Genre: Rock

School of Rock West Seattle performs the songs of KISSJune 11th doors 2:30pmAll ages, bar with ID$12 adv/ $15 dosProof of vax or negative test within 48 hours required for entry

The Crocodile Presents:EMPATH w/ Star Party6/9$12 ADV / $15 DOS9:00pm Doors / 9:30pm Show21+Proof of vax or negative test within 48 hours required for entryEmpath songs are messy and proud of it. Sometimes it feels as if all four of the bands members are playing different songs at once, until they agree to get along and coalesce into something spectacular. Their songs can sound muddy and indistinguishable on first pass, but repeated listens unlock all of the intricately moving parts. Soon enough youre grasping the musics internal logic, bracing for the parts where it all comes together. The band is intentional in its sloppiness. They know how to work their way up to those indelible moments, frothing around before giving in and pummeling into a hook thats sticky-sweet and serrated.Empath have been at this for a while, and on their new album Visitor they sound better than ever. The group started as a trio Catherine Elicson, Jem Shanahan, and Garrett Koloski and in 2016 they released some commanding lo-fi blasts called Crystal Reality, recorded in a house in Philadelphia where you can actually hear the instruments bouncing off the walls back at them. It wouldnt be until 2018, when they added keyboardist Randall Coon to their ranks, that they would reach their full potential. On the compact, compressed, and invigorating Liberating Guilt And Fear, the band offered up three tumultuous pop songs followed by one sprawling, meditative ramble. That would serve as the blueprint for their first full-length, 2019s Active Listening: Night On Earth, which jutted tight structures against freeform atmosphere filled with birdsong and open air. The bands affinity for New Age-y acoustics is a stark contrast to the anarchy that they are capable of conjuring up, which is downright anti-zen.

School of Rock Bellevue Presents: Prog RockSunday June 5thAll ages- bar w/ID12:30pm doors$12 adv/$15 dos

Clock-Out Lounge Presents: The Seattle Anti Freezefeaturing live music from Variations DJ set by Mysterious VibesThursday May 12th 8pm doors21+ $5 coverProof of vax or neg covid test within 48 hours required for entrymasks encouraged!

The King Khan and BBQ Show w/ Miranda and The Beat, DJ Maxwell EdisonSun 10/9 doors 8:30pm 21+https://thekingkhanandbbqshow.bandcamp.com/Since about 2003, these two maniacs have been subverting culture, using a tried and true reverence for the holy spirit of real rocknroll, mixed with Grade-A songwriting sensibilities, and a penchant for sexually-charged and challenging live hijinks of the first order. Arish King Khan: guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the snottier one. His guitar is the lead one.Mark BBQ Sultan: drums, guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the smooth one. His guitar is the rhythmic one. The drums are played live with his feet.Together, they are an entity outside of their own control:The King Khan & BBQ ShowKhan and Sultan have always done things exactly how they choose, mostly to their detriment, but with a sincere, deep-rooted understanding that fecal chickens do indeed roost. Their timeless anthems have stayed alive through the decades (!), and seem to always get picked up again by the next generation, organically. Misguided trend or not, the song proves the timeless resonance and magic these warlocks wield. And is a testament to the power of alcohol and mushrooms.The Pandemic, and its collateral mental health damage dealt quite a blow to the boys, as it did many others. The King Khan s always been the live show that shone brightest, and allowed them to share their ribald humor and chaotic, surrealist energy to an appreciative and varied cult of underground fanatics. A live show whose ritualistic primitivism opens portals to parallel worlds, to invoke spirits and ghosts using magick, using their raw soul – for good or for bad – to evoke the smells and feelings that confuse and delight.The King Khan is a real band. Sure, their sense of humor is dirty, often subversive, and their costumes ridiculous. But the seriousness of their love of music as holy communion should never be taken lightly. They live a lifestyle of pure love for the genre of rocknroll, respecting and understanding its basic tenets, while themselves recognized as lifers, representatives of what they see as an important legacy. They cut their teeth together in Montreals The Spaceshits, a lightning fast rocknroll band formed in 1995, and have toured and paid numerous dues since, sacrificing their minds, bodies, souls, friends, family All for love.They care so much that they dont give a fuck.https://mirandaandthebeat.bandcamp.com/album/when-are-you-coming-home

The King Khan and BBQ Showw/ Miranda and The Beat, DJ Duo Swain and The Ganj (aka Lacey and Kimberly)Doors 9pm 21+Since about 2003, these two maniacs have been subverting culture, using a tried and true reverence for the holy spirit of real rocknroll, mixed with Grade-A songwriting sensibilities, and a penchant for sexually-charged and challenging live hijinks of the first order. Arish King Khan: guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the snottier one. His guitar is the lead one.Mark BBQ Sultan: drums, guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the smooth one. His guitar is the rhythmic one. The drums are played live with his feet.Together, they are an entity outside of their own control:The King Khan & BBQ ShowKhan and Sultan have always done things exactly how they choose, mostly to their detriment, but with a sincere, deep-rooted understanding that fecal chickens do indeed roost. Their timeless anthems have stayed alive through the decades (!), and seem to always get picked up again by the next generation, organically. Misguided trend or not, the song proves the timeless resonance and magic these warlocks wield. And is a testament to the power of alcohol and mushrooms.The Pandemic, and its collateral mental health damage dealt quite a blow to the boys, as it did many others. The King Khan s always been the live show that shone brightest, and allowed them to share their ribald humor and chaotic, surrealist energy to an appreciative and varied cult of underground fanatics. A live show whose ritualistic primitivism opens portals to parallel worlds, to invoke spirits and ghosts using magick, using their raw soul – for good or for bad – to evoke the smells and feelings that confuse and delight.The King Khan is a real band. Sure, their sense of humor is dirty, often subversive, and their costumes ridiculous. But the seriousness of their love of music as holy communion should never be taken lightly. They live a lifestyle of pure love for the genre of rocknroll, respecting and understanding its basic tenets, while themselves recognized as lifers, representatives of what they see as an important legacy. They cut their teeth together in Montreals The Spaceshits, a lightning fast rocknroll band formed in 1995, and have toured and paid numerous dues since, sacrificing their minds, bodies, souls, friends, family All for love.They care so much that they dont give a fuck.

Clock-Out Lounge Presents:Salt LickSour Widows (CA) SupernowhereFriday April 29th 9pm doors $12 cover

Yes Productions PresentsThe French Police With Special GuestsDaturaGhosthandSaturday July 9th9pm doors$12 adv/$17 dos 21+The project of Brian Flores, French Police craft romantic indie pop with a haunting, soulful endearment. His latest release Haunted Castle is an album filled with beauty and despair. With driving basslines and infectious guitar melodies, French Police is writing candle-lit anthems for the nighttime discotheque.https://frenchpolice.bandcamp.com/All attendees must have present a Covid-19 Vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test from within 48 hours of the event.