If you're familiar with the Asylum Street Spankers, you don't need us to fumble through explaining their sound, their talents, or their puckish charm. If you have no clue who they are or what they do, we urge you to educate yourself. ("Hick Hop" represents just one "genre" they've invented.) Ultimately, what the Spankers are is unmissable. So if you did miss their two shows at the Triple Door on Friday, we feel sorry......

Seattlest sucks at the harmonica, and so has always had a healthy bit of reverence for people who can really play the damned thing. We're not talking about Alanis-style "harmonica playing," but real harmonica playing. It's one of the world's most portable instruments, which satisfies our folkie sensibilities, and the history of the instrument is pretty interesting as well. So it is with great relish that we encourage you to head to the Triple Door,......