Three times in one year for lucky Seattle: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club returns to the downtown Showbox after a sold-out show just a few months back. Unknown who’ll be drumming this time round (the original drummer can’t rehab), but hopefully it’ll be Leah Shapiro, recently seen at Neumo’s with The Raveonettes. Password: SHOWBOX

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Showbox at The Market
Sunday, September 7, 2008
8:00 PM, $20

Presale: Friday, August 1, 10 AM PDT (SHOWBOX)
General Onsale: Saturday, August 2, 10 AM PDT

Check back often for the Complete Seattle Calendar and updated presale passwords. Concerts just added by Menomena, Juliana Hatfield, and Dashboard Confessional. GOOD LUCK!

A genre switch away from electro glam for Alison Goldfrapp and her band: folky psychedelic. Check them out at that *other* Showbox this autumn … sounds like the sound will match the season.

GOLDFRAPP
Showbox SoDo
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
8:00 PM, $22.50

Presale: Wednesday, July 23, 10 AM PDT (SHOWBOX)
General Onsale: Friday, July 25, 10 AM PDT

Check back often for the Complete Seattle Calendar and updated presale passwords. Concerts just added by Damien Jurado, Cut Copy, and M83. GOOD LUCK!

After England’s V Festival in August, Wales’ favorite arena-rocking-turned-acoustic-strumming Stereophonics will be playing several dates in the US, making stops in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.

STEREOPHONICS
Showbox at The Market
Sunday, September 21, 2008
8:00 PM, $20

Presale: Friday, July 18 10 AM PDT (VERIZON)
General Onsale: Saturday, July 19, 10 AM PDT

Check back often for the Complete Seattle Calendar and updated presale passwords. Concerts just added by Robert Plant, Pinback, and Galactic. GOOD LUCK!

Since this is a slow week, presale-wise, let’s take a look over at Google Analytics and see what they have to say about how you ended up here in the second quarter of 2008:

1) Radiohead (11% of searches)
2) Weezer (4% of searches)
3) Sasquatch: R.E.M. / The Cure
4) Judas Priest
5) Stevie Wonder
6) Duran Duran
7) Tom Petty / Steve Winwood
8) Summer Camp: Flogging Molly / Nada Surf / MGMT / Armor For Sleep
9) Motley Crue
10) Jack Johnson
11) The Dandy Warhols
12) Willie Nelson
13) New Kids On The Block
14) Mayhem Festival: Slipknot / Disturbed
15) Endfest
16) My Morning Jacket
17) Boston / Styx
18) Sigur Ros
19) Journey / Heart / Cheap Trick
20) The Police / Elvis Costello
21) Neil Diamond

A few random thoughts:

**Radiohead is the most popular band in Seattle.

**When Weezer actually schedules a concert here, it’s gonna be big.

**The surprise hit so far this year was definitely Duran Duran, and a number of classic touring workhorses still perform well in indie Seattle.

**Further down the list than expected, and I wouldn’t want to be the promoters right now for: The Beach Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Dave Matthews, and George Michael.

**Virtually all of the traffic looking for Sub Pop 20 is coming this way via “Flight of the Conchords.” If that’s who you’re planning to see on sold-out Saturday (and you are), plan ahead. Good luck!

**UPDATE: SATURDAY AND 2-DAY PASSES ARE SOLD OUT; AFTERMARKET ONLY. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT TICKETMASTER FOR SUNDAY HERE:

Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival
Saturday, July 12 - Sunday, July 13, 2008, Noon -
Marymoor Park Amphitheatre, Redmond, WA
Venue . Seating . Map . Sub Pop Records . MySpace . Craigslist

Saturday: Flight of the Conchords / Iron & Wine / Mudhoney / Fleet Foxes / The Vaselines
Eric’s Trip / Seaweed / The Helio Sequence / Pissed Jeans / The Fluid / Low

Sunday: Green River / Wolf Parade / Grand Archives
The Ruby Suns / Kinski / Foals / Les Thugs / No Age / Red Red Meat / Comets on Fire / Beachwood Sparks

Local independent superlabel Sub Pop Records has been going out of business since 1988, and its year-long anniversary celebration is culminating with a two-day lineup of Sub Pop’s groundbreaking artists. As if that isn’t enough, all proceeds are being donated to charity. Nope, I don’t know why The Shins aren’t booked. Okay, read on..

“Sub Pop would not have been Sub Pop without Seattle,” Poneman says. “Seattle is an essential component to the story. Sub Pop is less geographical [now] - it has less of a regional focus. But Seattle is still home - I can complain about the irresponsible development going on downtown, I can complain about the traffic and real-estate prices, but it’s still my home. And I think I can speak for Sub Pop: The people living in Seattle have always been very supportive of Sub Pop.” — Seattle Times

Class A Face-melting, Stomach-churning, Palm-sweating, Loin-tingling Two Day Music Candystore Assault That’s Not Bumbershoot or Sasquatch. — Northwest Music Blog

20 years ago this month, Sub Pop Records’ Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman threw caution (and their dayjobs) to the wind and rented an office in Seattle’s Terminal Sales Building. Two decades on, that little Pacific Nortwestern upstart has become an indie juggernaut. — Pitchfork

See you there!

Here are the shows we listed in July 2008. Hope you caught some of them!

True Colors: Cyndi Lauper / The B-52s
Joan Armatrading / Nona Hendryx
July 1, 2008 - WaMu Theater

Billy Idol
July 1, 2008 - Paramount Theatre

George Michael
July 2, 2008 - KeyArena

The Long Winters / The Cops
July 5, 2008 - Showbox at The Market

Ratatat
July 7, 2008 - Chop Suey

Kenny Loggins
July 8, 2008 - Tulalip Amphitheatre

Foo Fighters
July 9, 2008 - KeyArena

Live / Collective Soul / Blues Traveller
July 9, 2008 - Marymoor Park Amphitheatre

Rockstar Mayhem Festival: Slipknot / Disturbed
July 9, 2008 - White River Amphitheatre

We Are Scientists
July 9, 2008 - Neumo’s

Todd Rundgren
July 9, 2008 -Triple Door

Mike Ness
July 9-10, 2008 - Showbox at The Market
Wednesday
Thursday

Boston / Styx
July 10, 2008 - Marymoor Park Amphitheatre

Stevie Wonder
July 11, 2008 - White River Amphitheatre

Jonny Lang
July 11, 2008 - Emerald Queen Casino

West Seattle Summer Fest
Adrian Xavier Band / Capping Day / Carrie Akre / Carrie Clark & Lonesome Lovers / Coffin Break / Colby Imus & the Good Lieutenants / Funkscribes Family Affair / Green Pajamas / Hockey / Jared Clifton / Kristen Ward / Maldives / Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands / McTuff / Oncore with DJ Deanzig / Picoso / Pillow Army / Ragged Glory / Ranger & The Re-Arrangers / Sage / SHIM / Swallow / Swamp Soul / The Coyotes / The Lonely Forest / The Preons / The Saturday Knights / The Special Places / Tullycraft / Verona / Westerly / Zero Down
July 11-13, 2008 - West Seattle

The Police / Elvis Costello
July 12, 2008 - Gorge Amphitheatre

HippieFest: Jack Bruce of Cream / Eric Burdon and the Animals / The Turtles / Janis Ian / Badfinger
July 12, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

American Idols Live
July 12, 2008 - Tacoma Dome

The Gutter Twins / Brothers of The Sonic Cloth
July 12, 2008 - Showbox at The Market

Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival: Green River / Flight of the Conchords / Iron & Wine / Wolf Parade
Beachwood Sparks / Comets on Fire / Eric’s Trip / Fleet Foxes / The Fluid / Foals / Grand Archives / The Helio Sequence / Kinski / Les Thugs / Low / Mudhoney / No Age / Pissed Jeans / Red Red Meat / The Ruby Suns / Seaweed / The Vaselines
July 12-13, 2008 - Marymoor Park Amphitheatre

Boys Like Girls / Good Charlotte / Metro Station
July 14, 2008 - Showbox SoDo

Wolf Parade / Foals
July 14, 2008 - Neumo’s

Rooney
July 14, 2008 - Chop Suey

Jimmy Eat World
July 15, 2008 - Showbox SoDo

Ed Harcourt
July 15, 2008 - Chop Suey

Marc Cohn / Aimee Mann
July 16, 2008 - ZooTunes

Jesus and Mary Chain
July 16, 2008 - Showbox SoDo

Paul Rodgers
July 18, 2008 - Emerald Queen Casino

The Classic Crime
July 18, 2008 - 107.7 The End Beach House, Alki Beach

Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
July 19, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Summer Of Love: Sander Kleinenberg
July 19, 2008 - Showbox SoDo

Floater
July 19, 2008 - Showbox at The Market

The Chieftains
July 20, 2008 - Marymoor Park Amphitheatre

James Taylor
July 21-22, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Judas Priest / Testament
July 22, 2008 - WaMu Theater

Earlimart
July 22, 2008 - Chop Suey

The Presidents of the United States of America
July 22, 2008 - 107.7 The End Beach House, Alki Beach

Joseph Arthur
July 22, 2008 - Triple Door

Bullet For My Valentine / Bleeding Through
July 22, 2008 - Showbox SoDo

A Change of Page / Houston Calls
We Shot The Moon / The Cover Up / The Formal
July 22, 2008 - El Corazon

Keller Williams
July 22, 2008 - Marymoor Park Amphitheatre

Andrew Bird / Josh Ritter
July 23, 2008 - ZooTunes

At The Gates
July 23, 2008 - El Corazon

Emmylou Harris
July 24, 2008 - ZooTunes

Chris Isaak
July 24, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

The Zombies
July 24, 2008 - El Corazon

George Thorogood and The Destroyers / Buddy Guy
July 24, 2008 - Tulalip Amphitheatre

Gin Betty! / Don’t Tell Sophie
July 25, 2008 - Showbox at The Market

Kill Hannah / The Medic Droid
Innerpartysystem / The White Tie Affair
July 25, 2008 - El Corazon

Derek Trucks / Susan Tedeschi
July 25, 2008 - WaMu Theater

Capitol Hill Block Party: Vampire Weekend / Les Savy Fav / DeVotchka / The Hold Steady / Girl Talk
Airborne Toxic Event / Akimbo / Angelo Spencer / Black Elk / Black Eyes and Neck Ties / Black Whale / Book Of Black Earth / Champagne Champagne / Chromeo / Darker My Love / Feral Children / Fleet Foxes / Grand Ole Party / Jaguar Love / Jay Reatard / Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground / Kimya Dawson / Lesbian / Little Party And The Bad Business / Man Plus / Menomena / Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head / New Faces / Past Lives / Pleasureboaters / PWRFL Power / Say Hi / Schoolyard Heroes / Sleepy Eyes Of Death / Talbot Tagora / The Builders And The Butchers / The Cave Singers / The Dodo’s / The Hands / The Heavy Hearts / The Loved Ones / The Physics / Thee Emergency / Throw Me The Statue / Truckasaurus / U.S.E / Velella Velella / Voyager One / Zeke
July 25-26, 2008 - Pike/Pine

Lyle Lovett / Shawn Colvin
July 25-26, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Nine Inch Nails / Crystal Castles
July 26, 2008 - KeyArena

Jay Brannan
July 26, 2008 - Triple Door

The Duke Spirit
July 26, 2008 - Nectar

The Melvins
July 26, 2008 - Showbox at The Market

State Radio
July 26, 2008 - Chop Suey

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Marc Broussard
July 27, 2008 - ZooTunes

Matisyahu
July 28, 2008 - Paramount Theatre

The Subways
July 28, 2008 - Chop Suey

Millionaires
Hypercrush / Brokencyde / And Then There Were None
July 29, 2008 - El Corazon

Alkaline Trio
American Steel/ The Fashion
July 30, 2008 - El Corazon

Cute Is What We Aim For
July 30, 2008 - Chop Suey

The Republic Tigers
July 30, 2008 - Sunset Tavern

Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
July 30, 2008 - Neumo’s

Steely Dan
July 30-31, 2008 - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Bitter:Sweet
July 31, 2008 - Triple Door

David Bromberg
July 31, 2008 - Benaroya Hall

Finch
July 31, 2008 - El Corazon

Scary Kids Scaring Kids
July 31, 2008 - 107.7 The End Beach House