The Sounds brought high-energy dance rock to the Neptune Theatre Monday night. Lead singer Maja Ivarsson demonstrated her strong vocal prowess while showing off her assets in an American flag tank and five-inch stilettos. The band’s thumping electro-infused beats and catchy rock riffs kept the party going as fans danced and sang along late into the night. more ›

Indie dance rockers The Sounds will play Seattle’s own Neptune Theatre tonight as part of their first national tour in two years. more ›

The Sounds are on the road for their first national tour in two years. Supporting their self-produced fourth album, “Something to Die For,” these Swedes will bring their electro-infused breed of indie dance rock to the Neptune later this month. For a taste of what’s to come, here are a few words with guitarist/keyboardist Jesper Anderberg. more ›

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah rose to prominence in 2005 with a highly acclaimed self-titled debut. Following the group’s sophomore effort, Some Loud Thunder, the group announced a hiatus. After working on various side projects, members of CYHSY are back with a new album called "Hysterical." Primary songwriter Alec Ounsworth recently took a few minutes away from band practice to speak with Seattlest about recording the new album, music criticism, and what fans can expect at Tuesday’s show at the Neptune. more ›

DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid are pumping the bass and getting your booty moving this Friday at the Neptune Theatre. Grab your chance to win two free tickets to the show right here! more ›

Experimental math rockers Battles are making their first stop in Seattle since the release of their highly anticipated second full-length album, "Gloss Drop". It's been four years since Battles released their critically acclaimed "Mirrored." The new album finds the band moving in a new and interesting direction. more ›

Tonight: Visit the newly renovated Neptune Theatre, hang out with nerds, or learn about food. more ›

Tonight: Dreamboat Joseph Gordon-Levitt, mountain survival stories, and cats asking movie trivia. more ›

The opening ceremonies have come and gone, and between the films and the parties, SIFF has shown us a great time this weekend. But it's time to get down to business. Today marks the start of the first full week of the festival, so I hope you've done your stretches. This is what we're looking forward to in the coming week. more ›

What's better than a film noir? A stylized, old-timey, slang-heavy film noir that takes place at a modern-day high school. Seattlest recently spoke to Rian Johnson, writer and director of the highly acclaimed Brick, now playing at the Neptune Theatre. more ›

Just like the Nick Hornby event a couple weeks ago, the UW bookstore is sponsoring another author reading at the Neptune tonight. This time it's beloved B-movie actor Bruce Campbell, who will be reading from his latest book (his first novel) Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. He'll be signing copies of the book if and only if you buy it from the bookstore---this gets you a numbered ticket, which confers upon you a place in the author signing line. Buying a book is a small price to pay to spend some quality time with Mr. Campbell, especially since the last time he was in town for a UW book reading, he threw candy at the crowd and stayed late to sign a lotta books. He's a real peach. A lantern-jawed peach. more ›

Seattlest likes Nick Hornby, we really do. We like his witty, casual style of writing, we like that he's big enough of a music geek to write essays on specific songs, and we certainly like his McSweeney's connection. Most of all, though, we enjoy the movies made from his books. High Fidelity ranks among our favorites, due to its eminently quotable dialogue, great soundtrack, smart use of lists, and John Cusack's lovesick moping coupled with Jack Black's voracious scene-stealing. In fact, this is one of the rare cases where the film is better than the book, with a seamless setting shift from London to Chicago (especially endearing to Seattlest). About a Boy is another good one, in which the Weitzes first displayed a light touch and emotional maturity, and frankly, it's the only Hugh Grant performance we can stomach. As to Fever Pitch...well, we purposely avoided the recent Farrelly Brothers/Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore crime against humanity---which ended up being a box office disappointment anyways---but we hear that the original version of the film, about football and starring Colin Firth, was more than decent. more ›