San Fran Review - Them Crooked Vultures!

Them Crooked Vultures are getting ever-closer to Seattle, as their tour brings them up the coast to our lovely Paramount Theatre this Saturday.

They played in San Francisco last night - read the review now!

We can't wait to see these three legends on stage in Seattle on Saturday night. Tell us what you think after the show...

The Swell Season Had A Special Guest...

The Swell Season were joined on stage a couple nights ago by a special friend - Jason Segel, an actor known for his roles in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Freaks & Geeks, etc. He sang a song mid-show, backed by Glen Hansard and The Swell Season band, with some prop help from Marketa Irglova...it's meant in fun....



The Swell Season (sans Jason Segel) will be at STG's Paramount Theatre this Sunday!!

Via Videogum.

Rosie Thomas - New Album Details!

Local musician Rosie Thomas will bring The Rosie Thomas Christmas Show to Town Hall in Seattle on December 19th, but she's keeping herself busy til then...

Rosie revealed on her blog yesterday that another local musician, David Bazan, is producing her next record...this is really exciting news! As is the fact that her brother is flying in to town to add piano and vocals to the recording - how sweet.

The Rosie Thomas Christmas Show is always fun, and we hope you'll consider joining us at Town Hall on December 19th. Tickets are on sale now!

GIVE Seattle

Want 30 downloadable tracks from a wide variety of Seattle artists, all of whom have donated songs to benefit Arts Corps and local area food banks? Well, look no further...

The $7 compilation is available online at www.giveseattle.org, as well as in Caffé Vita shops, Easy Street Records, Sonic Boom Records, University Book Store, The Crocodile, EMP, Neumos and Sorrento Hotel. These outlets will carry GIVE packages, including physical cards with a redemption code for the download, as ready-to-give presents.

A full 100 percent of sales will go directly to GIVE beneficiaries: Arts Corps, Seattle's largest nonprofit arts educator, along with Ballard Food Bank, Rainier Valley Food Bank, University District Food Bank and West Seattle Food Bank.

Among the many highlights of GIVE are unreleased cuts from The Cave Singers, Grand Archives, Champagne Champagne featuring Fences, The Maldives, Mad Rad, and The Moondoggies. Nearly all of the 36 tracks on GIVE are exclusive to the compilation.

The GIVE tracks available now include:

1. Arthur & Yu: Magic Mountain
2. The Blakes: Parking Lot
3. Sera Cahoone: Love’s Gonna Live Here
4. The Cave Singers: Growing Palm
5. Champagne Champagne featuring Fences: Victim of the Modern Age
6. Common Market: The Picture of My DeLorean Gray
7. D. Black: On the Go
8. Fatal Lucciauno: Gangsta
9. Fences: Sadie
10. Fleet Foxes: Mykonos
11. Fresh Espresso: Gettin Money
12. Grand Archives: Wake Up
13. Head Like a Kite: Director’s Cut
14. Hey Marseilles: From a Terrace
15. Kinski: Whatever Happened to Madeleine Stowe
16. Le Loup: Forgive Me
17. The Lonely Forest: I Don’t Wanna Live There
18. Mad Rad: Love in a Strange World
19. The Maldives: In the End
20. Gabriel Mintz: Safeway
21. The Moondoggies: Side of the Road
22. Joshua Morrison: Mammoth Cave
23. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band: Bitter Cold
24. Pearly Gate Music: Big Escape
25. The Pica Beats: Durian Shakes
26. The Saturday Knights: Go!
27. Talbot Tagora: Ichthus Hop
28. Tea Cozies: Corner Store Girls
29. J. Tillman: Earthly Bodies
30. Visqueen: Hand Me Down

Several GIVE artists are still finishing their exclusive GIVE tracks, including The Long Winters, Ben Gibbard, David Bazan, Throw Me The Statue, The Dutchess and The Duke, and Unnatural Helpers. Fans who purchase GIVE in November will be notified by email when these fresh tracks are available for download. The digital model allows patrons to pick and choose tracks they would like to download or simply download the entire album.

GIVE truly is a city-wide community campaign. Nearly every facet of the project is being undertaken pro bono.

For more information, please visit GIVE online.

Seattle Climate Partnership + STG

Last night, Anna from the Paramount Club and I were among 100+ environmentalists gathered for the 1st Annual Partnership Meeting for Seattle Climate Partnership at the Aquarium. Disguised as a "meeting" this really was a celebration party to thank our very surprised Mayor.


Seattle Theatre Group is mentioned among 150 organizations. #150 is Microsoft!

The evening was filled with heartfelt "thank yous" from many organizations that have been touched by Mayor Nickels dedication on the environment. I learned a thing or two about his accomplishments and was happy to be a part of the celebration.


Top 10 Environmental Accomplishments; thanked by 10 organizations.

Seattle Theatre Group signed the Seattle Climate Partnership agreement in September, becoming the first performing arts organization in the region to publicly commit to climate change.

- Amanda Bedell, STG Public Relations Manager

Passion Pit - "Little Secrets" Video

Watch Passion Pit's new video for "Little Secrets" now! It's just like you turned the visualizer on in your iTunes :)

Passion Pit will be at STG's Moore Theatre on December 9th. This show is rescheduled from their cancelled date at the Showbox at The Market on October 11th - all Showbox tickets will be honored. All new tickets can be purchased here.

We're Proud of Frida!

Our graphic designer, Frida Clements, has done amazing, amazing work for STG. We've shared some posters with you from time to time, like:




And now here's her gorgeous HAND-DRAWN poster for this weekend's The Swell Season show:



Both of these posters are currently featured in the Top Posters listing on GigPosters.com - this is a huge deal, and we're so proud to have someone as talented as Frida on our little team.

A collection of Frida's posters is also on GigPosters.com - take a look! Almost every single poster she has ever designed is now available for purchase at Annie's Art and Frame in Ballard.

Gold star Frida! And then some.

Brandi Carlile - "Dreams" Video!

Enjoy :)



Brandi Carlile plays the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham on March 19, 2010. Tickets are on sale now!