Tonight in Seattle:  

Hypatia Lake

Tonight's recommended show: The Croc opens its doors

Well, kids, the night is finally here. The legendary Crocodile is once again opening its doors after about 15 years and everyone (who is 21 or older) is invited.

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Latest comment by: imaginary victoria: "THAT WAS AWESOME. I am now officially eighteen times more excited for the 4/4 show!!!"

First shows announced for the Crocodile -- and they're free!

The speculation can (finally) end now for who will be playing the first nights at The Crocodile. It was just announced today that the club will open with two free shows of excellent local bands on Thursday and Friday.

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Latest comment by: Imaginary Kiku: ""opening nights available to everyone and free" Almost everyone. But I'm glad it's back!"

Last night ever at the King Cobra

Among other things, today's column talks about the closing of the King Cobra and what those folks have put together for tonight.

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Cumulus Festival will rock your brains out

Three days of electric fuzz and long-haired men - count me in!

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Georgetown Music Fest 2008: Hypatia Lake

Hypatia Lake

at Georgetown Music Festival

Psychedelic rockers Hypatia Lake were great, building intensity with sonically challenging evolving layers throughout their midday set.

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Latest comment by: Mike Mess: "Yes they did! I was in the beer garden and only really watched half their set! What I did see was really powerful...even with the bubbles! "

elle's Georgetown Music Fest Wrap-up

I'm all for a festival surrounded by the little guy.

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Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "Journalism school. Yer funny, James! Srsly though, we've been posting reviews of the shows to our live music section. Blog posts tend to be a bit more chatty about things like sandwiches and siblings and what have you. I can't guarantee our live show ...

Looking for a cheap way to have fun tonight in Ballard?

Tonight at the Sunset Tavern, PBR and some fine Seattle bands (all of whom are known to take it up a notch with their live show) have joined forces to help us release the week's tension and goose your gander (if you know what I'm sayin).

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Latest comment by: imaginary stella: "Oooh this is tonight?! Sweet! I've been listening over and over to The Purrs' latest (review coming soon, I promise) and it's very dreamy...an effect that the live setting could only enhance."

Fests are upon us: Part 1: Georgetown Music Festival

While Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party have grown to astronomical (read as: huge touring bands) proportions, The Georgetown Music Festival is keeping it local as can be, with a preliminary lineup of loads of Seattle- (and a few Portland) based bands prepared to rock South Seattle this June 2-3.

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Latest comment by: jen: "I think this festival looks wonderful. Coho, H is For Hellgate, Hypatia Lake and Spook the Horse are all amazing local talent. It may be a bit suspect that there’s no Speaker Speaker, Juhu Beach, Siberian, The Lights or The Cops (And no Hip-Hop?!!) but maybe those bands ...

Attention Portland: free tickets to KEXP's PDXplore show for Saturday night

Win a free pair of tickets to the KEXP-sponsored PDXplore show, featuring a shoegazery good lineup at the Ash Street Salon tomorrow night.

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Tonight's Recommended Show: Dead Meadow, Spindrift, Hypatia Lake

Tonight at Chop Suey is a show that has piqued our interest for *purely medicinal* reasons. The line up is full of atmospheric indie rockers national and local.

Washington DC's Dead Meadow, with their weighty retro-metal overtones, brings back memories of our beloved Michael X: the first imaginary boy on staff. Michael X provided TIG with some of the finest moments of journalism to date. We still re-read his not one, but two reviews of the White Stripes album Elephant. We've been trying to figure out if a petition or letter writing campaign will get him out of his greener pastures hiding.

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Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "Ooh, that is a good show! I'm going to be hanging in Ballard at the Shake Some Action/Purrs/Heavy Hearts show at the Sunset. Anyone else checking out a good show tonight? What about outside of Seattle?"