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THE FRAT ROCK: This Seattlest is originally from a really small town in Central Florida—a part of the country where bands don't really make a habit of "blowing up" nationwide. Sister Hazel is one of the rare exceptions, and they started their career in Gainesville playing the ever-demanding frat rock circuit. We learned about them from our sorority-member sister, because they played frequent bar parties at FSU. Anyway, it's cool to see them all the way out here playing a venue the size of Showbox at the Market. They're not our favorite band, but we've got to give props to our semi-hometown boys.

in the summertime

Whenever we claim that small-town Texas five-piece Midlake sound like Fleetwood Mac minus the chicks and the excessive coke use, people always think we're saying that as an insult. Nothing could be further from the truth. We hear "Roscoe" [mp3] and think "Rhiannon," and frankly that's a good thing. In other places, the band's partly cloudy sound may recall Neil Young or Jackson Browne or basically any other folk-leaning 70s rock outfit, but for us the fuzzy guitars and the transcendent harmonies can't help but evoke the Mac. And what the hell is wrong with that? Fleetwood Mac has a lot of great songs! "Go Your Own Way" and "Say You Love Me" are undeniable!

Rather than start with some treatise on the importance of pop music, we'll just say that this post is about a show that should be a very good time. You should go. Many others will be doing so, and while the hipster quotient will be high, the fun to be had should outweigh that (partly from the enjoyment of making fun of said hipsters).

Apparently, there is something out there called 'nature.' It has trees and birds and such things. We are a little scared of it. If you, on the other hand, are more intrepid than we are and you also happen to enjoy the indie rock, head over to the Gorge Amphitheater tomorrow to see the Sasquatch Music Festival. As you most likely know, the lineup features the Pixies, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, the Dears, Arcade Fire, the Bloc Party and more. The lineup is awesome, but we are a little biased towards ceilings, walls and climate control, but that's just us.