Unlike AC/DC itself, reviews of the band can get a bit dull.
Critics almost always note the Australian hard rockers haven’t changed their sound in 10 or 20 or 30 years.
While that’s largely true, fans aren’t upset. There’s a reason songs such as “Thunderstruck” pop up in a few movies every year, after all. The band’s sound works.
Guitarist Angus Young and company will remind thousands of that fact this Monday, as AC/DC plows into the Tacoma Dome to play its thunderous riffs, sharp beats and the occasional cowbell, all in support of “Black Ice,” a 2008 album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
8 p.m. Monday, Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St., Tacoma; $89.50; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Diana Krall: The most popular jazz singer performing today will be close to home during her two shows in Woodinville.
Krall was born on Victoria Island in the town of Nanaimo, due west of Vancouver, B.C.
She has won fans over with her warm voice, delivering familiar songs like “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.”
She also has topped the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy nomination for album of the year, a rare feat for a jazz singer, likely accomplished thanks to her pop slant.
7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, 14111 NE 145th St., Woodinville; $49.50 to $99.50; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic: Ah, Clinton, he’s a slick fellow, to be sure.
Back in the late 1960s, the funk icon landed on two record labels after billing himself as having two bands: Parliament and Funkadelic.
Both groups were made up of the same people, however, hence the group’s current name: Parliament/Funkadelic.
8 p.m. Wednesday, Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle; $25; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Avett Brothers: The Avett Brothers are proving you don’t need a synthesizer or Auto-Tune to turn heads.
The North Carolina three piece does just fine making its earthy tunes shimmer with a couple acoustic guitars or a banjo.
Rolling Stone dubbed the group a band to watch and super-producer Rick Rubin is working on their upcoming album, “I and Love and You,” due Sept. 29.
8 tonight, Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St., Seattle; $30; stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
Nickelback and Hinder: Modern rock takes over the Gorge this Saturday, as Nickelback play the scenic amphitheater.
The group’s emotive frontman Chad Kroeger picked up where Creed’s Scott Stapp left off in the late 1990s, singing power ballad upon power ballad.
The formula has proved bulletproof, leading to No. 1 hits such as “How You Remind Me” and “Photograph,” while elevating almost all of the group’s albums to multiplatinum status, including 2008’s “Dark Horse.”
Hinder, the Oklahoma rock band opening the show, scored a No. 1 hit in 2006 with the multiplatinum single “Lips of an Angel.”
6 p.m. Saturday, the Gorge Amphitheatre, 754 Silica Road NW, Quincy; $50; ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
John Legend: The neo-soul crooner who broke into the Billboard top 10 again with his 2008 album “Evolver” has sold out his show in Woodinville.
6:30 tonight, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, 14111 NE 145th St., Woodinville; sold out.
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455, arathbun@heraldnet.com.
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