The sorely missed Seattle band, Carissa's Wierd (not a typo) has had a bit of a revival recently. What with Hardly Art releasing a best of compilation titled They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 and the one-night reunion show they played at the Showbox Market in July. And fans of Carissa's Wierd have even more to look forward to as Hardly Art has just announced that they will release the band's three studio albums (Ugly But Honest, You Should Be At Home Here, Songs About Leaving) on vinyl and digitally, for the first time ever. more ›

SIFF FITS: It’s officially here! Three and a half weeks of movie festival enjoyment lay spread out before us and the only bad part we can think of is that we have to take it all one day at a time. Seattle International Film Festival, entering its 36th year, kicks off this evening with the Opening Night Gala at Benaroya Hall. The feature presentation is the film Extra Man, a comedy featuring Kevin Kline (Wild, Wild West, In & Out), Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood), John C. Reilly (Days of Thunder), and Katie Holmes (Teaching Mrs. Tingle). After the screening, guests are invited to dance, drink, eat and altogether enjoy Seattle’s premiere red carpet event. After that? 24 more glorious days of movies. more ›

CALL IT GOOF-HOP Kid Koala plays Nectar tonight. The Vancouver-born DJ makes relaxing hiphop/glitch-flavored songs. He’s one of those people whom it seems unfair to call a "DJ" because his records are more than remixes: his music is uniquely, goofily relaxing. His first record, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, sounds like a dance club on Sesame Street. Kid Koala is a rare thing: a DJ who just wants to make you smile. With Adira. more ›

Even if you're going to tonight's John in the Morning at Night, Friday's best bet is DJ/blue-eyed soul man/gold lamé bathrobe-wearer/consummate performer Jamie Lidell, along with opener Janelle Monae at Showbox. Jamie also has an instore at Easy Street Queen Anne this evening at 6:30 p.m. more ›

Seattlest is quaking in their boots (bought especially for the occasion) with excitement for this years SXSW in Austin, Tex. We're making our initial sojourn to the festival and are so pleased to see there will be a strong Seattle contingent joining us in Austin this year. more ›

Right on the heels of the announcement that the Mars Volta was added to the Sasquatch lineup, and right before tickets go on sale this Saturday, the three-day music festival has seen fit to delineate who will be playing on which day: more ›

After months of wild speculation, the official 2008 Sasquatch lineup has finally been announced: more ›

We've already mentioned this weekend's Pyramid Alehouse Snowed In Party, featuring the Presidents of the USA (tonight) and the Dandy Warhols (tomorrow). Tonight, there's also Black Dice bringing their wall o' noise to the Vera Project. more ›

The above vid is a live performance of "Our Bovine Public," the barrelling leadoff track from The Cribs' latest release, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever. Even if the album wasn't really, really good (and basically all we've been listening to lately), we'd have to recommend it based on the awesomely ambivalent title alone. more ›

We know that the weather has been rainy and overcast and downright crummy these last few days, but never fear: things are looking up! And just in time for this weekend's Capitol Hill Block Party, which over two days features three stages and nearly fifty bands. more ›

Portland experimental rockers Menomena are coming to Neumos this Friday with openers All Smiles and Grand Archives. more ›

Portland's electro post-rock outfit Menomena is known for both their abstract pop hooks and digital loops. They'll be breaking out the guitars, keyboard, organ, drums, saxomophones, glockenspiel, and multi-part harmonies for their upcoming show at Neumo's this weekend. Stream their latest album, the exceedingly well-reviewed Friend or Foe, here. And fill out the entry form below for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturday's Friday's show, as well as a copy of the aforementioned album and a totally bitchin' poster. Considering Saturday Friday night's event also includes openers the post-Grandaddy solo effort All Smiles and mega up-and-comers Grand Archives, this is a show you can't afford to miss. We'll be drawing the name of one winner Thursday at noon. more ›

Finally, someone else sees things our way. Like peanut butter and jelly, there has been one natural combination longing to be put together: having a beer and thinking about your favorite insurance company. Thank God Online providers Esurance have stepped up to the plate. Meshing together insurance needs with scenester whoredom, that's right, this year it's the Esurance Capitol Hill Block Party. more ›