Tonight, drink pricey beers at the WaMu Theater (hey, they need the money!) before The Kills and The Raconteurs. You best get there early; believe us, it takes a lotta beers to make Jack White look pretty, but no drinks at all to make him sound good. If you'd rather get your face first country-rocked gently and then melted off, head to the Tractor for Shim with The Maldives opening. It's like a Bumbershoot Sky......

"I love you, Jack!" "You fuckin' rawk, Jack!" "Jaaaaaaaaaaaack!" At Neumo's on Monday night, two minutes didn't pass without someone yelling The Raconteurs' most famous member's first name. Actually, the Jack-ulation started before the bitty venue opened its doors. The line, which formed early and extended down along Pike, buzzed with adulation for the guy. Dudes discussed his "legendary blues guitar." They chatted about how his half of the White Stripes "kicked so much......

Pearl Jam’s singer and most frequent songwriter will be releasing a solo album bunch of songs later this year. Without the four guys who, surrounding him, comprise the one band that survived the grunge explosion/implosion and still rocks today. It seems he and Sean Penn think so much alike (politically? Madonna-ly?) that Vedder recorded a near-recordful of songs for Penn’s latest directorial effort, Into the Wild. (Eddie contributed to previous Penn projects I Am Sam......

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried......

Jack White and The Raconteurs brought their anecdotal "A" game to a sold out Moore Theatre Thursday night. The crowd was remarkably less shiny than our original assessment (we were waiting for the lone drunk "Bic lighter" lady in front of us to actually light her hair on fire); but we still love our Rock shows at The Moore. Jack White and Brendan Benson had great on-stage chemistry – whipping their inaugural Seattle audience......

After kicking our collective asses for four consecutive days, the heat is finally backing down. So pull yourself together. Go outside again -- especially to Capitol Hill this weekend. Tuesday 25th >>> The Long Winters at Sonic Boom in Ballard. Putting The Days To Bed, the third LP from Seattle's The Long Winters, combines the lyrical intimacy and melodic complexity of the Ultimatum EP with the guitar pop rave-ups of the bands previous full lengths.......