Tonight, if you're not already going to the second sold-out Magnetic Fields show, there's still a few tickets left for John in the Morning at Night at Neumo's, with the Duke Spirit, the Voom Blooms, and Tulsa. There's also PWRFL Power's (aka Kaz Nomura) second CD release show at the Vera Project. Since Kaz won a slot at last year's Capitol Hill Block Party (via the Stranger's Block Star contest last spring), he also won a spot in an Esurance ad, resulting in "the most unusual Esurance commercial to date." Check it: more ›

The Grand Illusion is screening a film on Japanese architecture tonight called Kochuu. "Kochuu, which translates as “in the jar,” refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe." Plays at 7:30 and 9pm. more ›

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It's music, which we love, and video, which we also love, however in Seattlest's opinion there is no more wasted modern art form than the music video. How these two vastly expressive mediums combine to form such an awful taste is beyond us. Damn you, MTV. They're just not ever worth watching, outside, of course, of a handfull of indie rock videos that never get spun and the odd Tool offering. Yes, actually some indie videos are good. You haven't seen them, because where would you? But they're good. more ›