The Moonspinners

Shows

• Sat

  Apr 27

  The Royal Room
  Seattle, WA, US | 8:00pm
  The Royal Room
  Seattle, WA, US

  Sat Apr 27 8:00pm
  

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  We've got an exciting conglom of Northwest talent including our friends from Portland THE PYNNACLES will blow your mind with their special brand of garage psychedelia, THE SUICIDE NOTES with their Shangri-las like vocal harmonies, and DJ "Go-Go" CECILIA's French beat 45's. From here in Seatown the most rockin' TRIPWIRES will make the scene with Mudhoney's Dan Peters on skins, DJ TRICKBAG's haul of real cool music spun on vintage Califones and of course us Moonspinners with our girl-group kinda sound. We're shooting for an early start time of 8:00 pm - set changes will be minimal, cover is modest (see below) and a fab time is guaranteed for all - The Royal Room (5000 Rainer Ave S.) is a great place. Hope to see you there! Saturday, April 27th 8pm sharp at The Royal Room-5000 Rainier Ave S The lineup: The Pynnacles The Moonspinners The Suicide Notes The Tripwires DJ Miss Lilli & Mr B Trickbag Record Party DJ Cecilia We are excited to invite you to the Seatown-Shing-A-Ling !!! An exciting conglom of Northwest talent in celebration of the many groovy forms of music that made the 6T's such a memorable and ground-breaking musical era: Soul, R+B, Mod, Ye-Ye, Girl Group, Exotica, Garage, Psychedelic, Bubble Gum, Popcorn, and good ol' Rock+Roll are to be represented here. Four fabulous bands and DJ's at the fabulous Royal Room in charming Columbia City neighborhood. Come spend the evening with us and bring your dancing shoes! For all you record hounds out there: All the bands will have their records for sale !!! THE PYNNACLES (PDX): psychedelic/garage/trash jewels. From the music hot bed that is Portland comes a band of veterans reinventing themselves and the music that inspired them from that short time period between 1965 and 1968. The Pynnacles bring back the vitality of raw classic Psyche/Garage with some dance floor filling songs. Featuring members of Satan’s Pilgrims, Big Elf, Paradise and Crackerbash this crew has the experience without any of the burn out. Tune In, Turn On, Freak Out!!!! https://www.facebook.com/ThePynnacles THE MOONSPINNERS (SEA): Their sound is a mix of hip shakin' soul , girl group, French and Italian pop, 70's punk, garage and lounge, all with an edge fit for TODAY! MoonSpinners are: Garth, Tor, Annabella, Hugh and Kurt. We like to play music for all you cool kids. "Imagine an early 60's girl band singer defected and joined a garage band of the same era, with the sweet vocals complimented by Dave Clark Five style harmonies, jangly guitars that ain't afraid to scream, it's got backbeat you can't lose it, all with an edge fit for the late 70s post-punk scene." https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Moonspinners http://www.reverbnation.com/themoonspinners THE SUICIDE NOTES (PDX): Where Beaches meet Death, The Shangri La's do it with The Ramones and we end up in your vintage car... What started as a recording project by Tim Connolly (formerly of Epoxies) with vocalists Jessi Lixx, Josephine Jones and Double A, has turned into a mean rocking machine! Impressed by their choral prowess and clapping abilities, Tim decided to take the three young ladies under his wing and share his composing and producing powers with the world. Thus the Suicide Notes were born. http://www.reverbnation.com/thesuicidenotes THE TRIPWIRES (SEA) Seattle's The Tripwires are sitting on a goldmine- four time tested, plucky vets of the Seattle "Big Beat" situation. Way back in 2006; John Ramberg, voice and guitar for The Model Rockets and The Minus 5 managed to corral the incomparable Sangster brothers for a blistering new rock'n'roll combination. Jim Sangster holds down the thunderbroom (and How!) in the legendary Young Fresh Fellows, and also served mightily behind the regular guitar with The Picketts. Brother Johnny, ear popping lead guitarist, formerly with European fist pumpers The Sharing Patrol among many others, moved back stateside in the late nineties and began an illustrious career as a recordist. Friend and fellow groover Mark Pickerel, he of The Screaming Trees, came along on traps, much to their delight. Two fine albums followed, "Makes You Look Around" released in 2007 on the Paisley Pop label, and 2010's "House To House" on Spark and Shine. The band has graced many a beer soaked northwest stage, never failing to share their special brand of "get high" with the delighted throngs. 2012 brought a new wrinkle into the band's workshirts. After parting amicably with the impeccable Pickerel, the combo lucked into a new skinsman; none other than the great Dan Peters of Seattle fuzz royalty Mudhoney. Still having a blast and sounding ship shape as ever, The Tripwires are ready to roll you. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tripwires/97507791378 DJ TRICKBAG RECORD PARTY (SEA): Real cool music- spun with LOVE. Power pop, doo wop, swamp pop, bossa nova, girl group and punk...... garage rock, psychedelic, new wave and soul--- brown eyed, blue eyed, New Orleans....you name it.... lotsa lotsa soul! Miss Lilli and Mr. B play mostly 45s. mostly on Califones.... all cool! History http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ7IkhdXb7U https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trickbag-Record-Party/118153851623871?id=118153851623871&sk=info DJ CECILIA:(PDX) AKA Paris Tabou moved from Paris to Portland 3 years ago and has been spinning French beat / pop / garage / new wave / punk rock, all around. She also played in the No-Talents, Operation S, Cecilia & Ses Ennuis, Die Sauerkrauts, and now Sex Crime. THE ROYAL ROOM = GREAT PLACE TO SEE A SHOW !!! 5000 Rainier Ave S http://www.theroyalroomseattle.com/ In 2009 musician and composer Wayne Horvitz approached longtime Seattle bar, restaurant and venue owners (OK Hotel + Rendezvous) Tia Matthies and Steve Freeborn about partnering on a new project in Seattle. After two years of planning and development the Royal Room opened in historic historic Columbia City in December 2011. COVER/NO COVER The Royal Room is a pay as you will joint-so we'd like to remind you to put a little something in the envelops for the bands...the musicians are compensated by your donations. Reservations are available for patrons who are planning to have dinner before and during the show. Come on out and support music and dancing! TAKE THE BUS OR LIGHT RAIL: From Capitol HIll Bus RT9 http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s009_0_.html From Downtown bus RT7 http://metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s007_0_.html LIght Rail get off at Columbia City Station http://www.soundtransit.org/Trip-Planner

• Fri

  Apr 5

  The Copper Gate
  Seattle, WA, US | 8:00pm
  The Copper Gate
  Seattle, WA, US

  Fri Apr 05 8:00pm
  

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• Fri

  Mar 22

  Ocean City
  Seattle, WA, US | 8:00pm
  Ocean City
  Seattle, WA, US

  Fri Mar 22 8:00pm
  

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  The Moon-Spinners would like to invite you to spring into spring with a special show at a special place !! This is the first of a series of Pop Up shows we will be having around town in interesting new places. Friday evening March 22nd, fling into spring at Ocean City in the International District. The address is 608 S. Weller st. - it's just across the street from Uwajimaya. We will be joined by our favorite spinners of 7" vinyl gems, Miss Lilli's Trickbag. The shindig goThe shindig goes from 8pm 'til 11pm or so and it's free !

• Sat

  Feb 23

  The Secret Society
  Portland, OR, US | 8:00pm
  The Secret Society
  Portland, OR, US

  Sat Feb 23 8:00pm
  

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  It’s the dance party you’ve been waiting for – The Satin Chaps, Portland’s purveyors of instrumental go-go soul, bring together the psychedelic, nuggets inspired fury of The Pynnacles, the Motown meets garage rock octet of Brownish Black, the girl-group lounge-pop of Seattle’s Moonspinners, and the three front women- led soul shaking sounds of San Francisco’s The Bang Girl Group Review. To keep the party moving before, between and after the bands, DJ Drew Groove and DJ Cecelia will take turns supplying the perfect sounds for burning up the dance floor. https://www.facebook.com/DJDrewGroove The Satin Chaps, described as “a consistently supple groove that's ideal for unbridled dancing” by The Portland Monthly, ply their trade in the largely uncharted waters of European style go-go/ soul of ‘60s era groove-pop composers like Ingfried Hoffman, Gert Wilden, and Heidi Brühl. To make it palatable stateside (and to make it their own), they mix hints of American purveyors like Memphis soul kings the Bar-Keys and Pac NW garage legends the Wailers. Aided by the howl of their three-piece horn section, the whiz-bang of their Hammond organ, and the percussion necessities to make it all sparkle, the Chaps specialize in frenzied, soul-shaking party music. Hailed as “a triumphant celebration of all things rhythm and blues” by Blizt Magazine and “The Party Album of the year” by The Vinyl Anachronist music blog, the group’s self-released debut long player, Might I Suggest The Satin Chaps, is part homage to the likes of Booker T and the MGs, The Mohawks, and Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass. The consummate party band, The Chap’s New Year’s Eve performance recently topped The Oregonian's list of New Year's Eve parties to attend. http://press.badabuzz.com/thesatinchaps/ http://thesatinchaps.com/ The Bang Girl Group Revue is not an exercise in nostalgia. Although they take to the stage with many instruments built in the 1960's, their music has an ageless sound that appeals to the folks who love the sound of real voices blending in harmony (no Auto-tune for this band), the glorious shimmer of a guitar driving a tube amp and the visceral whomp of human drummer laying down a breathing beat. They may hail from the heart of Silicon Valley, but the Bang Girl Group Revue leaves the high-tech music gadgets to other bands. Live, the Bang Girl Group Revue looks as good as they sound. Bedecked in vintage threads, the band boasts the kind of tight choreography that you thought disappeared during the dread days of disco. Although they work hard on their presentation, and appreciates an attentive audience, they really dig it when you get out on the dance floor and try to outshine their dancing with your own. The band has found that their live act has a multi-generational appeal, and one that appeals to fans of the genre of all ages, those who remember "back in the day", and a younger generation of folks that are witnessing a type of entertainment that has an energy unlike anything they have ever seen or heard. When the Bang Girl Group Revue comes to your town you owe it to yourself to check them out. It will be a night you’ll always treasure. https://www.facebook.com/thebanggirlgroup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq8LD09OOPY Brownish Black delivers an astonishingly authentic brand of vintage rough-edged R&B. Anchored by the full-throated belting of singer Vicki Porter and M.D. Sharbatz's rusty-strings guitar tone, the band doesn't try to mimic the polished majesty of ’60s Motown like a lot of today's revivalists. (What unsigned act can afford to do so in this economy, anyway?) Instead, it works a sound more indebted to the grittier, more low-rent aesthetic of Stax/Volt and blues-indebted rock outfits like the Animals. The lo-fi quality of its demos work in the group's favor, but a legit studio album—if one ever arrives—could be a sleeper hit. http://www.reverbnation.com/brownishblack The MoonSpinners play rock and roll gems straight out of a record hound's desert island platter pack. Their sound is a mix of hip shakin' soul, girl group, French and Italian pop, 70's punk, garage and lounge, with a bazillion twists and turns along the way. Imagine an early 60s girl band singer defected and joined a garage band of the same era, with the sweet vocals complimented by Dave Clark Five style harmonies, jangly guitars that ain't afraid to scream. It's got a backbeat you can't lose it, all with an edge fit for TODAY! http://www.reverbnation.com/themoonspinners https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Moonspinners/191526354201005 The Pynnacles are the sort of all-star whimsy you might expect concocted around the wee hours of an Oregon Music Hall of Fame party—and, in fact, the group first performed together for a Nuggets-themed charity function—but Sean Croghan (iconic Crackerbash/Jr. High frontman) and the guitarists from surf legends Satan’s Pilgrims have indeed fashioned a psych-garage troupe with other local luminaries for a party band of enviable provenance: dad rock solely in the sense the assembled artists sort of fathered our current musical landscape. https://www.facebook.com/ThePynnacles

• Wed

  Jan 9

  Chop Suey
  Seattle, WA, US | 9:00pm
  Chop Suey
  Seattle, WA, US

  Wed Jan 09 9:00pm
  

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