On this Valentine's Day, we also take the time to honor the kind of love that exists between two straight dudes -- the primarily heterosexual feelings that a man has for his BFF. Exhibit A: Stan and Kyle. Exhibit B: Jay and Silent Bob. Exhibit C: Matt and Ben, the celebrity spoof of the relationship between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, focusing on the period right before they became famous (i.e., the making of......

Welsh five-piece Super Furry Animals are known for crafting catchy orchestral psychedelic pop-rock -- hence the terribly "trippy" cover art for their latest album Hey Venus. The band's been together since '94, and while most UK groups of that time period have split up or gone on permanent hiatus, SFA are still going strong. For that, you can credit the drugs. Seriously though, the Furries make songs with sunny melodies and melancholy, nearly doo-wop......

Austin-based Anglophile pop quintet Voxtrot just can't help but draw comparisons to bands like Belle & Sebastian, Morrissey, the Wedding Present, and even the Cure. After a couple well-received EPs, the band put out their self-titled debut full-length earlier this year (see above single "Firecracker"), and then proceeded to tour up a storm. Now the boys are back on the West Coast: Voxtrot headlines an extremely twee-centric all-ages show (Division Day, Tullycraft, and Math......

And we mean everybody: the New York Times, Pitchfork, the ever-fickle blogosphere. Seems that it's not hard to garner that kind of love and affection when you're a Brit-leaning pop quintet straight outta Austin. With clever arrangements, charming melodies, limber lyrics, and jangly guitars, Voxtrot just can't help but draw comparisons to bands like Belle & Sebastian, Morrissey, the Wedding Present, and even the Cure. After a string of well-received EPs, their self-titled debut......

Seattlest was heading down the hill yesterday and ambled past Edie's, which was open uncharacteristically late. We went in (as we always do) to find out that they were open late as part of the celebration for their seventh anniversary. They were having a mini-sale and in general just enjoying the revelry of a low-key party. We know we spend a lot of time talking about places closing down, especially on Capitol Hill, so we're......

...in which we pit two bands against each other, to better determine how you should spend your Tuesday night. In this corner: Peachcake Weight: 200 lbs soaking wet Hometown: Phoenix Peachcake is composed of Stefan Pruett and John O'Keefe, two enthusiastic Arizona kids who like to dress up and make sunny electro-dance rock. Their debut full-length won't be out until this summer, but what we've heard of it is upbeat synthy pop songs with completely......

Channeling Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Slayer, The Sword traffic in heavy rock riffs and mystical imagery. They'll unleash an audio onslaught on Neumo's tonight. Do not miss "prog-chamber"/"classical punk" openers Priestbird. Priest-who? They're better known by their former name Tarantula A.D. 9pm // 925 E Pine St // $12, all ages balcony......

MUSIC: The L.A.B. at Seattle Drum School hosts a birthday party for the wife of one of the dudes in Chicken Starship. It's all-ages, so there's no booze, but there will be birthday cake. Considering John Moe's in the band and the entrance fee go towards funding the school, we'll give the lack of alcohol a pass. 7pm // 12510 15th Ave NE // $5 FESTIVAL: Comedy, variety, burlesque, and vaudeville rule in Fremont......

PUPPETS: Puppets are cute when you're a kid, but when you get older they're a bit creepy. Creepy though they may be, Drunk Puppet Night removes the kid context and serves up "mature" puppetry, which may or may not involve tales about puppets trying to make rent. Continues March 2, 3, 9, 10. Doors 7pm, show 8pm // Rebar, 1114 Howell @ Boren // $15 MUSIC: Buttrock Suites sets modern dance to live renditions......

LOVE: Reading, singing, dancing, stripping, stomping mightily on the graves of St. Valentine and Lovers everywhere: This event at the Bus Stop is sure to Blaspheme V-Day a million ways from Wednesday. Perpetrated by local artists, it's called Pre-cum. Same guys who did Capitol Hill High. 8pm // The Bus Stop (508 E Pine St) // free? MUSIC: A camera obscura, as far as we can tell, was a pinhole imaging thingy that was a......

MUSIC: The Lawnchair Generals have always had our respect because of their ability to both accept and transcend the West Coast house sound, playing and producing records that appeal to masses the world over. This is hardly Just Another House Night, and you'd do well to see two of Seattle's house ambassadors at work. *Sample set: Live on Mix Up Radio Australia, November 2006 Doors 10pm // Neumo's, 925 E Pike St. // $10,......

SEX: Sex-positive retailer Babeland closes out 2006 with their annual three day sale, with even some of their most popular toys marked down 25%. Let's face it, the other gifts you may have received this holiday season won't provide the long-term satisfaction something you pick up here will. 11am-10pm (also Noon-7pm Sunday and 11am-10pm Monday) // 707 E Pike St. // 25% off whatever pleasing your bits and pieces is worth MUSIC: As hard as......

Today is No Pants Day. It's also Cinco De Mayo. Seattlest thinks celebrations for the former will get started after celebrations for the latter, continuing until tomorrow. Since they'll run into tomorrow anyway, Seattlest declares this weekend No Pants Weekend. You can celebrate as you see fit, but for all the ladies, tomorrow's DJ Assault show is going to be the place to get your Girls Gone Wild on. The recommended trip to PDX for......

Previously on Seattlest we reported on the confrontation that took place on Christian talk radio station KGNW between the Seattle religious community and local cartoonist Brian Sendelbach over his allegedly outrageous Stranger cover illustration that seemed to mock the imminent deaths of the Pope and Terri Schiavo. But the conflict fizzled into disappointing anti-climax as Sendelbach charmed the interviewer and won approbations for his courage to talk on the air. The interviewer even hailed Sendelbach......