Last night Chop Suey hosted a three-way display of underground punk rock, offering a varied presentation of the incarnations in the genre. All of the performing bands were born and bred in Seattle; emerging out of the garage and onto the luminous Chop Suey stage. Opening the night was Aurora Roarers, a thrash outfit that
Last night a dynamic four set line-up rounded up the weekend at Chop Suey in Seattle. The evening’s entertainment provided contributions from hip-hop, rock, funk, blues and jazz; opened by funk-esque punk rock band The Rift. “We are looking for collaborations that are odd; untypical… [The Rift] are a live based band, not radio hits,”
A free concert was held last Wednesday at Chop Suey in Seattle; sponsored by Relentless and FILTER Magazine. The bustling venue quickly filled and the opening act, five-piece folk indie-rock band The Horde and the Harem, was greeted to a packed house. The young outfit has thus far produced two EPs and a slew of
Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that predominantly revolves around hip-hop and rock, was outstanding. Over the course of its early years
Outernational, the five-piece punk rock band from New York, are currently touring with veteran British punkers GBH. I stumbled upon their Seattle performance of the tour at the Chop Suey without any prior knowledge of Outernational. Suffice to say I was taken aback by the proficiency of the band, in both their strong stage demeanor