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With a little love, even old soda cans and shopping bags can

With a little love, even old soda cans and shopping bags can be made to look gay! This…

Hank III & Assjack, Wednesday, March 4: Nothing against Hank aEœAre you ready for some football?!aE Williams Jr. aE“ IaE™m sure heaE™s a swell guy and all aE“ but I only really have time for two members of that musical family: Legendary country pioneer Hank Williams and his grandson, charismatic cowpunk Hank Williams III, or simply Hank III. Both look almost exactly the same, aE™cept for the latteraE™s tattoos, both are killer songwriters, and, from all accounts, both share the same bad-ass attitude and lifestyle. YouaE™d be forgiven for thinking aEœP.F.F.aE (which stands for Punch, Fight, Fuck) aE“ a song on Hank IIIaE™s recent Damn Right, Rebel Proud aE“ is about Hank himself, but itaE™s really an ode to one of his favorites, infamous scum-punk G.G. Allin: aEœI drink a lotta whiskey, smokinaE™ all the time/IaE™m gettingaE™ fucked up every goddamn night/Everybody's doinaE™ cocaine and startinaE™ up fights/And IaE™m livinaE™ fast and hard and dyinaE™ hard with my goddamn/Loaded fists of fury, doinaE™ what I do/And IaE™m spittinaE™ in your face cause IaE™m dominatinaE™ you.aE Even when III and his band rock the traditional country instruments (acoustic guitars, fiddle, banjo, etc.) things get mighty rowdy; and when they reconfigure mid-show into Assjack, IIIaE™s straight-up hardcore/punk-metal outfit, you may want to consider taking cover. With Those Poor Bastards.A Showbox at the Market, 1426 1st Ave., 628-3151. 7 p.m., $20 adv, $23 dos. SOLD OUT. Note by: MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG

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Phosphorescent and The Von Bondies made the list too. Check out briefs

Phosphorescent and The Von Bondies made the list too. Check out briefs and photos for our recommended shows…

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Vamps + Vixens takes over Julia’s on Broadway every Thursday night. All

Vamps + Vixens takes over Julia’s on Broadway every Thursday night. All photos by Jackie Canchola.Published on May…

Chas Robles, an employee with Bell Town Pull Apart, fixes bicycles at the Green Festival at the Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, June 6, 2010. (Photo by Matthew Williams for The Seattle Weekly)

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The GreenFest conference/celebration of all things earth-friendly paid its annual visit to

The GreenFest conference/celebration of all things earth-friendly paid its annual visit to Seattle this past weekend. From bikes…

I guess it was hot on Saturday.

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Prodigy and the Crystal Method came to the WaMu Theater on Saturday,

Prodigy and the Crystal Method came to the WaMu Theater on Saturday, May 30. All photos by Jackie…

The main stage.

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SP20, celebrating Sub Pop Records’ 20th Anniversary, held a two-day festival at

SP20, celebrating Sub Pop Records’ 20th Anniversary, held a two-day festival at Marymoor Park, starting Saturday, July 12.…

Sleepy Eyes of Death

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Pictures keep streaming in from REVERBfest, Saturday, Oct. 5.Published on October 8,

Pictures keep streaming in from REVERBfest, Saturday, Oct. 5.Published on October 8, 2007

Andrew W.K. and opening band The Evaporators played high energy sets for

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Andrew W.K. and opening band The Evaporators played high energy sets for

Andrew W.K. and opening band The Evaporators played high energy sets for the spirited crowd at the Showbox…

Don't Talk To The Cops

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Folks came out to Ballard last weekend to enjoy Seattle’s biggest local

Folks came out to Ballard last weekend to enjoy Seattle’s biggest local music festival, REVERB. Photos by Laura…

Jeremy Enigk, Thursday, May 14: In the past 15 years, Jeremy Enigk has presented himself as a handful of different musical personalities. First, there was the enigmatic frontman of Seattle's emo heroes Sunny Day Real Estate. (The band members granted few interviews and once famously sent fake versions of themselves to pose for a Nordstrom print ad.) There was Enigk's first solo effort, Return of the Frog Queen, a series of orchestral compositions that distanced his high-pitched voice from the screaming vocals and aggressive guitars that defined SDRE. When the band finally broke up for good in 2001 aE” the rumored cause that Enigk converted to Christianity aE” Enigk fronted The Fire Theft. With a similar sound and some of the same lineup as SDRE, it's no surprise that The Fire Theft's only full-length album, released in 2003, sounded like The Rising Tide redux. Gone was the emo angst of SDRE's first album, and in its place was the melodic, prog-rock style that has continued to define Enigk's solo work. Since then, Enigk's work has stayed within that same vein, and the soon-to-be relased OK Bear isn't much different. So, there's no chance that Enigk is going to bust out In Circles during a live show; instead he'll strain his vocal cords pushing to a near-falsetto and making up words like darium and mondrary. Then again, he might have created an entirely new identity, equally full of surprises. With the Lonely Forest, Baby Panda. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St. 709-9467. 8 p.m., $15 adv. All ages. Note by PAIGE RICHMOND

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See also The Curious Mystery, Jeff Samuel, Kristeen Young and others. Check

See also The Curious Mystery, Jeff Samuel, Kristeen Young and others. Check out our briefs and photos for…

A nonchalant zombie couple at the Red, White and Dead Zombie Walk in Fremont. Want to see more of the Guinness World Record breaking walk? Check it out here.

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Despite July slipping by with only a handful of days sunny enough

Despite July slipping by with only a handful of days sunny enough to be considered summer, the month…

They are like a rainbow or a bag of Skittles! The tulips

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They are like a rainbow or a bag of Skittles! The tulips

They are like a rainbow or a bag of Skittles! The tulips are some of the best parts…

Alki Beach

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Here’s a look at people around Seattle during the week of January

Here’s a look at people around Seattle during the week of January 27.Published on February 1, 2008

'90s-metal survivors Deftones played the WaMu Theater, Sunday July 8.Published on September

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’90s-metal survivors Deftones played the WaMu Theater, Sunday July 8.Published on September

’90s-metal survivors Deftones played the WaMu Theater, Sunday July 8.Published on September 10, 2007

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Mobile Chowdown Round II brought together some of the best mobile cookin’

Mobile Chowdown Round II brought together some of the best mobile cookin’ the city has to offer, Saturday…

Beyonce took the stage at the KeyArena on Wednesday, April 1 and lived up to her alter ego, Sasha Fierce.

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A little bit of burlesque, an evening with Beyonce, a random dude’s

A little bit of burlesque, an evening with Beyonce, a random dude’s birthday, and an angry mob of…

Black Heart Procession, Wednesday, November 11:Funny, but not too long ago, indie rock scribes were debating over Black Heart Procession's aEœgoth-nessaE. Of course, that was the late aE˜90s, the height of the pre-commodity indie rock (remember how mind-blowing it was to see The Flaming Lips on the cover of Magnet?) But indie rock was actually pretty damned rippinaE™ back then, back when The Shins were still called Flake Music and Devendra was still a teenager. Near the top of the heap was Black Heart Procession, a group of San Diegans who seemed to avoid sunlight and play dark, Nick Cave-y rock music more suited for our soggy terrain than the sunny SoCal they called home. Their latest album, Six, feels like a summation of all that made them great back in the dayaE”the grim, romantically distressed tone of their first three albums meshed with the bright, pop songsmithery of Amore del Tropico and The Spell. With Bellini, El Olio Wolof. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison, 324-8005. 8 p.m. $12. Note by BRIAN J. BARR

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Mudhoney, Raphael Saadiq, and The Girls are among other performances in Seattle

Mudhoney, Raphael Saadiq, and The Girls are among other performances in Seattle this week. Check out our picks…

Seattle got a little bit Hollywood Friday with a "blue" carpet celebrity

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Seattle got a little bit Hollywood Friday with a “blue” carpet celebrity

Seattle got a little bit Hollywood Friday with a “blue” carpet celebrity event to launch Avatar: The Exhibit…

[Wednesday, November 5] Composing avant music to accompany silent films has become a popular thing in the last couple decades, with local musicians like Bill Frisell and the Black Cat Orchestra finding new facets in old screen gems. The latest band aiming to marry mediums and eras is trumpeter Steven BernsteinaE™s MTO, a brilliant assembly of New York players who spent years together at the now-defunct Tonic creating good-humored, post-modern takes on the past century of American pop jazz. King Cat Theater, 2130 Sixth Ave. 547-9787. 8 p.m. $18. All ages.

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Ingrid Michaelson, Crooked Fingers and Dungen made the list too. Check out

Ingrid Michaelson, Crooked Fingers and Dungen made the list too. Check out briefs, photos and audio from our…

Here's a look at Barack Obama's campaign at The Showbox SoDo on

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Here’s a look at Barack Obama’s campaign at The Showbox SoDo on

Here’s a look at Barack Obama’s campaign at The Showbox SoDo on Tuesday, Dec. 11. All photos by…