Right on the heels of the announcement that the Mars Volta was added to the Sasquatch lineup, and right before tickets go on sale this Saturday, the three-day music festival has seen fit to delineate who will be playing on which day: more ›

After months of wild speculation, the official 2008 Sasquatch lineup has finally been announced: more ›

The past two days, contributors Jeremy "The Seattle Samurai" Barker and Katie "The Kalama Quickdraw" Tiehen debated the age-old question of whether Seattle or Portland is better. more ›

As a wise man (Stephen Malkmus) once said, "Aloha means 'goodbye' and also 'hello,' it's in how you inflect." He must've been predicting the advent of local musician Jason Holstrom's new tiki project The Thieves of Kailua. A huge departure from Holstrom's other work with Wonderful and United State of Electronica, the self-titled album (just released on Mill Pond Records) is a loungey ode to Hawaii, complete with Beach Boys-inspired harmonies, plucky ukuleles, and percussion like waves hitting the seashore. Like a lazy day at the beach, it goes well with a maitai or a mojito or a bucket full of Coronas.... more ›

Friday night's show was a good sign that the mustache craze has gone too far; Jesse Hughes, sure, but Stephen Malkmus? Even he seemed uncertain of it when, upon arriving onstage, the audience didn't seem to recognize him. more ›

MUSIC: God help you if you can't appreciate the genius of Stephen Malkmus. Alright, so he's not playing with Pavement (best indie band EVER, pleeeeeease reunite!), but tonight with The Jicks, he'll have one thing that Pavement never had: badass Janet Weiss on drums. Hells yeah! more ›

Wednesday, January 17 more ›

Besides raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, these were a few of our favorite things, at least in terms of live music during the past year. more ›

Amazon is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a curious promotion: for a limited time, selected customers will get their booty delivered by none other than a celebrity related to the item ordered. Then--in a twist that could only make us think of those Publisher's Clearing House commercials where the mortified new millionaire answers the door in curlers and a bathrobe--Amazon webcasts the magic moment. more ›

If you are more into reverb (and we think that you are), go see Built to Spill at the Showbox tonight. They are one of our all time favorite bands (Built to Spill fun fact: They often play a really long version of Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer' which is a great opportunity to grab a beer or two. If you are not drinking, it is an excellent opportunity to grab a Shirley Temple or perhaps a Diet Coke). more ›