Sound Off Flyer.JPG.jpeg The field is set for Sound Off 2010, Experience Music Project’s battle of the underage bands, and we’ve got the DL on the first competitors slated to do battle this weekend in the competition’s first semi-final round. On Saturday, four groups go into EMP; one comes out the victor and moves into the final round March 6. What do these young artist’s stand to gain? First prize is a performance at Bumbershoot 2010 and a bunch of sweet gear. The second place winner will perform at the Northwest Folk Life Festival 2010 and also receive some of that sweet gear.

Tune into Seattlest each of the next four days to hear tracks from the first round’s artists and even stand a chance to win tickets to the upcoming show (more details later).

We’re starting things off right -- with a lo-fi, high speed, onslaught bound to leave you raw courtesy of Tacoma’s Apache Chief. “I’m Trash” is a hardcore brief that recalls all that is punk about punk music. Bringing to mind The Stooges and Dead Boys, it gets our blood pumping and sort of makes us lose control, which feels very very right.

Currently touring with noted musician and legendary producer Van Dyke Parks, Clare and The Reasons will take the stage at Seattle's Triple Door tomorrow night. Seattlest was lucky enough to catch Clare on her way back from a dental exam and exchange a few words about the new album, cover songs, David Bowie and the importance of good oral hygiene. more ›

"Who’s the sweet thing that just strolled into Roseanne’s kitchen? Is it a lost supermodel? A Hollywood actress? An angel from the heavens? NOPE! It’s the same old Jackie, just fancied up for a night on the town at the Lanford singles night dance. While Roseanne is stuck at home trying to force frozen pork chops apart, Jackie’s headed out on the town trying to find “the one” so she too can join her sister in a state of domestic delight. This high waisted denim skirt with a zipper slit, vaguely astrological belt, and embellished tank all spell trouble for the single men of Lanford. Mothers, lock up your sons! Jackie is on the prowl." more ›

Ambiance/Clientele: Soulfood serves the best, most-consistent coffee on the Eastside in an uber-relaxed, community based setting. The coffeehouse is towards the back of the hippy-new age bookshop and is a great place to relax over a game of chess, book or laptop. They have numerous tables in addition to a living room-like circle of comfy chairs surrounded by local art on the walls. A couple nights a week Soulfood offers the best live music on the Eastside offering an ecletic mix of folk, jazz and rock. The first friday of every month is usually reserved for an incarnation of Twirl, Soulfood's owner Clint McCune's band. more ›

It was admittedly with some reservation that we headed to the PNB opening night performance of The Sleeping Beauty last week. We love classical ballet, but we’ve seen the boundary-pushing, über-engaging side of PNB and its offsets, and the full-length storybook ballets are usually classically vanilla, plumped with pomp and circumstance, and several hours long. more ›

SOOOO SEATTLE: Grunge!! Seattle natives Mudhoney are in town tonight, and bring with them the classic grunge they helped shaped in the far away land of 1988. They've been around ever since and have 9 studio albums under their belt. From what we can see, the show is listed as free. Don't forget your flannel! more ›

  • Phillyist reported from the Miss'd America pageant in Atlantic City, former home of the Miss America pageant.
  • Torontoist has been interviewing the members of the Kids in the Hall one by one by one, now that the much-loved comedy troupe is back on TV with a new mini-series, Death Comes to Town.
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    By their nature, team sports competitions aren't won or lost by an individual. There are too many players involved and too many variables to consider. The Colts got to the Super Bowl and lost the Super Bowl largely because of Peyton Manning but an injured Dwight Freeney may have made all the difference. Freeney got to Brees once, but he clearly wasn't himself. It was nevertheless a close match and the city of New Orleans deservedly has something to celebrate. It seems that the Big Easy will be starting Mardi Gras a week early this year. Forty-four seems to be the magic number as both the Saints and the Super Bowl have been in existence for forty-four years and they're finally connected. We imagine there are at least a few fans with conflicting emotions as Manning was raised and played high school ball in New Orleans, not mention the fact that his father played most of his career for the Saints. Though we're sure that they've already gotten over it and the party's raging on Bourbon Street. Congratulations to the Saints and the city of New Orleans. more ›

    Two or three good things (depending on how you feel about the Saints) coming out of La Grande Soupière (as the Frogs would refer to it), the Soup Bowl in Miami. Referring of course to the Parisian Love ad from Google. more ›

    We realize that any complaints at this point will fall on deaf ears. Because regardless of the chaos, price gouging, and nose-bleed seats, we are here in Miami at the Super Bowl. There seems to be more Saints' fans than Indy fans cruising the streets of South Beach and I imagine that the majority of football fans are rooting for New Orleans to have some good fortune go their way. Even computer simulations have the Saints winning the game. For the past six years, EA Sports has run a Super Bowl simulation on its Madden NFL game. Every year but one the game has accurately predicted the winner. The one year that the game got it wrong was when the Giants upset the Patriots in 2008 and no one saw that coming. Despite what seems to be the popular vote the professional oddsmakers have the Colts winning. I suppose we could throw out a prediction but there are too many uncertainties to consider. As Chris Berman often says, "That's why they play the game". more ›

    Today is the Super Bowl, the first of three days during the calendar year when Americans wear special clothing and drink themselves en masse into oblivion (St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween being the other two). more ›

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    Ronald will attend the Seattle Wine Outlet Sausage Fest (Kielbasa Kickoff? Andouille Offsides? Pepperoni Potluck? Mortadella Mashup? Boclwurst Bowl? Wurst Wrangle?) on Sunday. Sarah is dog sitting the best dog in the world (Friday night doggy fashion show), birthday partying, and spending the whole super bowl commenting on how wildly unattractive Peyton Manning is. more ›

    Basket Case and Frankenhooker. Henenlotter will be in attendance tonight for a brief Q&A and a screening material from his personal stash of exploitation film trailers. Can't stay up late enough for tonight's show? There's no shame in that, and you don't even have to miss out - Henenlotter will be on hand at Scarecrow video at 7 pm, signing DVDs and chatting with fans. more ›

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