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In the finals were the rival Sockit Wenches and Derby Liberation Front

In the finals were the rival Sockit Wenches and Derby Liberation Front while Throttle Rockets and Grave Danger…

Destroyer, Wednesday, May 6: Destroyer songwriter Dan BejaraE™s flowery, narrative prose wraps the nut of a songaE™s message in a thick layer of surrealism, one that renders his meaning almost as difficult to decipher as an e.e. cummings poem. In tandem with BejaraE™s nasal sing-speaking, itaE™s safe to say that Destroyer is an acquired taste. But like an appreciation for fine wine, itaE™s a taste that, once acquired, not only brings the same measure of pleasure on the first go-round as the two hundredth, but those subsequent listens (or aEœsips,aE if you like) often unmask new linguistic subtletiesaE”puns, pop culture references, what have youaE”that you mightaE™ve missed on the first few dozen rotations. But itaE™s the instrumentals that help DestroyeraE™s compositional style retain its exciting freshness, even though thereaE™s been little sonic evolution over the thirteen years that BejaraE™s been releasing records. From the unbelievable organ solo in aEœQueen of LanguageaE (from 2000aE™s Thief) to the breakdown on Trouble In Dreams closer aEœLibbyaE™s First Sunrise,aE Dan BejaraE™s music is as layered and as intellectually absorbing as his lyrics are. While itaE™s best to experience Bejar in person after youaE™ve become familiar with his music, Bejar appears solo on this particular tour, which means itaE™ll be a little easier than normal to pick out the buried meanings and subtle jabs hidden in BejaraE™s bizarre wordplay. With Azida. The Crocodile, 2200 2nd Ave. 8 p.m. $12 adv. Note by SARA BRICKNER

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Also check out The Prids, Baby Gramps, AfterMath, and Bassnectar. See our

Also check out The Prids, Baby Gramps, AfterMath, and Bassnectar. See our briefs and photos for the recommended…

"Not many musicians, let alone ones in their 60s, could pull off

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“Not many musicians, let alone ones in their 60s, could pull off

“Not many musicians, let alone ones in their 60s, could pull off dressing head-to-toe in leather and spikes…

LCD Soundsystem.

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LCD Soundsystem and Massive attack play to a sold-out Sasquatch! crowd.Photos by

LCD Soundsystem and Massive attack play to a sold-out Sasquatch! crowd. Photos by Renee McMahon. Published on May…

Knowing Radiohead is musically complex is one thing... bur seeing it is

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Knowing Radiohead is musically complex is one thing… bur seeing it is

Knowing Radiohead is musically complex is one thing… bur seeing it is a whole new level of understanding.…

Robin Pecknold, of Fleet Foxes.

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The City of Seattle rolled out the red carpet at The Showbox

The City of Seattle rolled out the red carpet at The Showbox at the Market for the local…

Watler Day, founder of Twin Galaxies and referee to video game record breakers in front of Make Trax, which he holds the scoring record for.

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Sunday at the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show, photographer Jenny Jimenez found

Sunday at the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show, photographer Jenny Jimenez found record holders, amateurs, Super Stars and…

Recently single, you can find Angele at 611 Supreme, Linda's and the Cha Cha. Her tattoo is a Kurt Vonnegut quote from Slaughterhouse Five.

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No, not Blue Angels. The planes were hiding, Sunday, when Jenny Jimenez

No, not Blue Angels. The planes were hiding, Sunday, when Jenny Jimenez visited the locals cooling off along…

Green Day played KeyArena on Friday, July 3. All photos by Marcella

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Green Day played KeyArena on Friday, July 3. All photos by Marcella

Green Day played KeyArena on Friday, July 3. All photos by Marcella D. Volpintesta. Read Hannah Levin’s review…

You knew our space-age World's Fair icon would be included, didn't you?

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Culled from the collection of Rhino Records’ Cheryl Pawelski, “Spaced Out! The

Culled from the collection of Rhino Records’ Cheryl Pawelski, “Spaced Out! The Final Frontier in Album Covers” cheerfully…

Just down the way on Post Alley is The Pink Door.

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Photographer Justin Dylan Renney wandered down Post Alley at Pike Place Market

Photographer Justin Dylan Renney wandered down Post Alley at Pike Place Market and discovered the jungle. Here he…

[Wednesday, July 30] Sao Paolo is a colossus of a city that boils and roils with a multi-culti influence that would make even Americans do a double-take. Enter the electronic duo Telepathique, whose synthed-out sound speaks to its hometownaE™s status as a cosmopolitan party palaceaE” albeit one designed by a Soviet-era architect smoked on dime store Popov. With Copy, the Long Ranger, Kadeejah Streets. Nectar, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020. 8 p.m., $8. Listen to Love and Lust.

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Cute is What We Aim For, Joshua James and Origin made the

Cute is What We Aim For, Joshua James and Origin made the list too. Check out briefs, photos…

Outside the Paramount

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Queens of the Stone Age Played The Paramount on Tuesday, Dec. 18,

Queens of the Stone Age Played The Paramount on Tuesday, Dec. 18, with Seattle’s Jaguar Love. All photos…

Bat for Lashes, Wednesday, August 26: I wonder if David Lynch knows he has an English-Pakistani doppelganger running around named Natasha Khan, a modern musical mystic who includes Lynch as one of her major influences, goes by the stage name of Bat For Lashes and counts Thom Yorke and Ringo Starr among her fans. I wonder if heaE™s listened to her sing her ghostly songs about loneliness, fervent dreams and intense love or if heaE™s seen her creepy, startling music videos featuring dark woods and men with giant bunny heads and realized they could be clips taken straight from Blue Velvet or Inland Empire. I wonder if heaE™s seen her onstage in her costumes of fur and satin showing off her sparkling vocals and been reminded of the lounge singer from aEœTwin PeaksaE (although no Lynch muse has ever been able to jam out on the harpsichord or the autoharp like Khan does). I wonder if heaE™s heard her latest record, this yearaE™s Two Suns, a concept album about KhanaE™s alter ego, a blonde femme fatale named Pearl, and decided this girlaE™s just as alluring and mysterious as a certain Laura Palmer once was. With Other Lives. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St. 709-9467. 8 p.m. $14 adv. Note by ERIN THOMPSON

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White Fang, Jay Reatard, and Tim Easton are also performing in Seattle

White Fang, Jay Reatard, and Tim Easton are also performing in Seattle this week. Check out our picks…

Dirty Projectors, Wednesday, November 4:The New York trio (which adds two members when touring) is as easy to love as Animal Collective and as easy to hate as Vampire Weekend. It depends on how much credence you give to the charge that the Dirty ProjectoraE™s mad scientist David Longstreth blatantly rips off his predecessors, such as Frank Zappa, and/or appropriates the music of an entire continentaE”namely, Africa. To those of us who fall somewhere in the middle of these two warring camps, however, the trioaE™s arty indie rockaE”with its lush arrangements, angelic harmonies, and circuitous rhythmsaE”is just uncommonly good music. Before 2009, their efforts had confused and even enraged many, but the pop sensibility the Dirty Projectors injected into Bitte Orca, released in June, converted at least as many as it alienated. With Little Wings. Neumos, 925 Pike St. 709-9467. 8 p.m. $15 adv. Note by KEVIN CAPP

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There are also University District Jazz Walk, Verellen Amp Night, and The

There are also University District Jazz Walk, Verellen Amp Night, and The Raveonettes performances this week. Check out…

The Appleseed Cast , Wednesday, February 18: The second track on Appleseed Cast's sophomore album Mare Vitalis is possibly the best introduction to the Kansas-based band. TitledA Fishing the Sky, the song is a symphonically-composed movie score: sweeping guitars, passionate drumming and about 10 lines of lyrics. And those few vocals sounds as if frontman Christopher Crisci has experienced the most profound heartbreak of his life. Back then, in 2000, the band garnered comparisons to emo heroes Sunny Day Real Estate; now, nearly a decade later, the band has matured some. There's less angsty vocals and more harmonies on Sagarmantha, the Appleseed Cast's brand new full-length. Gone are the aggressive, hardcore-influenced guitars that marked even 2003's Two Conversations. But that doesn't mean Appleseed Cast has sacrificed musicianship for pop sensibility. Tracks like As the Little Things Go off Sagarmantha sounds like a slower version of Fishing the Sky: Sparse but poetic vocals over gentle guitars. After 10 years, the band members no longer need to scream to be heard. With Brier Rose, By Sunlight. Chop Suey, 1325 E. Madison St., 324-8000. 8 p.m., $10 adv., $12 dos. All ages. Note by PAIGE RICHMOND

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Agent Orange and A.C. Newman made the list too. Check out briefs

Agent Orange and A.C. Newman made the list too. Check out briefs and photos for our recommended shows…

Muse played Seattle's KeyArena on Sept. 9.Published on September 18, 2007

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Muse played Seattle’s KeyArena on Sept. 9.Published on September 18, 2007

Muse played Seattle’s KeyArena on Sept. 9.Published on September 18, 2007

Moisture festival's first evening of burlesque opened at the ACT Theatre on

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Moisture festival’s first evening of burlesque opened at the ACT Theatre on

Moisture festival’s first evening of burlesque opened at the ACT Theatre on Thursday, March 13. All photos by…

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Sunday, July 27, the final day of Pemberton Fest in Pemberton, B.C.,

Sunday, July 27, the final day of Pemberton Fest in Pemberton, B.C., featured Jay-Z, Death Cab for Cutie,…

Jeff Bridges, left, played the Dude in The Big Lebowski. His brother, Beau, has won three Emmys, but never met Jackie Treehorn.

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Leon Hendrix, the subject of this week’s feature story , isn’t the

Leon Hendrix, the subject of this week’s feature story , isn’t the only performer to follow in his…