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Seen here on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Triple Door hosts “Land of

Seen here on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Triple Door hosts “Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker,” again…

Bush, Bongs, and Babies at Hempfest 2008y: The annual celebration drew quite the crowd to Myrtle Edwards Park on August 17.

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From the White River Amphitheater to Myrtle Edwards Park, check out our

From the White River Amphitheater to Myrtle Edwards Park, check out our photos of the week from August…

Les ClaypoolaE™s Oddity Faire, Wednesday, March 11: Even though putting Saul Williams and Les Claypool on the same bill is a little bizarre, naming a Les Claypool-headlined tour the aEœOddity FaireaE is still redundant. By now, you should probably expect that the erstwhile Primus singer-bassist and master/practitioner of almost every style of music imaginable (and member of about 37 other bizarro music projects, including Colonel Les ClaypoolaE™s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and Colonel ClaypoolaE™s Bucket of Bernie Brains) will come out on a flaming unicycle wearing a tuxedo and a giant platypus head and play Frank ZappaaE™s Uncle Meat in its entirety with his mutating band of crazies, while fixing sandwiches onstage for the audience during some of the lengthy instrumental bits. But maybe heaE™ll just surprise us and play songs from his new album, Of Fungi and Foe, which evolved out of the music he was commissioned to write for the Wii game Mushroom Men. Which reminds me of a joke: A mushroom walks into a bar, and the bartender says, aEœIaE™m sorry, I canaE™t serve you.aE And the mushroom replies, aEœWhy not, IaE™m a fungi!aEA With Yard Dogs Road Show. Showbox SODO, 1700 1st Ave. S., 652-0444. 7 p.m., $32 adv., $35 dos. All ages. Note by MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG

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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Hoquiam

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Hoquiam made the list too. Check out…

Wailing on his guitar, Chris Chu rocks a thoroughly entertained crowd during The Morning BendersaE™ set on Wednesday night.

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Along with — or upstaged by — The Morning Benders and Cut

Along with — or upstaged by — The Morning Benders and Cut Off Your Hands, We Are Scientists…

Here's some shots of The Catheters at their practice space in SODO

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Here’s some shots of The Catheters at their practice space in SODO

Here’s some shots of The Catheters at their practice space in SODO preparing for the big reunion show…

Read about all the best shows at Bumbershoot 2010 on Reverb.Photos by

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Read about all the best shows at Bumbershoot 2010 on Reverb.Photos by

Read about all the best shows at Bumbershoot 2010 on Reverb.Photos by Laura Musselman.Published on September 7, 2010

Lucinda Williams

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Neko Case, Beck, Lucinda Williams, and Band of Horses are just a

Neko Case, Beck, Lucinda Williams, and Band of Horses are just a few of the many artists who…

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…

Cookie Corset

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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…

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…

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…

[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…

The last time Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando was scheduled to play The Tractor, he didn't show up.

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The Lemonheads played Ballard’s Tractor Tavern on Friday, June 12, with Army

The Lemonheads played Ballard’s Tractor Tavern on Friday, June 12, with Army Navy in tow. All photos by…