STG Announces Upcoming Events: Beirut and More

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Date: September 5, 2012 @ 7:30pm

Venue: The Moore (All Ages)
Price: $35.00 in advance, $37.50 day of show, not including applicable fees    
Seating: General Admission
On Sale: Saturday, June 2, 2012 @10am

Date: September 6, 2012 @ 8:00pm  

Venue: The McDonald Theatre - Eugene,OR (All Ages) 

Seating: General Admission

Beirut leader Zach Condon's music is often synonymous with the exotic mysteries of world travel. Since Beirut's last album, 2007's The Flying Club Cup, sang a love letter to France (with a 2009 stop-off in Mexico for the March of the Zapotec EP) many have asked where his songs would voyage next. Lots of guesses, but few predicted the inward journey Condon has achieved on The Rip Tide, an album with the most introspective and memorable songs of his young career. Recorded in Upstate New York, Brooklyn and, of course, Condon's hometowns of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, The Rip Tide marks a distinct leaping off point for Beirut. Musically, songs have a harmonic immediacy that contrasts the complexities of Zapotec's Mexican full orchestra compositions. These songs started as small melodies, conceived on piano or ukulele, then built upon by the entire band's contributions in the studio, before undergoing a paring down and retrofitting by Condon. What results is a record that sounds like it could have been recorded in one session, with exciting rhythms matching the upbeat horns and contrasting the mournful strings. In terms of style, no direct geographical affiliation to be exhumed. Rather, what emerges is a style that belongs uniquely and distinctly to Beirut, one that has actually been there all along.

Trampled by Turtles

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012 @ 9:00pm  

Venue: The Neptune (All Ages / Bar w/ ID)
Price: $20.00 in advance, $23.00 Day of Show, not including applicable fees    
Seating: General Admission 
On Sale: Saturday, June 2, 2012 @ 10am     

Ticketing Information: Available online at Tickets.com, in person at the Paramount Theatre box office (M-F 10am-6pm), 24-hour kiosks located outside the Paramount & Moore Theatres, charge by phone at (877) 784-4849, or online at STGPresents.org. 

Acclaimed band Trampled by Turtles continue to receive praise for their new album Stars and Satellites available now on Thirty Tigers/RED.  Since forming in Duluth, Minnesota in 2003, Trampled by Turtles always felt they were able to attain an energy on stage that can't be found in the studio. For Stars and Satellites, however, Trampled by Turtles didn't want to simply try to recreate a live show. "We wanted to make a record that breathes," explains Dave Simonett (guitar/vocals), "musically we wanted to step out of our comfort zone." "You know how sometimes they say 'less is more,'" notes Erik Berry (mandolin), "that's what Stars and Satellites is about."