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 ›

A big 'thank you' to Seattlest commenters for making the previous two posts on the Gas Works Park Mystery Party the definitive places for speculation and conjecture. Just this morning an unregistered guest indicated that they'd received an email asking for actors to "protest" the party at $100 a head, which kind of dulls the luster on a previous commenter's note that Melinda Gates's birthday is August, 15. Anyway, in lieu of any actual, factual new information on our part we'd like to point you once again to those threads and leave you with these bad photographs and the lyrics to the seventh song on Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 album The Sounds of Silence. more ›

Saturday's show at El Corazon had a long line of youngsters snaking along Eastlake/Howell for a few blocks, which we followed to the end and then kept walking to the Re-Bar to drink while waiting for the line to die. We came back a few minutes after 10, but there was still a line and Action Action had already started playing. From the street we couldn't really make out the layered synth pop sound they are known for, obviously. Once inside, our friend pointed out that the bassist reminded her of a boy she dated in high school, probably due to the projectile sweating and enthusiasm. "He looks so excited to be on the stage." If you have to do all-ages shows like this, one of the advantages of El Corazon is the abundance of surveillance monitors in the bar (there seemed to be dozens of them), so if you're an aging alcoholic requiring constant booze at all times, you can get your drink on and not miss everything. more ›

It's rained--hard--five out of the last six weekends. And after a week of beautiful weather, it's supposed to cloud over Saturday and rain Sunday. Along with the byplay of their weekend, the Seattlests answer the question "Why does God hate Seattle?" more ›