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Saturday afternoon MvB is going to talk to a pack of Emerging Critics at the Seattle Rep--and hopefully avoid being panned--before heading to the Moore for Compagnie Heddy Maalem's version of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps. Sunday he's packing for Iceland. Warm socks, etc.

THE LO DON'T STOP: Camp Lo is two emcees out of the Bronx--Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba--who deliver consistently fly, catchy tracks to the masses. Their latest single is called "Lumdi" (listen here), which means something approximating "sexually attractive female." Gonna be a packed show, and a perfect choice if you want to dance and kick off your weekend with some superlative hiphop.

A sign inside Fremont's High Dive states that the little bar's maximum occupancy is 98. Saturday night, with Bellingham's The Trucks in the house, it felt more like 398. Good for the band's young ladies, not so good for the claustrophobic.

The glorious fall sunsets have disappeared along with the mouldering husks of Halloween pumpkins, and according the weather report, we can all expect a long, cold, wet weekend. But this being the Northwest, that's never stopped us from getting out and about; here's the weekend plans of your intrepid Seattlest contributors:

The Georgetown Music Fest is the main game in town this weekend and if you're looking to see local music on Saturday or Sunday you'll almost certainly be there at some point. Or you can head back to the Gorge for John Mayer and Ben Folds. Your call. We'll be in Georgetown, and we're specifically looking forward to Voyager One's Saturday night set:

ART: Faire Gallery and Cafe hosts the opening of "Duet II," the second show featuring new mixed media works by Aaron and Jessixa Bagley. Using paper and ink, pen and watercolor, the Bagleys' collaboration includes bizarre portraiture and lots of paisley and polka dots. The exhibit's on display through April 20th.

It's local music review website/fledgling indie PR firm The Wig Fits All Heads' third anniversary, and meanwhile it's also booking/PR/management/etc. Northwest Bands' fourth, so to celebrate the two have combined their forces to throw some big-ass birthday parties.

Without any pointless lead-in prattle, we're going to tell you that The Trucks killed Friday night. Killed. The music was huge, the crowd was amped and the energy throughout the evening at Jules Maes Saloon was hot to the touch. Thanks in no small part goes to No-Fi Soul Rebellion for getting things moving in a big way. NFSR brought it hard to the old saloon Friday night, with singer Mark Heimer leaving no one in the crowd untouched by his sing-scream-dance-crawl-on-the-floor assault. We hadn't seen NFSR before and didn't know what the hell was going on when the husband and wife duo set up shop on the floor with the rest of us, leaving the stage bare. Once the backing track started, though, and Missus No-Fi started in with the bass and Mister No-Fi commenced with the craziness that would get us crawling on the floor right along with him, we knew what they were all about: A good fucking time.

The Trucks are four goofy girls from Bellingham, Washington. They wear sexy/dorky costumes. They sing about vibrators, phone tag and titties. They want more than anything for you do dance.

Tuesday, January 30

It's Sunday night at the Crocodile Café, and the place is humming—but are people here for opener The Trucks, The Pink Mountaintops who pulled a last minute no-show, or Deadboy & The Elephantmen? The bobbing heads and sing-alongs accompanying "Introduction," The Trucks' first song, are evidence that the Bellingham girl-tet has drawn a good chunk of this Seattle crowd. And until tonight—CD release party!—they'd only issued a handful of streaming songs and a three-track demo disc.

So, there's that big, crowded festival-thingy going on this weekend and we could recommend a bunch of stuff to hit there, but ah, we're far too lazy to do that. Here's the schedule - make yourself happy. No one's looking.

You got something better to do? We don't believe you.