With this year’s Sasquatch festival now over, the Gorge will remain the go-to place for big shows throughout the season.
This weekend, the venue in the Columbia River Valley will host the KUBE 93 Summer Jam, which features huge names in pop and rap, including T.I., Trey Songz and 2 Chainz.
The biggest name on the bill by far is T.I. Since 2006, all the rapper’s albums have debuted in the top 5 on the Billboard 200.
His biggest records, “King” and “Paper Trail,” produced the memorable singles “What You Know” and the No. 1 hit “Whatever You Like.”
Fellow headliners Trey Songz and 2 Chainz also are familiar to fans of rap. The former hit No. 1 last year with the album “Chapter V,” while the latter topped the charts this year with his record “Based on a T.R.U. Story.”
Tickets are $62.60 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Back in Seattle, the venerable indie pop band They Might Be Giants will headline the Showbox SoDo at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The two-man group formed 30 years ago in Boston, quickly winning a cult following for its quirky lyrics and tight songwriting. The group flirted with the mainstream with its 1990 album “Flood,” and now splits its time between making albums for adults and music geared to children.
While arguably it’s won more acclaim for its children’s music — the 2008 record “Here Come the 123s” won a Grammy — the group still has plenty of older fans, many who by this point have children of their own.
The pair is now touring behind its latest album for grownups, “Nanobots,” which featured a song about the inventor Nikola Tesla and another track called “You’re on Fire,” which the group meant literally.
Tickets are $30 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Alkaline Trio will return to Seattle for a sold-out show at the Showbox at the Market at 7 Friday night.
Alkaline Trio’s brand of guitar-heavy pop-punk is fueled by lead singer Matt Skiba’s love for dark sentiments and awkward puns; past albums include “Good Mourning” and “From Here to Infirmary.”
The long-running band’s latest album is “My Shame Is True,” which reached No. 24 on the charts. The album was praised as a return to form for the group by the often-reserved AllMusic, which went so far as to call the record “bonkers good.”
Tickets are sold out but can be found at a mark-up at stubhub.com.
Finally, Canadian alt-pop singer Lights will hit the Neptune Theatre at 7 p.m. June 13 for a special acoustic show.
Lights — which is the work of Valerie Poxleitner — made her name as a singer of synth pop on albums like “The Listening” and “Siberia.”
She has also, however, reworked those songs to their stripped-down essence on albums such as this year’s “Siberia Acoustic.” Her acoustic concert should serve as an intimate showcase for her songwriting skills.
Tickets are $25 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
