STG Announces Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Duff McKagan & Blind Pilot

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

It's So Easy: An Evening with
Duff McKagan
Date: October 20, 2011 @ 9:30pm
Venue: The Neptune (1303 NE 45th St)
Price: $12.00 for UW students, $15.00 general public, not including applicable fees
Seating: General Admission Seated (All Ages / Bar w/ ID)
On Sale: Friday, September 30th @ 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.

This event, in conjunction with 3rd Place Books, will feature the only Seattle area reading by the author, of his maiden book It's So Easy (and other lies). The night will feature a multi-media exploration of Duff McKagan's career in music, words, video, and sound. Musicians Jeff Fielder, Jeff Rouse, and Paul Hutzler will accompany McKagan through this hour-long spoken word exploration. The room will then be opened up for a Q&A. This special event is made perhaps a bit more poignant by the fact that Duff McKagan grew up almost literally in the shadow of this Seattle landmark. Sponsored by Seattle Weekly and Gibson Guitar.

Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah
Date: November 8, 2011 @ 8:00pm
Venue: The Neptune (1303 NE 45th St)
Price: $21.00 not including applicable fees
Seating: General Admission (All Ages / Bar w/ ID)
On Sale: Saturday, October 1st @ 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.

Their first new album in more than three years, Hysterical marks a major milestone in the continuing evolution of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Born out of an intensely collaborative process in which songs were constructed, dismantled, and then rebuilt anew, the album finds the band - Alec Ounsworth (guitar, vocals), Robbie Guertin (guitar, keyboards), Lee Sargent (keyboards, guitar), Tyler Sargent (bass guitar), and Sean Greenhalgh (drums, percussion) - at their most confident and creative, expertly expanding upon its already distinctive sound. From the chrome-plated licks of "Maniac" and the title track to the sheets of eddying synths and emotive motorik pulsebeats of "Into Your Alien Arms" and "Ketamine and Ecstasy," the band delivers up sonically provocative pop music that is simultaneously jubilant, mesmeric, and altogether infectious. Hysterical reveals Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to be a wholly developed band in full command of their unique artistic gifts. "I think with this record I'm starting to finally understand what the identity of the Clap is," says Ounsworth. "We're all on the same page now. We've stepped back and are able to approach things with a lot more understanding as to what this project is."

Blind Pilot
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 @ 9:00pm
Venue: The Neptune (1303 NE 45th St)
Price: $15.00 advance, $17.00 day of show, not including applicable fees
Seating: General Admission (All Ages / Bar w/ ID)
On Sale: Saturday, October 1st @ 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.

We Are The Tide, the sophomore album from Portland-based band Blind Pilot, was released on September 13. The album follows the band's grassroots debut, 3 Rounds and a Sound, which has garnered them critical attention on NPR, which included them in their "Best Music of 2008" roundup, stating, "a roots-pop duo which bathes its terrific songs in ingratiating harmonies and understated instrumentation. The result...is endlessly engaging: There's not a dud on 3 Rounds and a Sound, and a ludicrous abundance of replay-worthy ringers." Moreover, the album also received praise from USA Today, the Boston Globe, the New York Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer, which called the music "...a rustic reverie." Blind Pilot began in 2007 when Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) embarked on a West Coast bicycle tour playing mostly to unfamiliar listeners at small-town venues. The band now exists as a 6-piece ensemble featuring fellow Oregonians Luke Ydstie (upright bass, backing vocals), Kati Claborn (banjo, dulcimer, backing vocals), Ian Krist (vibraphones) and Dave Jorgensen (keyboards, trumpet). In the years since it's inception, the band has toured with various world-renowned musicians and have appeared at the Sasquatch! Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival.

ABOUT STG:
Our mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon.

Based on Pollstar, the Concert Hotwire Magazine's 2011 Mid-Year Worldwide Ticket Sales, STG ranked #43 of the Top 100 promoters and The Paramount (ranked #12) and The Moore (ranked #44) were placed very well among the Top 100 Theatre Venues.

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