It's been over three years since Apples In Stereo were last in town, touring their fabulous 2006 masterpiece New Magnetic Wonder. Now they're back with a new fantastic album Travelers In Space and Time.

You want to Go! see Apples In Stereo at the Crocodile October 26th (with crush band Fol Chen and local heroes BOAT!)? Plus win a signed copy of their new record Travelers In Space and Time on vinyl? You're screaming "Please! Tell me what to do!" Just e-mail tig@threeimaginarygirls.com by 9am on Friday October 22nd with the subject line "IWantToTravelInSpaceandTime", and please make sure to include your full name, especially if your e-mail address is something like ruby@elephant6.com.

Check out the unbelievably charming video for "Dance Floor" (which we featured on our latest Imaginary Mixtape, and is definitely one of my favorite jams of the year) featuring the ever adorable Elijah Wood and start prepping for the instant dance party on October 26th.

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Come nurse your hangover from Thursday night's Vampire Weekend show at the Columbia City Theater this Friday! Cobirds Unite (featuring Rusty Willoughby and Rachel Flotard) are headlining not one, but two shows -- an all-ages set at 7p, and a 21+ show at 10p. It's their album release party! And the Young Evils are playing -- both shows! And it's their album release party too! Sounds like a whole barrel full of fun to us, for sure.

Want to go -- for free? Well, we've got a pair of tickets to give away to both shows! Just send in an email to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before 3p on Thursday (yes, this Thursday, September 23rd) with the subject line "BirdIsTheWord" -- and please don't forget to specify which show you'd like a chance to go to! Don't forget, the later performance is 21+ only.

We'll see you there!

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You know those friends who can cheer you up no matter what mood you're in? The ones who's genuine love of you and everyone and everything is infectious and helps set everything right with the chemicals in your brain?

For me those 'friends' are not so much a couple on my holiday card list (it'd be a bit too stalker to add them to it, right?), but rather Matt & Kim, my favorite happy hip-electro-keys-punk-pop-indie-rad duo. The only thing that is helping me get through until the release of their third full-length album, Sidewalks, on November 2, 2010 (hear the brilliant new single) is counting down to their next visit to Seattle on September 28 at the Showbox.

If you want to go restore your faith in humanity with me, we've got a pair of tickets to giveaway to the show! To enter, email tig @ threeimaginarygirls.com with your name and the subject line MattAndKimAndAllOurFriends by Sunday, September 26 at noon. We'll notify the winner soon thereafter.

To confirm that they are as great as you (and I) think they are, here's a video of a recent show:

That's right! The indie.synthpop quartet known as Vampire Weekend will be playing this Thursday and Friday at the Paramount Theater, as a double-makeup date for their last-minute cancellation out at Marymoor a few weeks ago. The good news? It's closer and more weatherproof than the park. The better news? Seattle's very own The Head and the Heart will be taking the opening spots both nights! We're not sure it gets much better than that.

Want a crack at a pair of tickets to Thursday's show? Just send an email to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com and tell us why we should send you! Be sure to include the subject line ICareAboutAnOxfordComma, and act fast -- we'll be choosing a winner tomorrow (yikes!) and need your entry before 3pm on Tuesday, the 21st.

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Sprawling lawns, stellar sound, The National, and you.

And your plus one. And Okkervil River. And for free.

Sound good? Great! Because that's what's in store for you this Saturday up at Marymoor Park if you're our lucky winner! We've got not one, but two bright-and-shiny tickets to give away to one lucky fan. Maybe that's you! So take a break from poring over all those pretty Bumbershoot pictures you took this weekend and enter our contest:

Send an email to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com with the subject line WaitForTheClick -- and tell us why we should choose you to attend this bliss-extravaganza of a show. Make us swoon with your adjective, drop a haiku, do whatever you like -- but just act fast, because we need your entry by 5pm on Tuesday, September 8th.

And while you're manually refreshing that auto-refresh to see if you've won, do yourself a favor and put this ish on repeat:

Good luck, everyone! We'll see you at the park!

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If you're anything like the rest of the free world, you haven't seen much of Pavement since sometime in the late nineties. Recording, releasing, and playing live music for the better part of a decade, Pavement firmly established themselves in the lo-fi pool of the 'alternative' world in 1989 -- that's just shy of pre-indie, kids -- and fizzled out after their final show almost exactly ten years later. Both fringe- and cult-level fans alike have been clamoring for live performances and speculating on reunion tours ever since, and for those of us lucky enough to have come across / stood in line for / offered our next-born for tickets, the time has finally come!

After a decade-long hiatus, Pavement finally hit the road again this year for a European tour and stateside festival circuit (including Sasquatch, Coachella, and Pitchfork Fest), toting along a best-of comp that was released back in March. They're playing twenty-eight dates in September, and we're lucky enough to have show number two this month taking place at our very own Paramount Theater on Sunday, September 5th. We'll be there with bells on, and we'd love for you to join us! Here's how you can win a pair of tickets to the show:

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Check it out!

We're giving away two tickets to this year's No Depression festival!

On August 21st, the grounds of Marymoor Park (Redmond, WA) will be graced with not just one or two, but seven swoonworthy acts to fit the taste of every alt.americana, alt.country, and modern-folk indie-roots enthusiast within driving distance. Performers like Lucinda Williams and the Cave Singers will be sharing the stage at the second annual installment of ND, following in the footsteps of stellar sets from last year's big name headliners -- Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, and Jessica Lea Mayfield, just to name a few.

Did we forget to mention that the Swell Season is headling? Silly us! If you haven't bought yourself some tickets already -- and even if you already have -- you might want to take a moment right now to enter our ticket giveaway. Send an email to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com with the subject line SummerIsTheSwellestSeason and tell us why you think we should send you off to the Park for the day!

The only full-font fine-print is that entries must be recieved by midnight on Wednesday, August 11th to be entered into the drawing. Winners will be announced on Friday, August 13th. There's no catch! You can even bring your underagers, since No Depression is an all-ages event.

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There are no other words to describe the melding of the ethereal musings of Grandaddy {Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch} and Earlimart {Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray} in one Admiral Radley package than utterly dreamy.  The band crafts a cloud of soft melodies that calm a nervous heart and comfort with commiseration.  Best news of the morning? You can melt in their arms *right now* because NPR is streaming the entire AR album.

Admiral Radley is going to be at The Crocodile with Herman Jolly on Monday, July 19 and we've got a pair of tickets to giveaway! To throw your name in the hat for the tickets, email tig@ ThreeImaginaryGirls.com with the subject line "TruckStopsAndTheSymphony" before Thursday, July 15 at 9pm.

It's immeasurable how much Three Imaginary Girls adore the Old 97s. I personally have been smitten since I first heard the magic line "My name's Stewart Ransom Miller, I'm a serial lady-killer" waft from the KEXP airwaves {"Barrier Reef" on the album Too Far To Care} within weeks of settling in Seattle. From that moment on, I've purchased Too Far To Care about 25 times to give to friends in hopes of cheering them up / reminding them of the power of a great song.

Years after that first informal radio introduction, I was a lucky part of a three girls / one Rhett Miller interview. If I wasn't already convinced that there should be a Rhett Miller Rockstar degree program, I was after that lovely afternoon. Like all the Old 97s, frontman Rhett is as kind and friendly as he is talented and {let's be honest} heartbeat-skipping handsome. My fellow members on the RMR degree program committee compare most frontmen/ladies to him. Rhett is great on stage with the disarming banter and humble dance moves and just as genuine and appreciative off stage when he crosses paths with a fan. We wont name names, but both new and more seasoned showmen could learn a thing or two from him.

And why should you care what Rhett and the Old 97s are like both on and off the stage? Three Imaginary Girls is happy to offer you a chance to sneak into their soundcheck, meet/greet them before their show, and tickets to the big {21+} show at the Showbox at the Market on June 30.

To enter to win this timebomb of a prize, just email us at tig@threeimaginarygirls with the subject line "RollerskateSkinny" before 9a on Friday, June 25.

{Photo by Lisa Johnson}

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Ready, steady, win! We've got twenty-four hours and some tickets to give away for two sweet shows at the Tractor.

First up is the lovely, swoonworthy Mr. Gregory Alan Isakov, who you may have been fortunate enough to catch at the High Dive when he came through town over the winter. His poignant, thoughtful lyrics will shoot right through your heartstrings, all DeVotchKa-esque old radio-microphone style. He'll be bringing the bliss to the Tractor on Sunday night, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away for you and a pal! Just send an email to tig{at}threeimaginarygirls.com with the subject line GregoryAlanMakeMySunday by 3pm Friday (yes! that's tomorrow!) and tell us why we should send you.

Second up, well -- we practically don't have to say anything more than the following:

Lou Barlow is playing the Tractor on Monday night.

and

We have two tickets to give away for the show. Dot com.

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