MONDAY 10/26
(MUSIC) Wanna feel old? It’s been 10 years since Greta Kline, aka Frankie Cosmos, released her 2016 studio album Next Thing, which contains some of her most well-known songs, including “Fool,” “Sappho,” and “Outside With the Cuties.” The dreamy, wistful record features influences from poet Frank O’Hara and musician Arthur Russell, with Kline’s floaty vocals and contemplative lyrics layered over soft synths. It packs the emotional punch of a coming-of-age film into the span of 28 minutes and 28 seconds and defined my 20s—in fact, I am having an existential spiral realizing that it’s been a decade since I attended the Vera Project show for Frankie Cosmos’s West Coast tour promoting this album alongside former Seattle favorites iji (now based in Los Angeles). Kline and her band will return to Seattle to celebrate Next Thing’s anniversary at the Crocodile, with an opening set by hometown heroes Coral Grief, and I fully expect it to heal me. (Crocodile, 8 pm, all ages) JULIANNE BELL
TUESDAY 10/27
Kacey Musgraves, the Brudi Brothers
(MUSIC) I’ve been a fan of Dolly Parton’s spiritual successor Kacey Musgraves since her 2013 single “Follow Your Arrow,” and it’s been a treat to watch her career evolve over the years. Her bittersweet latest album, Middle of Nowhere, finds her deep in her single era, evoking both liminal spaces and her Texan roots—the title comes from a sign she spotted in her hometown that read, “Golden, Texas: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere.” It’s by turns horny, as on the touch-starved bop “Dry Spell” (“Ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed / Ain’t nobody’s boots under my bed”), and heartbreaking, as on the ballad “Hell on Me.” She also works out a 15-year feud with country star Miranda Lambert on the remix in their duet “Horses and Divorces”: “It’s all whiskey under the bridge.” Seattle-based sibling busker trio the Brudi Brothers will kick off Musgraves’s show at Climate Pledge Arena. (Climate Pledge Arena, 7:30 pm, all ages) JULIANNE BELL
WEDNESDAY 10/28
(FOOD) Sure, it’s confusing that Seattle Restaurant Week is actually two weeks, but that just means we have twice as much time to pig out on specials from dozens of delicious participating restaurants. And there are some true superstars on the list. Lupe’s Situ Tacos in Ballard will be offering a few different specials, including three of their incredibly crispy tacos, or five taquitos, served alongside a cup of soup, aguas frescas, and baklava for $30. That’s enough food for two! (Though I do hate to share my taquitos.) There’s also Shiro’s Sushi, Marination in Columbia City (and, hell yeah, their special includes malasadas), Kilig, which Stranger contributor Meg van Huygen put on her 2024 Best Restaurants in the Seattle Area list, and Melting Pot in Bellevue. I did not know Melting Pot still existed! The ’90s really are back. (Various locations) MEGAN SELING
THURSDAY 10/29
(MUSIC) I’m hard-pressed to think of many artists who reinvent themselves as effortlessly and confidently as Beatrice Laus, better known by her stage name beabadoobee. The Filipino British singer-songwriter rose to fame with her debut single, “Coffee,” which went viral on YouTube in 2017 and blew up even more after it was sampled on Canadian rapper Powfu’s TikTok-popular 2019 song “Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head).” Two years after her indie-pop album This Is How Tomorrow Moves, she’s adopting an edgier, grungier sound with her new album Pylon, which incorporates ’90s alt influences and enlists Hayley Williams, Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates as collaborators. Laus’s ethereal vocals recall the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan over fuzzy, shoegaze-tinged guitars, simmering with heartbreak and nostalgia—the album gets its title from the pylon towers she’d gaze at out the window while homesick on tour. Up-and-coming nu-gaze artist Wisp will join her on her first arena tour. (Climate Pledge, 8 pm, all ages) JULIANNE BELL
FRIDAY 10/30
(MUSIC) Rebecca Black has successfully shed the skin of her notoriously cringe viral bop “Friday.” Today, her public persona leans into her status as a queer icon, hyperpop sensation, and collaborator of genre rule-breakers like Dylan Brady (100 gecs), Big Freedia, and Dorian Electra. On her sophomore album, Age of the Exhibitionist, she harmonizes about kink and pleasure à la Madonna’s Erotica. Explaining to Out Magazine her hopes for the album, Black said, “I hope [listeners] sweat, I hope they fuck, I hope they do everything they need to do. There really is a song for everything on this record.” Brooklyn-based artist BAYLI will open with her signature blend of club, rap, and pop bangers. (Showbox, 7 pm, all ages) AUDREY VANN
SATURDAY 10/31
(PARTY) Break out your black eyeliner and pleather pants; it’s time for Southgate Roller Rink’s Goth Skate and Halloween party. You can bring your own skates or grab rentals to join goblins, ghouls, fairies, princesses, and other costumed characters out on the rink while DJs, bands, drag artists, and go-gos perform on two different stages. The live music lineup is stacked with Heebie Jeebies’ surf-punk takes of Halloween classics, the Holy Divers of Babylon’s heavy metal tribute, the Band That Ate My Brain’s punk covers, Ghosts in the Graveyard’s theatrical deathrock, and Neuroprison’s post-punk darkwave tunes. If thrills are what you seek, head out to the beer garden for a hair-raising haunted house. (Southgate Roller Rink, 9 pm, 21+) SHANNON LUBETICH
SUNDAY 11/1
Seattle Opera Presents: Salome
(PERFORMANCE) The Seattle Opera is kicking off the season with Richard Strauss’s single-act opera Salome, adapted to German from Oscar Wilde’s play, which was originally written in French. Strauss’s take on the play famously strips down Wilde’s original story, removing Wilde’s motifs and leaving its most thrilling and shocking elements. What remains is an hour-and-a-half tragedy (which is actually short by opera standards). The piece shocked audiences when it premiered back in 1905 because of its Biblical nature blended with erotic and murderous elements. Don’t miss the Seattle Opera’s production, which will be brought to life through stunning sets from Leslie Travers, 80-plus members of the Seattle Symphony, and Grammy-nominated soprano Brenda Rae. (McCaw Hall, 7:30 pm) AUDREY VANN
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