The Showbox – SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

Dirty Honey at the Showbox
By Mike Baltierra on November 27, 2023
It was a chilly fall evening in Seattle, and those who came out their Thanksgiving Feast induced food comas made their way down to the...
Frayle: A Gothic Vocal Queen
By Mocha Charlie on June 11, 2022
Cleveland’s Frayle has a voice that rains down on you like shards of fairy dust, quietly cutting with deep precision. There’s no screaming here, just...
The Glorious Sons at The Showbox
By Mike Baltierra on February 24, 2020
The Glorious Sons are currently touring North America in support of their latest release, A War on Everything. The band made a stop at Seattle’s...
Thunderpussy: New Year, New Beginnings
By Kriston McConnell on January 24, 2019
It may be 2019, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look back fondly on the raging party Thunderpussy threw on New Year’s Eve. With the...
Black Happy reunites in stellar form
By Christine Mitchell on August 14, 2018
Black Happy was huge in Seattle in the early nineties, though you’ve probably never heard of them. But back in the day, if you were...
Flint Eastwood Gets Loud
By Stephanie Dore on March 10, 2018
Sandwiched between the chill pop of an Oakland band called Birthday and the electro-pop-punk of PVRIS, Detroit’s Flint Eastwood owned The Showbox with a...
Catch Flint Eastwood’s Commanding Charm At The Showbox
By Stephanie Dore on February 27, 2018
What a difference a year makes. When Flint Eastwood’s name appeared on the lineup for Sasquatch Festival in 2017, it was likely by chance that many...
Love is in the air with LP
By Alex Crick on February 24, 2018
Love was in the air this Valentine’s Day as LP’s powerful vocal range enthralled this sold-out, all ages crowd at The Showbox. Opening for...
Flight to Mars Benefit Marks 15th Year
By Christine Mitchell on May 19, 2017
The fifteenth year of Flight To Mars‘ Crohn’s and Colitis benefit, featuring Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Temple of The Dog, Mad Season) and Mike Musburger (Love Battery,...
Take Your Valentine to DeVotchKa at The Showbox
By Alex Crick on February 11, 2017
SMI loves quirky bands that disrupt the normal gene defining molds of music. One such act is DeVotchKa, who happen to be coming to town this Tuesday,...
AFI Feed The Frenzy Live In Seattle
By Stephanie Dore on February 1, 2017
It’s been 25 years since the ramshackle start of AFI (A Fire Inside) as a bunch of high-schoolers who didn’t know how to play any...
Christine And The Queens
By Kriston McConnell on October 28, 2016
Singer/songwriter Héloïse Letissier is best known as her stage name, Christine And The Queens. The French singer has been releasing music since 2011, but only...