Monday night's Kid Koala show was on the other end of the "change" spectrum from last weekend's Jamie Lidell show. While the Lidell show was about how things stay the same (although a good same), the Kid Koala show was all about change (or at least doing things differently). While most people were in attendance for Kid Koala's playful DJing, Seattlest was most intrigued to see openers Fog, who have made a huge departure from their original sound. more ›

Saturday night Seattlest was at a packed Chop Suey for the highly-anticipated performance by one-man laptop soul band Jamie Lidell. After hearing how he stole the show when he opened for Four Tet last fall, we went into his solo appearance with high expectations---so it's a good thing that Mr. Lidell was approximately awesome. Only one song into the set, when the trenchcoat-clad Brit had simply sat on a stool and poured his heart out over a Motown groove, we turned to our companion and sighed, "He's dreamy." more ›

You've got two options for where you should be Saturday night. Sure, there's more going on, but you'll have to trust us when we say that these two are where the action is. Anything else just won't be as good...unless it is. more ›