union transfer

by Bryan Culver I’m going to go out on a limb and assume most Seattle-based musicians aren’t spending a lot of their time in between gigs hanging out in London.  I mean—Seattle-to-London—that’s a long haul.  Then again, Alex Rose is far from your average Seattle-based musician. Read More

by Matt Kelchner On Saturday night, Vancouver duo Japandroids took the stage for the second of back to back shows at Union Transfer. Riding high on the release of Near to the Wild Heart of Life, their recently released third album, David Prowse and Brian King unleashed a Read More

by Bryan Culver Identify which of the following statements is false: (1) I live and work in Philadelphia; (2) I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to, dissecting, and writing about music; (3) I often attend live shows.  If you answered (3) you are spot on the money. Read More

by Tiffany Taylor On January 30th, Union Transfer hosted bands LVL UP and Cloud Nothings for a show that absolutely set the tone for an awesome week. The place was packed; Cloud Nothings are promoting their new album Life Without Sound and had LVL UP accompany them as their only Read More

by Matt Kelchner With bellies full and Black Friday shopping trips over, people came out en masse for Dinosaur Jr.’s concert at Union Transfer on Saturday. The show had sold out days in advance and walking around the venue that night, that much was clear. Fans were packed in Read More

By Regina Nicolardi The Naked And Famous (TNAF) have taken their highly anticipated third studio album Simple Forms to the road this fall, and a Monday night concert proved no match for the fans of the indie-electric, alt-rock band from New Zealand, as they packed Union Transfer. Read More