All Sorts Of Noise About Noise For The Needy!

Tomorrow is the kick off of 2009's Noise For The Needy Benefit and the press is just bubbling with excitement for the wonderful cause that (fortunately for us music fans) features an AMAZING lineup... thank you to all of our stellar friends in the Seattle press for supporting such a great cause!!

Seattle PI

Noise for the Needy music fest kicks of Thursday

By Shawn Telford

If something new and exciting is in order, check out the dark rock sounds of Black Whales (June 13 at Chop Suey with Portland's Point Juncture, WA and the Pica Beats.)

Seattle PI

Ear Candy

Ear Candy's Night of Musical Madness 2009, featuring Art Brut and Brent Amaker and the Rodeo

I'll be indulging my ears in are Brent Amaker and the Rodeo with The Valley and others at the Comet Tavern and Art Brut and Miike Snow at Neumos. The great thing about both of these shows is that they are part of the annual Noise for the Needy concert series, which means the money I am spending on tickets will benefit Transitional Resources..

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Seattle Weekly

Rocket Queen: Mad Love

Noise for the Needy turns up the volume on mental-health issues.

By Hannah Levin

While the national acts will undoubtedly draw big crowds, the local selections at some of the smaller clubs are also very thoughtfully curated, and include wildly popular dance nights like the Mike Nipper–helmed Emerald City Soul Club (Saturday at the Lo-Fi/Victory Lounge) and some of the strongest up-and-coming acts working around town right now.

The Stranger

Line-Out

Noise for the Needy Kick-Off Party

Posted by Megan Seling

All you have to do to lend a hand is show up at a Noise for the Needy show and viola! You're a good samaritan!

The Stranger

Up & Coming

Megan Seling

Noise for the Needy: Pt Juncture, WA; Black Whales; the Pica Beats; Grant Olsen

(Chop Suey) The great thing about this year's Noise for the Needy festival is that just about every genre gets a turn in the spotlight. So tonight, while Black Eyes & Neckties and Loving Thunder rip the roof off the Wildrose, fans of a more-mellow vibe will sway and gaze at their shoes for Portland's Point Juncture, WA. The band's shimmering and swirling songs have blasts of tambourine, horns, and harmonies that have earned them comparisons to Yo La Tengo, Stereolab, and Spoon. Openers Black Whales are one of my favorite bearded, folk-tinged acts in Seattle right now (which is saying a lot, as there are many)

Seattle Times

Matson on Music

Andrew Matson

The defining quality of NftN is reality: The organizations it benefits really do help people, and its bands really are good.

Ballard News-Tribune

Rock out, help out

By Michael Harthorne

This month, Ballard music fans will still have the chance to wake-up with ringing ears and a pounding hangover after a night of live music. But coupled with those usual pains, will be a warm and satisfying feeling knowing they rocked out to help those less fortunate than themselves.

Metblogs

charity music agenda: noise for the needy runs wednesday through sunday

By Josh

As for the live music, there are so many options to draw you in, you’d be hard pressed to go wrong. Throw Me the Statue has an eagerly-awaited album coming out very soon, Grand Archives are back from a big European tour with likely previews of new material, I Was A King have come all the way from Norway for you, and as far as I can tell, you have to be dead to not be having fun at an Art Brut show or dancing sweatily when you’re in the capable hands of the Emerald City Soul Club.

Kitsap Sun

by Ear Candy

The great thing about these shows is that they are part of the annual Noise for the Needy concert series, which means the money I am spending on tickets will benefit Transitional Resources, a West Seattle organization that provides transitional housing, jobs and other services for mentally ill adults.