In the spirit of an earlier post in which we asked you to vote for your top-five albums of 2006 via KEXP, Seattlest would now love it if you'd narrow it down to your top-five Northwest albums via Three Imaginary Girls. In addition to letting your voice be heard, the girls are promising that every ballot cast will be entered into a drawing for a "prize pack of fun imaginary goodies." more ›

The Decemberists played the Paramount Friday night and it was packed all the way up to the nosebleed section. A friend of ours warned us not to go as he feared they would be playing too much from the new album, The Crane Wife, which he hated and which we are sorry to say we've been too busy lately to have even heard about. We loved their earlier work--elaborate, sad, heavily orchestrated--which seemed to put them in the same pantheon as Neutral Milk Hotel, Sufjan Stevens, and Arcade Fire. more ›

What your parents said as they beat you is true: You are a loser. Prove them (and us) wrong by entering to win free stuff from the Decemberists. more ›

In anticipation of the Decemberists' surprisingly not-yet-sold-out show this Friday night at the Paramount, Seattlest has a chance for you to win some pretty sweet swag: a lithograph of album art signed by the band (see above), plus an equally pretty double-gatefold vinyl copy of The Crane Wife. So if you've got space on your wall for a lovely lithograph and you're in possession of a record player, then this is the giveaway for you. more ›

Tuesday 14th more ›