Late Show: Doors 9:00 PM/ Show 9:30 PM

Drummer Ches Smith’s new release Clone Row debuts an adventurous all-star quartet featuring guitarists Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman and bassist Nick Dunston. Weaving threads from his varied earlier projects, Smith draws myriad possibilities from this group’s seemingly limited instrumentation.

Ches Smith’s new release Clone Row, out June 6, 2025 on Otherly Love Records weaves together varied threads from his divergent earlier projects in ways that sound not quite like any of them. Marc Ribot writes that this album is like “some post-punk post-Dave Brubeck post-trip-hop experiment with classical form.” On the album, guitarists Halvorson and Ellman, swirl, echo and double-take, squaring off with a bass and drums team that anchors and unhinges through doubling sounds — drum machines and acoustic drums, low-end analog synth and acoustic bass, digital samples and repeated fragments performed in real time. In a dance of coherence and chaos, the four musicians plunge headlong into the feedback loop of composition and improvisation armed with chemistry created by their mutual appreciation and enduring friendships.

*Tickets for the concert do not guarantee seating in the dining room. Dining room seating reservations, must be arranged with The Royal Room in advance. Follow this link to their online dining reservation page: https://theroyalroomseattle.com/reservations/ Any questions, email reservations@theroyalroomseattle.com. Please note that advance concert tickets are required to obtain a table reservation. The Royal Room does not take reservations over the phone.

Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Royal Room is all ages till 10:00pm daily, from then on it’s 21+. The bar area is 21+ at all times.