollbaum July 11, Showbox, 8 pm, 21+
Fiddlehead, Narrow Head, Knumears, Destiny Bond July 14, Washington Hall, 7:30 pm, all ages
Save Ferris: It Means Everything July 14, Jazzbones (Tacoma), 7 pm, 21+
Streetlight Manifesto, AJJ July 15, Showbox SoDo, 8 pm, all ages
Jonny’s Day Out, Exiter, Youth Do Choir July 15, Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
Marshall Law Band July 15, Railroad Way North, 4 pm, all ages
Young-Chhaylee, Erin Parkes, Ben Dyleuth July 16, Sunset Tavern, 7:30 pm, 21+
Fremont Fridays: Moviola July 17, LTD Bar & Grill, 5 pm, 21+
Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, Illuminati Hotties July 18, WAMU Theater, 7 pm, all ages
X Suns, A Collective Subconscious, UUKWUUK July 18, Sunset Tavern, 9 pm, 21+
Califone, Melanie Radford July 18, Substation, 7 pm, 21+
Chance Peña, Hans Williams July 20, Moore Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Kalia Vandever July 21, Vera Project, 7 pm, all ages
Maren Morris July 23, Woodland Park Zoo, 4:30 pm, all ages
John Craigie July 23, Westlake Park, 4 pm, all ages
Black Milk July 23, Nectar, 7 pm, 21+
Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2026: Reyna Tropical, Lady Wray, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Dead Pioneers, Kassa Overall, and More July 23–25, Tolt-MacDonald Park, times vary, all ages
Wynonna Judd & Melissa Etheridge July 24, Chateau Ste. Michelle, 6:30 pm, all ages
Alabama Shakes, Billy Allen, the Pollies July 24, Dune Peninsula (Tacoma), 7:30 pm, all ages
CatFest 2026: Lichen Hearts, Filthy Traitors, Skates!, Straight to Video July 24, Sunset Tavern, 8:30 pm, 21+
Dillstradamus (Dillon Francis B2B Flosstradamus), Henry Fong July 24, Showbox SoDo, 9 pm, 21+
Dead Disko Fest: Zookraught, Dark Chisme, Grizz CLL, Kill Buzz, Normal Bias, and More July 24–25, Baba Yaga, 8 pm, 21+
Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show July 24–25, Gorge Ampitheatre, 7:30 pm all ages
Chinese American Bear July 25, Neumos, 8 pm, all ages
Boyz II Men July 25, Chateau Ste. Michelle, 7 pm, all ages
Young the Giant, Cold War Kids July 25, Marymoor Park, 6 pm, all ages
Fitz and the Tantrums Jul 26, Chateau Ste. Michelle Amphitheatre, 7 pm, all ages
Mexican Institute of Sound x Meridian Brothers present Ruido Tovar July 27, Neptune Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Steve Earle July 28, Neptune Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Pavement, Street Night July 29, Woodland Park Zoo, 4:30 pm, all ages
Little Venom, Welcome Strawberry, Found Space, Combing July 29, Baba Yaga, 8 pm, 21+
Scott Yoder, Emi Pop, Micah & the Mirrors, Erica Rose & the Ragged School July 30, Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
Folk Bitch Trio July 30, Westlake Park, 4 pm, all ages
ConFunkShun July 30–Aug 2, Jazz Alley, times vary, all ages
Hannah Frances July 31, Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 8 pm, all ages
Babes in Canyon, Surprise Special Guests, New Body Electric July 31, Tractor Tavern, 8:30 pm, 21+
Bad Nerves, the Death Cult Aug 1, Showbox, 8 pm, all ages
Ed Sheeran Aug 1, Lumen Field, 5:30 pm, all ages
Ani DiFranco, Valerie June Aug 2, Woodland Park Zoo, 6 pm, all ages
Poppy, Landmvrks, Thousand Below Aug 2, Paramount Theatre, 7 pm, all ages
Megan Moroney, JP Saxe, Solon Holt Aug 2, Climate Pledge Arena, 7 pm, all ages
Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire: Sing a Song All Night Long Aug 3, Climate Pledge Arena, 7:30 pm, all ages
Benson Boone Aug 4, Climate Pledge, 8 pm, all ages
Early Warnings
La Fonda Aug 5, 999 3rd, noon, all ages
Suki Waterhouse Aug 6, Woodland Park Zoo, 6 pm, all ages
Den Fest Aug 7–8, Sunset Tavern, 21+
Capitol Hill Block Party: Muna, Disco Lines, Wet Leg, Parcels, Magdalena Bay, and More Aug 7–9, Capitol Hill
The Mountain Goats, the Hold Steady Aug 9, Woodland Park Zoo, 5:45 pm, all ages
Man Man, American Tomahawk Aug 12, Neumos, 7 pm, 21+
Passion Pit, Arden Jones Aug 13, Showbox SoDo, 8 pm, all ages
Quicksand, Bane, Soulblind Aug 19, Showbox, 7:30 pm, all ages
Hippie Death Cult, Earth Tongue Aug 20, Sunset Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
Silkworm, Nina Nastasia Aug 21, Tractor Tavern, 8 pm, 21+
KEXP BBQ: Ty Segall, Arlo Parks, Angine de Poitrine, Los Mirlos, Packaging, Sea Lemon Aug 22, Northwest Courtyard at Seattle Center, 2 pm, all ages
Eagles of Death Metal Aug 29, Neptune Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Osees ft. Brigid Dawson, Traps PS Sept 2–3, Neumos, 7 pm, all ages (Sept 2) and 21+ (Sept 3)
Bumbershoot: Turnstile, Peaches, Lucy Dacus, Bikini Kill, Death Cab for Cutie, De La Soul, Orville Peck, and More Sep 5–6, Seattle Center, times vary, all ages
Chance the Rapper Sept 26, Paramount Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
Perfume Genius, Dan English Sept 28, Town Hall, 8 pm, all ages
The Hayley Williams Show, Magdalena Bay, Rico Nasty Sept 30, White River Amphitheatre, 7 pm,
all ages
Iron & Wine, Ken Pomeroy Oct 13, 5th Avenue Theatre, 8 pm, all ages
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