2014 Petty Fest will be coming to Seattle’s Showbox at the Market 4/9, a ‘Night To Celebrate The Music Of Tom Petty’. Find out more about the festival on The Best Fest website, or on the Petty Fest 2014 Facebook page! Tickets for this 21+ show start at $25, which is fantastic value for such a great event. Pick up tickets on the Showbox calendar! Proceeds will benefit Sweet Relief, which assists struggling musicians financially!
Later this January, Anacortes, WA band Cumulus will be hitting the road with Portland darling duet Dresses. Cumulus is touring in support of their shiny new album ‘I Never Meant It To Be Like This’, and the bands will visit Spokane 1/30, Seattle’s Chop Suey 1/31, and Portland 2/1. Alexandra Niedzialkowski of Cumulus will also be playing a solo show with Matt Bishop of Hey Marseilles next Tuesday. For now, watch the video for Middle after the jump, and visit Cumulus’ band site to keep up to date with their news!
In an effort to specialize New Music Roundup content a bit more, #NMR will focus more on the great new music that is local to the Pacific Northwest. We’ve got a hearty batch of stuff to go through, so let’s hit it!
This Friday, 9/13, Hey Marseilles will play a free hometown show at noon. The show will be all-ages and hosted at Freeway Park, 700 Seneca Street in Downtown Seattle. Grab a bite during your lunch break and swing by to enjoy a great show on what should be a beautiful day in Seattle!
Hey Marseilles posted this morning that they will make an appearance this weekend at 1077 The End’s mostly annual Summer Camp festival. Summer Camp, held this Saturday, August 10th at Marymoor Park, will be the first home show Hey Marseilles plays after their recent US/Canada tour. Cold War Kids, Surfer Blood, New Politics, Wavves, The Neighbourhood, Family of the Year, MS MR, Said The Whale, San Cisco, and Royal Teeth will also be appearing. Tickets are still available for the event at the Summer Camp Axs Events page, and start at $27.50.
Seattle folk favorites Hey Marseilles have been touring all summer, and joined the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island last Friday before coming home for the Capitol Hill Block Party. Stream the full Newport Folk Festivalsetlist on NPR, and be sure to check out the band’s sophomore effort, Lines We Trace, available in stores now.
