Gregory Franklin

Feist

Band of Horses

Mouthbreathers

Helms Alee

My Morning Jacket

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Jimmy Eat World

tUnE-YaRdS

The Lonely Forest

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Man or Astro Man?

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Campfire OK

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Guster

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The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Midday Veil

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Blitzen Trapper

From Jesse Sykes to the Cults.

Futureheads

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The Flaming Lips

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Heart

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Riverboat Gamblers

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Today/Tonight: Bumbershoot Day 3, Coliseum at the Funhouse

Nick ThienemanColiseum​ Check out our picks for Day 3 of Bumbershoot, including the Thermals, People Eating People, Japandroids, J. Cole, and much, much more, right here. Coliseum, with Burning Love, Heiress. Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N., 374-8400. 9:30 p.m. $10. We live in a time of grand exce ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

Nick ThienemanColiseum​ Check out our picks for Day 3 of Bumbershoot, including the Thermals, People Eating People, Japandroids, J. Cole, and much, much more, right here. Coliseum, with Burning Love, Heiress. Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N., 374-8400. 9:30 p.m. $10. We live in a time of grand exce ... More >>

The Temper Trap

Nick ThienemanColiseum​ Check out our picks for Day 3 of Bumbershoot, including the Thermals, People Eating People, Japandroids, J. Cole, and much, much more, right here. Coliseum, with Burning Love, Heiress. Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N., 374-8400. 9:30 p.m. $10. We live in a time of grand exce ... More >>

Rush

Nick ThienemanColiseum​ Check out our picks for Day 3 of Bumbershoot, including the Thermals, People Eating People, Japandroids, J. Cole, and much, much more, right here. Coliseum, with Burning Love, Heiress. Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N., 374-8400. 9:30 p.m. $10. We live in a time of grand exce ... More >>

Tonight: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba at Neumos, Origami Ghosts at the Rendezvous

​Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $17. Sub Pop built its reputation on grunge and sustained it on indie rock. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are absolutely neither of those. The first signees to Sub Pop subsidiary Next Ambiance, Ngoni Ba is a four-person fami ... More >>

The Spinto Band

​Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $17. Sub Pop built its reputation on grunge and sustained it on indie rock. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are absolutely neither of those. The first signees to Sub Pop subsidiary Next Ambiance, Ngoni Ba is a four-person fami ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

​Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $17. Sub Pop built its reputation on grunge and sustained it on indie rock. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are absolutely neither of those. The first signees to Sub Pop subsidiary Next Ambiance, Ngoni Ba is a four-person fami ... More >>

Tonight: Blue Giant, YES & Peter Frampton, Cataldo, Maps & Atlases, The Globes

​Blue Giant. Sonic Boom Records Capitol Hill, 1525 Melrose Ave., 568-BOOM. 7 p.m. Free. All ages. When Conor Oberst went from angsty indie to twangy country, he sounded a little ridiculously in foreign territory. But when Kevin and Anita Robinson of the fuzzy, psychedelic Portland rock duo Viv ... More >>

Tonight: Bob Log III at the Tractor, Brad at the High Dive

​Bob Log III, with Little Cuts, Dirty Bird Cabaret. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $15. When it comes to motorcycle helmet and spandex-suit-wearing one-man bands, Bob Log III is the best in America. Making a name for himself in the mid-90's playing with lo-fi blues du ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

​Bob Log III, with Little Cuts, Dirty Bird Cabaret. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $15. When it comes to motorcycle helmet and spandex-suit-wearing one-man bands, Bob Log III is the best in America. Making a name for himself in the mid-90's playing with lo-fi blues du ... More >>

Tonight: Black Whales at Chop Suey, Delta Spirit at Neumos, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Gorge

​Black Whales, with Slender Means, Derby. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 9 p.m. $10. Despite the band's ominous name, Black Whales make sweet-sounding music. "Young Blood," one of seven tracks on 2009's Origins EP, combines sprawling folk with 60s-style pop. (At times, Black Whales ... More >>

Imogen Heap

​Black Whales, with Slender Means, Derby. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 9 p.m. $10. Despite the band's ominous name, Black Whales make sweet-sounding music. "Young Blood," one of seven tracks on 2009's Origins EP, combines sprawling folk with 60s-style pop. (At times, Black Whales ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

​Black Whales, with Slender Means, Derby. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 9 p.m. $10. Despite the band's ominous name, Black Whales make sweet-sounding music. "Young Blood," one of seven tracks on 2009's Origins EP, combines sprawling folk with 60s-style pop. (At times, Black Whales ... More >>

Tonight: Soft Rock Cafe @ Hattie's Hat, Caribou @ Neumos, Bobby Bare Jr @ the Sunset

Yeah, this guy!​Soft Rock Cafe. Hattie's Hat, 5231 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-0175. 6 p.m. Do you like piña coladas? Gettin' caught in the rain? Of course you do, but you've always been afraid to admit it. Well, just be sure to attend the first-ever Soft Rock Café. Happy hour specials will be ex ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Yeah, this guy!​Soft Rock Cafe. Hattie's Hat, 5231 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-0175. 6 p.m. Do you like piña coladas? Gettin' caught in the rain? Of course you do, but you've always been afraid to admit it. Well, just be sure to attend the first-ever Soft Rock Café. Happy hour specials will be ex ... More >>

Bobby Bare Jr.

Yeah, this guy!​Soft Rock Cafe. Hattie's Hat, 5231 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-0175. 6 p.m. Do you like piña coladas? Gettin' caught in the rain? Of course you do, but you've always been afraid to admit it. Well, just be sure to attend the first-ever Soft Rock Café. Happy hour specials will be ex ... More >>

Tonight: Clem Snide @ the Tractor, ((lowHUMS)) @ the Comet, Soulive @ Neumos

​Clem Snide, with The Heligoats, Cady Wire. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. Judging by Clem Snide's newest record, The Meat of Life, it'd be pretty safe to say singer Eef Barzelay is barely hanging from a thread these days. Seemingly every song involves some haple ... More >>

The Tripwires

​Clem Snide, with The Heligoats, Cady Wire. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. Judging by Clem Snide's newest record, The Meat of Life, it'd be pretty safe to say singer Eef Barzelay is barely hanging from a thread these days. Seemingly every song involves some haple ... More >>

Clem Snide

​Clem Snide, with The Heligoats, Cady Wire. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. Judging by Clem Snide's newest record, The Meat of Life, it'd be pretty safe to say singer Eef Barzelay is barely hanging from a thread these days. Seemingly every song involves some haple ... More >>

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

​Clem Snide, with The Heligoats, Cady Wire. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. Judging by Clem Snide's newest record, The Meat of Life, it'd be pretty safe to say singer Eef Barzelay is barely hanging from a thread these days. Seemingly every song involves some haple ... More >>

Tonight: Theoretics @ The Triple Door, The Box Elders @ The Funhouse

​Theoretics, with Gravity. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 7:30 p.m. $9. All ages. Theoretics is exactly what the Seattle hip-hop scene needs--what any scene looking to maintain an edge needs, really--at the moment: a funky fresh infusion of live instrumentation and Jurassic 5-style lyri ... More >>

Coalesce

​Theoretics, with Gravity. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 7:30 p.m. $9. All ages. Theoretics is exactly what the Seattle hip-hop scene needs--what any scene looking to maintain an edge needs, really--at the moment: a funky fresh infusion of live instrumentation and Jurassic 5-style lyri ... More >>

The Box Elders

​Theoretics, with Gravity. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 7:30 p.m. $9. All ages. Theoretics is exactly what the Seattle hip-hop scene needs--what any scene looking to maintain an edge needs, really--at the moment: a funky fresh infusion of live instrumentation and Jurassic 5-style lyri ... More >>

Surfer Blood

​Theoretics, with Gravity. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 7:30 p.m. $9. All ages. Theoretics is exactly what the Seattle hip-hop scene needs--what any scene looking to maintain an edge needs, really--at the moment: a funky fresh infusion of live instrumentation and Jurassic 5-style lyri ... More >>

Tonight: Mac Lethal at Nectar, Red Jacket Mine at Hard Rock

​Mac Lethal, with Soulcrate Music, Prof & Akream. Nectar, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020. 8 p.m. $7. Hip-hop artists trip all over themselves to prove how real they are, but Kansas City's Mac Lethal is walking warts-and-all reality. Making a name for himself years ago as a freestyle battle rapper i ... More >>

Mac Lethal

​Mac Lethal, with Soulcrate Music, Prof & Akream. Nectar, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020. 8 p.m. $7. Hip-hop artists trip all over themselves to prove how real they are, but Kansas City's Mac Lethal is walking warts-and-all reality. Making a name for himself years ago as a freestyle battle rapper i ... More >>

Port O'Brien

​Mac Lethal, with Soulcrate Music, Prof & Akream. Nectar, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020. 8 p.m. $7. Hip-hop artists trip all over themselves to prove how real they are, but Kansas City's Mac Lethal is walking warts-and-all reality. Making a name for himself years ago as a freestyle battle rapper i ... More >>