Dr. Dog has the unfortunate circumstance of being an awesome band with a terrible name. Despite it all, the Philadelphia five-piece soldiers on, touring pretty much non-stop to bring their mix of playful '60s era harmonies, psychedelic leanings, and shaggy lo-fi stylings to the masses. Their albums have been met with ever-increasing acclaim--third release Easy Beat continues to be our favorite--but they remain delightfully under the radar, still a great club band, still a fun live show, and still a group of guys who just like to make music. We spoke with keyboardist Zach Miller in anticipation of Dr. Dog's 21+ show tonight at the Croc. more ›

After seeing the recently announced lineups for Coachella and Bonnaroo, one thing was pretty clear: both lineups are strong, but altogether there's only a couple Seattle bands playing at either fest. more ›

For the last few years Austin’s SXSW Music festival has brought Seattle their best European (mostly U.K.) bands; many of them making their first appearance here before heading back across the pond or whisking away to the many summer music festivals around the country. Seattle seems like a good enough launch pad though, and we’ve got a few beauties lined up. On Monday, May 5th two of the biggest bands coming out of the U.K. right now just happen to be playing sold out shows on the same night – The Kooks at Crocodile Café and The Arctic Monkeys at The Showbox. On a Monday night no less? Tell us where else in the country you’ll see that! Our advice? Save your money and go check out The Klaxons tonight at The Crocodile (there should still be some tickets available here); a great British band on their final tune-up for Coachella and a ton of other huge festivals this year. We can’t get their debut release Myths of the Near Future out of our head and neither can a lot of the British mags hyping them all year (they've already sold out most all their U.K. dates). Call it indie new rave or British dance punk. It’s experimental at times, British pop at others, but definitely worth us checking out their live show. Care to take a listen? Check out a few tracks from their Myspace page here. more ›

Video of Daft Punk at last year's Coachella after the jump. more ›

Realizing it would only make us crazy to attempt to create a playlist of both bands for the day, we went with the "prepare for the first" approach. Doors for the Rentals were at 8pm with only one opener, while Boot Camp Clik had about a slew of openers and a later door, so it was a safe (and correct) assumption that the Rentals would start first (and there was no way we were going to miss that). The hours before the show were spent getting into rock-out mode, with a soundtrack consisting of old Weezer (Blue Album for life!), Dalmations (we certainly had our awesome on), and on the walk to Neumos, Daft Punk's Coachella set (Technologic indeed). We arrived just in time to see frontman Matt Sharp take the stage. more ›

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. more ›

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The Gang of Four reunion rumors were true: they'll play the second day of 2005's Coachella Festival in Indio, California. more ›

The rock reunion revival, fronted last summer by the Pixies and followed up by Mission of Burma last fall, is continuing in 2005 with news of both Slint and Gang of Four reunion tours. more ›