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Tickets to Death Cab at Marymoor Park on July 18th just went on sale last weekend, and already a second show has been added the following night due to overwhelming demand. Tickets ($35, not including fees) for the Sunday, July 19th show are on sale now via Ticketmaster and Live Nation. No word as to whether the openers for Sunday are the same as Saturday--Ra Ra Riot and the New Pornographers--as of right now, there's only "special guests" affiliated with the Sunday show.

Just announced: The Shins are set to play two shows at the Showbox on Monday, May 4 at 9:00 p.m. (all ages) and Tuesday, May 5 at 9:00 p.m. (21+) . Tickets are $34.99 (yowza), not including those delightful Ticketmaster fees. Tix go on sale this Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m. We'd advise you to save a few bucks by buying your tickets directly from the Showbox box office. Also on sale via Ticketmaster/Live Nation this Friday/Saturday: Death Cab/New Pornographers/Ra Ra Riot at Marymoor Park July 18, Ben Folds at the Paramount May 14, and Phish at the Gorge for two nights (*shudder*) August 7 and 8.

Come March 31st, Death Cab fans will have some new music to possess their sensitive little hearts. The Open Door will feature four previously unreleased songs recorded during the Narrow Stairs sessions and a demo version of "Talking Bird," with Gibbard showing off his ukulele skillz. The new EP will be available online March 31st, on tour April 7th, and in stores April 14th. The band has also announced their Spring tour schedule. Thus far, the closest to Seattle they'll be is April 22nd at the Mount Baker Theater in Bellingham (with Ra Ra Riot), and July 18th at Marymoor Park in Redmond (with Ra Ra Riot and The New Pornographers).

We have already recommended you see this band ad infinitum, so we might as well say it once more. Ra Ra Riot is a great Syracuse-based/Seattle-labelled orchestral pop sextet. There's a red-headed, guileless lead singer and two girls on electric strings (cello and violin), and together the band makes high-energy music that sounds good and feels better. Their debut EP was accomplished, and they delivered again on last year's solid full-length The Rhumb Line. Look, at this point, we don't know how many more times we can tell you to see them, but if needs be, we will personally come to each of your houses and knock on your doors until you finally give in. Just go. It'll be great. We promise.

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.

Last night's show at Chop Suey was solid. Sure, they threw an extra band on the bill (meaning that it was doors 8, show 8:30), but both Ra Ra Riot and The Little Ones delivered with tight sets. And yet, there was something troubling in the air. What was it?

As we have mentioned approximately nine million times before, Ra Ra Riot is a band you must see live. The Syracuse-based sextet has guitars, a cello, a violin, and energy to spare. Their music manages to be both uplifting and catchy, and their high-minded brand of articulate, orchestral pop always goes over well. Once again (as with every time we've seen 'em), they're an opening band on the bill, which makes things a little awkward when they inevitably get more of a rise out of the crowd than the headliners.

Clearly we are big fans of The Cribs. The Brit-rock trio put out a great album last year, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, featuring the barreling title track (above). The band is a family affair--twins Ryan and Gary Jarman on guitar, bass, and vocals and baby brother Ross on drums--with the result being a sharp (and often sexy) mix of post-punk and edgy, precise pop.

Quirky experimental electro seven-piece Múm just got done playing Reykjavik's biggest music event, the Iceland Airwaves Festival. Check out some pics of the band via Pitchfork's coverage (scroll down; they're right between Bonde do Rolê and Ra Ra Riot). In honor of their latest album Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy, tomorrow night they kick off their world tour in L.A. and they'll go nonstop for the next month and a half, finally bringing things to completion in Scotland on December 14th. That's a whole lotta fiddlin'.

Yes, British indie rock quartet Editors are headlining at Chop Suey tonight, but we're more excited for super-catchy opening-opening band Ra Ra Riot. The Syracuse-based six-piece has guitars and cello and violin (oh my), and they've got one certifiably awesome song ("Dying is Fine") that's based on an ee cummings poem and reminds us of "Come on Eileen"--in a good way. Earlier this year, they wowed the critics at SXSW, ending up on NME's list of top 10 bands at the 2007 conference, before tragedy struck and their drummer died a few months ago. But the band has soldiered on, putting out a self-titled EP and touring non-stop with such acts as Tokyo Police Club, Art Brut, and The Cribs. Tonight they bring their big sound and bigger heart to Chop Suey. Catch them now, because they aren't going to be under the radar for much longer.