Just a quick note--there's a couple concerts coming up in June that have got us excited, and tickets are on sale this week. Right now, you can buy tickets ($13) for Art Brut's Saturday, June 13 show at Neumo's (all-ages, bar w/ID). more ›

When the Crocodile Cafe abruptly closed down a month ago, we turned to a friend of ours looking for the inside scoop. Kultur Shock guitarist Val Kiossovski was bar manager down for quite a while (he's now running his own place in Lower Queen Anne, Solo, one of our favorite hangouts), so we figured if anyone knew, he would. Unfortunately, he was busy with problems of his own: rescheduling his band's show. more ›