It’s only fitting that in a city like Seattle, with weather even Londoners have a hard time bearing, the finest club DJ is named DJ Sad Bastard, aka local songwriter and Vendetta Red guitar man Michael Vermillion, who spins the saddest country shit you’ve ever heard. From Hank Williams to Merle Haggard, this isn’t music to shake your booty to, but tunes best heard bellied up to the bar, where you can drown your rain-soaked blues along with the rest of us. GWENDOLYN ELLIOTT myspace.com/michaelvermillion