• Jack White at the Paramount // All Ages (more info)
• Kawehi, Julia Massey, Susy Sun at Barboza // 21+ (more info)
• David Gray at Marymoor Park Concerts // All Ages (more info)
• Sylvan Esso, Dana Buoy at Neumos // 21+ (more info)
• The English Beat at The Triple Door // All Ages (more info)
• Jack White at the Paramount // All Ages (more info)
• Strand of Oaks, Christopher Denny at The Tractor Tavern // 21+ (more info)
Wednesday, August 27th
• How To Dress Well at Neumos // 21+ (more info)
• Slint, Tropical Trash at The Showbox // All Ages (more info)
• Pillar Point, Telekinesis, Clay Cole at Barboza // 21+ (more info)
Thursday, August 28th
• Nightrain, Tele Novella, Pony Time at Barboza // 21+ (more info)
• The English Beat w/ DJ Dubmatrix at The Triple Door // All Ages (more info)
• Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks at Neumos // All Ages (more info)
• Levi Fuller & The Library, Whiting Tennis, Town Forest at The Lo-Fi // 21+ (more info)
• Little Dragon with Dam-Funk (DJ Set) at The Showbox // All Ages (more info)
Friday, August 29th
• The Entrance Band, Low Hums, Cabana at The Vera Project // All Ages (more info)
• Keiko Matsui at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley // All Ages (more info)
Saturday, August 30th
• Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival at Seattle Center // All Ages (more info)
• Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden at White River Amphitheater // All Ages (more info)
• Southern Culture on The Skids at The Tractor Tavern // 21+ (more info)
• Keiko Matsui at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley // All Ages (more info)
• The Echo Echo Echoes, The Wheelies, Goodbye Heart, Gabriel Mintz at Columbia City Theater // 21+ (more info)
• Shovels & Rope at Sonic Boom Records // All Ages, FREE (more info)
Sunday, August 31st
• Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival at Seattle Center // All Ages (more info)
• Metz, Posse at The Crocodile // 21+ (more info)
If you attended their show at Neumos earlier this year, you may recall Real Estate covering The Nerves during their encore. The Jersey boys will be including a studio-recorded version of that track "Paper Doll" as the b-side to the "Had to Hear" limited edition 7" single, out tomorrow from Domino …
The Zimbabwean, Tendai Maraire, who also plays in the well-known Shabazz Palaces, recently released a new album with Hussein Kalonji under the band name Chimurenga Renaissance. Their 2014 project is a boom-bap-centric, thoughtful album that experiments with sounds and genres. The record is a journe…