Monday night at the Croc, Islands were sick---quite literally, as all the members of the band seemed to have caught a wittle cold. It makes sense that they'd be under the weather; those scrawny Québécois boys could stand to eat a sandwich or two. Even though they were relatively low-energy, they still put on a great show, and, probably due to the illness, they didn’t cop an attitude like they did the last time around. They did, however, wear all white again, though singer Nick Diamonds started off the set with a sky blue blazer that we would totally wear, except that it would probably make us look too girly. Nick was also wearing some capital-t tight white jeans, through which we could see both the outlines of his pockets and the fact that he dresses left. more ›

Tuesday 31st, Halloween Night more ›

Sometimes with club security, it's feast or famine. Recently, Seattlest had been at an all-ages show at the Croc, where a bouncer went through everything in our bag, rummaging through pockets, opening our coin purse, and ultimately confiscating an empty plastic water bottle. On the other hand, Wednesday night at Neumo's, the guy at the door barely glanced at our ID and let us in without so much as a cursory examination of our purse. And here we had been worrying about trying to enter a venue with a full bottle of vitamin B6. more ›