Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2023

 1.  Weathervanes by Jason Isbell
2.   Time Ain't Accidental by Jess Williamson
3.   the record by boygenius
4.   Something is Trying to Change My Mind by Leon III
5.   City of Gold by Molly Tuttle
6.   Fantasy by M83
7.   Light Places by LP Giobbi
8.   Celebrants by Nickel Creek
9.   Cousin by Wilco
10. Love in the Void by Hammock
11. Careful of Your Keepers by This is the Kit
12. Bunny by Beach Fossils
13. supernatural thing by M Ward
14. Wide Open Light by Ben Harper
15. Solar Music by Butcher Brown
16. Swimteam by Emily Kinney
17. Uncertain Country by Great Lake Swimmers
18. everything is alive by Slowdive
19. Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James Argue
20. return to casual by Walter Smith III
21. Honey by Samia
22. You're the One by Rhiannon Giddens
23. We Know the Sky by Yours are the Only Ears
24. Strays by Margo Price
25. I Love a Love Song! by Rachael and Vilray
26. Live at Panama 66 by The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
27. Blood Orange by Freya Ridings
28. 1988 by Lori McKenna
29. The Victory March by Citizen Cope
30. The Price of Progress by The Hold Steady

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2022

1.   Age of Apathy by Aoife O'Donovan
2.   Running with the Hurricane by Camp Cope
3.   Metamorphosis by Cloud Cult
4.   Palomino by First Aid Kit
5.   I Walked with You a Ways by Plains
6.   God Save the Animals by Alex G
7.   Crooked Tree by Molly Tuttle
8.   Blue Hours by Bear's Den
9.   Radiator by Sadurn
10. True North by Caroline Spence
11. Cold as Weiss by Delvon Lamaar Organ Trio
12. We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten
13. Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey by Butcher Brown
14. WE by Arcade Fire
15. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief
16. Wet Leg by Wet Leg
17. The 7th Hand by Immanuel Wilkins
18. Wet Tennis by Sofi Tukker
19. Welcome 2 Club XIII by Drive-By Truckers
20. Loose Future by Courtney Marie Andrews
21. Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 by Johnny Marr
22. Once Twice Melody by Beach House
23. 90 in November by Why Bonnie
24. Dog Hours by Big Nothing
25. 12 Stars by Melissa Aldana
26. For the Sake of Bethel Woods by Midlake
27. Isabela by Ozed Tzur

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2021

1.   In Heaven by Strand of Oaks

2.   I Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs

3.   In These Silent Days by Brandi Carlile

4.   Revolutionary Love by Ani DiFranco

5.   Antlers in Velvet by Leon III

6.   California Soil by London Grammar

7.   Topaz by Israel Nash

8.   The Million Things That Never Happened by Billy Bragg

9.   Enjoy the View by We Were Promised Jetpacks

10. American Silence by Chris Pierce 

11. Obviously by Lake Street Dive

12. Marfa Tapes by Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall

13. I Told You So by Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

14. Glowing in the Dark by Django Django

15. We Are by Jon Batiste

16. Open Door Policy by The Hold Steady

17. Good For You by Houndmouth

18. Different Kinds of Light by Jade Bird

19. Dark in Here by The Mountain Goats

20. Somewhere by San June

21. New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

22. Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

23. Skellig by David Gray

24. Renewal by Billy Strings

25. Voyager by Current Joys

26. Sweep it into Space by Dinosaur Jr.

27. Another Land by Dave Holland

28. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

29. The Pull of Niagra Falls by Citizen Cope

30. Today We're The Greatest by Middle Kids

31. That Spell by Andrea von Kampen

32. The Life We're Livin' by Darin and Brooke Aldridge

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2020

1.  Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

2.  Saint Cloud by Waxahatche

3.  Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

4.  Songs For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

5.  Never Not Together by Nada Surf

6.  Always Tomorrow by Best Coast

7.  My Echo by Laura Veirs

8.  Brother Sister by Watkins Family Hour

9.  Through a Dark Wood by Sea Wolf

10. When We Stay Alive by Polica

11. Gigaton by Pearl Jam

12. Introduction, Presence by Nation of Language

13. Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

14. Off Off On by This is the Kit

15. Blue Hearts by Bob Mould

16. Old Time Feeling by S.G. Goodman

17. RoundAgain by Joshua Redman feat. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade

18. Not Our First Goat Rodeo by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile

19. The Third Gleam by The Avett Brothers

20. Ceremony by Phantogram

21. The Main Thing by Real Estate

22. The Waterfall II by My Morning Jacket

23. Who Are You? by Joel Ross

24. A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

25. Live Drugs by The War On Drugs

26. Moveys by Slow Pulp

27. You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere by The Districts

28. Getting Into Knives by The Mountain Goats

29. Total Freedom by Kathleen Edwards

30. Free Love by Sylvan Esso

31. Andrew Hibbard by Andrew Hibbard

32. Distance by Jess Cornelius

33. What's New, Tomboy? by Damien Jurado

34. on the tender spot of every calloused moment by Ambrose Akinmusire

35. Long in the Tooth by The Budos Band

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2019

The Highwomen by The Highwomen
Dogrel by FONTAINES D.C.
Assiniboine & The Red by The Small Glories
Thrashing Thru The Passion by The Hold Steady
Better Oblivion Community Center by Better Oblivion Community Center
Blue Roses by Runaway June
Closer Than Together by The Avett Brothers
In League with Dragons by The Mountain Goats
Eraserland by Strand of Oaks
Union by Sun Volt
Deceiver by DIIV
Part 2 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost by Foals
Ode to Joy by Wilco
Four of Arrows by Great Grandpa
Jade Bird by Jade Bird
San Isabel by Jamestown Revival
Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten
Silencia by Hammock
American Football (LP3) by American Football
The Gospel According to Water by Joe Henry
Terms of Surrender by Hiss Golden Messenger
MAGDALENE by FKA twigs
Phoenix by Pedro the Lion
Glazing Globe by Outer Spaces
Cry by Cigarettes After Sex
Cuz I Love You by Lizzo

PASS 2019 Live Music

Selected shows during the PASS 2019 Conference in Seattle, Washington.

Sunday November 3rd

   

Swervedriver + Milly + Grinding Eyes

8:00pm

Columbia City Theater

4916 Rainier Avenue South

Seattle, WA

$24.50

Monday November 4th

  

Mama Magnolia + Alec Shaw + Young-Chhaylee

8:00pm

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Avenue NW

$10

Mono

8:00pm

The Crocodile

2200 2nd Avenue

Seattle, WA

$20

FKA twigs + Magdalene

8:00pm

Moore Theatre

1932 2nd Avenue

Seattle, WA

$44/$75

Savion Glover

7:30pm

Dmitriou's Jazz Alley

2033 6th Avenue

Seattle, WA

$50

Tuesday November 5th

  

Dead Ghosts

8:30pm

Sunset Tavern

5433 Ballard Avenue NW

Seattle, WA

$12.00

Justin Townes Earle + Jonny Two Bags

8:00pm

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Avenue NW

Seattle, WA

$25.00

Savion Glover

7:30pm

Dmitriou's Jazz Alley

2033 6th Avenue

Seattle, WA

$50

Wednesday November 6th

Chick Corea and the Seattle Symphony

7:30pm

Benaroya Hall

200 University Street

Seattle, WA

$67 - $127

Tom Morello + Bones UK

8:00pm

Neptune Theatre

1303 NE 45th Street

Seattle, WA

$28.50

Bishop Briggs + Miya Folick + Jax Anderson

8:00pm

Showbox SoDo

1700 1st Avenue

Seattle, WA

$27.50

Cuffed Up

7:00pm

The Vera Project

305 Harrison Street

Seattle, WA

Savion Glover

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Dmitriou's Jazz Alley

2033 6th Avenue

Seattle, WA

$50

Thursday November 7th

Twin Peaks + Post Animal + OHMME

8:00pm

Neumos

925 E Pike Street

Seattle, WA

$18

Friday November 8th

Diego's Umbrella + Buzz Brump

8:00pm

High Dive

513 N 36th Street

Seattle, WA

$10

Jesca Hoop + Ken Stringfellow + Chloe Foy

7:00pm

St Mark's Cathedral

1245 10th Avenue East

Seattle, WA

$17

SECT + Wake of Humanity + XSavageX

7:00pm

Fusion Café (downtown YMCA)

909 4th Avenue

Seattle, WA

$12

Purple Alpaca's Top Albums of 2018

1.  By The Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile
2.  See You Around by I'm With Her
3.  How to Socialise & Make Friends by Camp Cope
4.  Ruins by First Aid Kit
5.  May Your Kindness Remain by Courtney Marie Andrews
6.  Live from the Ryman by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
7.  The Flora String Sessions by Sera Cahoone
8.  Single Rider by Jenn Champion
9.  Lifted by Israel Nash
10. I'll Sing by Shannen Moser
11. God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty
12. Evergreen by Michigan Rattlers
13. Lost Friends by Middle Kids
14. Clean by Soccer Mommy
15. The Choice by Kamasi Washington
16. Two People by Robby Hecht & Caroline Spence
17. Appreciation by Horse Feathers
18. Free Yourself Up by Lake Street Dive
19. Camden Session by Butcher Brown
20. The Tree by Lori McKenna
21. Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts
22. What Heaven is Like by Wussy
23. Historian by Lucy Dacus
24. On Dark Horses by Emma Ruth Rundle
25. Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Event Listings January 2019

The Brother Brothers

January 8th at Tractor Tavern

Thursday January 3rd
Lake Street Dive
8:00pm
Rams Head Live!
20 Market Place
Baltimore, MD

Tuesday January 8th
Brother Brothers
March to May
8:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue N.W.
Seattle, WA

Wednesday January 9th
Wood Brothers
Priscilla Renea
8:00pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday January 17th
Trampled by Turtles
Actual Wolf
8:00pm
Wooly's
504 East Locust
Des Moines, IA

Saturday January 18th
Fruit Bats
Lake
9:00pm
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue N.W.
Seattle, WA

Friday January 25th & Saturday January 26th
Ann Arbor Folk Festival:
Brandi Carlisle
Haley Heynderickx
Michigan Rattlers
I'm With Her
and other bands performing
6:30pm
Hill Auditorium
825 N University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI

Wednesday January 30th
Michigan Rattlers
The Lil' Smokes
8:00pm
The Foundry (at The Fillmore)
29 East Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings December 2018

Courtney Marie Andrews

December 29th, 30th and 31st at Bowery Ballroom

Saturday December 1st
Middle Kids
The Shacks
9:00pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N. Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday December 5th
Soccer Mommy
Ratboys
Anna Altman
9:00pm
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday December 5th
MEWITHOUTYOU
The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die
Hold Down the Ocean
8:00pm
Theatre of Living Arts
334 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday December 8th
Horton's Holiday Hayride Starring:
Reverend Horton Heat
Junior Brown
The Blasters and Big Sandy
7:00pm
Stone Pony
913 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Friday December 14th
Phosphorescent
Liz Cooper and the Stampede
9:00pm
Theatre of Living Arts
334 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

December 29th
Margo Price
Lilly Hiatt
6:30pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park

December 30th & 31st
Hop Along
Palm (12/30)
Diet Cig (12/31)
8:00pm (12/30), 10:00pm (12/31)
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park

December 29th, 30th & 31st
The Lone Below

Courtney Marie Andrews
9:00pm (12/29 & 12/30), 10:00pm (12/31)
Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street
New York, NY

Event Listings November 2018

I'm With Her

November 17th at Union Transfer

 

Friday November 2nd
The Twilight Sad
8:30pm
Boot & Saddle
1131 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday November 6th
The Wood Brothers
Nicole Atkins
8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center
100 South Street
Morristown, NJ

Friday November 9th
The Joy Formidable
Tancred
9:00pm
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Saturday November 10th
Drive by Truckers
T Hardy Morris
Cannery Ballroom
Nahville,TN

Tuesday November 13th

Tuesday November 13th
Toto
8:00pm
State Theater
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

Saturday November 17th
I'm With Her
The Brother Brothers
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings October 2018

Horse Feathers

October 13th at Concerts in the Studio

The Barr Brothers

October 15th at Union Transfer

Saturday October 6th
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Zhang Conducts Beethoven 9
8:00pm
State Theatre
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

Thursday October 11th

Trampled by Turtles
The Infamous Stringdusters

8:00pm
The Pageant
6161 Delmar Boulevard

St Louis, MO

Saturday October 13th

Horse Feathers

7:30pm

Concerts in the Studio

3 Jackson Terrace

Freehold, NJ

Monday October 15th
Milk Carton Kids

The Barr Brothers

8:30pm
Union Transfer

1026 Spring Garden Street

Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday October 16th

Israel Nash

Kyle Emerson

8:00pm

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Avenue NW

Seattle, WA

Friday October 19th

The Bottle Rockets

Sarah Borges

Eric Ambel

8:30pm

MilkBoy

1100 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday October 24th
We Were Promised Jetpacks

8:00pm
Asbury Lanes

209 4th Avenue

Asbury Park, NJ

Friday October 26th

Rubblebucket

Diet Cig

Star Rover

8:30pm

Union Transfer

1026 Spring Garden Street

Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings September 2018

Brandi Carlile

September 1st at Moore Theater 



 

Saturday September 1st
Brandi Carlile
Courtney Marie Andrews
7:30pm
Moore Theater
911 Pine Street
Seattle, WA

 

Sunday September 2nd
Alex Williams
Jaime Wyatt
5:00pm
Stone Pier Summer Concert Series
West Stone Pier
3rd and Lake Streets
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View, IA

 

Saturday September 8th
First Aid Kit
Julia Jacklin
9:00pm
The Fillmore
29 E Allen Street
Philadelphia, PA

 

Friday September 14th
Okkervil River
8:30pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

 

Friday September 14th
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
9:15pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

 

Friday September 21st
The Jayhawks
The Old Ceremony
8:00pm
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

 

Wednesday September 26th
Israel Nash
Allen Tate (San Fermin)
8:00pm
Johnny Brenda's
1201 N Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA