It's far from hyperbolic to say that *the* place to be this Saturday is the Showbox. SubPop has put together an amazing line-up for an even more amazing cause:  to celebrate the life of Andy Kotowitz {beloved member of the music community and SubPopper} and, more importantly, raise money for the Andy Kotowitz Family Foundation, which supports Andy’s wife, Jocelyn, and young daughter Anna.

The benefit show is this Saturday (December 4th) at The Showbox (Market) and will feature performances by some of the bands Andy was the A&R representative for, including: A-Frames/AFCGT, Fruit Bats, Mudhoney, Michael Yonkers, Pissed Jeans, Shabazz Palaces, Vetiver, and Wolf Eyes. This is an all-ages event, with doors at 7pm. Tickets are $20.

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The music community is still reeling from the passing of Andy Kotowitz, a beloved member of the music community.  It's wonderful to hear that his SubPop family has put together an amazing show to celebrate him and raise money for the Andy Kotowitz Family Foundation, which supports Andy’s wife, Jocelyn, and young daughter Anna.

The benefit show will be December 4th at The Showbox (Market) and will feature performances by some of the bands Andy was the A&R representative for, including: A-Frames/AFCGT, Fruit Bats, Mudhoney, Michael Yonkers, Pissed Jeans, Shabazz Palaces, Vetiver, and Wolf Eyes.  This is an all-ages event, with doors at 7pm.

A line-up like that should not be missed and it will surely sell out quickly. Tickets are $20 and go on sale at noon today {11/12/10} via Ticketmaster.

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at Marymoor Park

After all this time, they absolutely do not give a flying eff about how tuned their guitars are, how combed their hair is, or what they're wearing. They simply want to play music. Best set of the night, in my mind.

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Here, in tribute to the Seattle label's 20 years of not going out of business, are my favorite 20 releases from Sub Pop from the past two decades. I encourage you to check out their catalog and provide yours, too.

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Mudhoney is stuck a perfect time warp, sounding just a sensible now as they did in their early days.

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If you're a real rock fan, and not familiar with all this great material yet, and want to know how electric the band and its smart-ass little (at the time) label seemed back then, please don't hesitate to pick this up.

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Featuring the release a lot of us have been waiting for, The Lucky Ones by the great Mudhoney!

To celebrate this release, Mudhoney will be at Queen Anne Easy Street tonight at 7PM. It's a damn fine record and the boys always put on a heck of a show, so come on down!

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Hard to believe but the band’s also turning 20 this year (imagine how many beers have been chugged while listening to the seminal grungers).

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Krist looks like a down-and-out math teacher rather than the former bassists of the most influential bands of rock and roll.

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Wow, I haven't heard mention of this up until now... but it's official Barsuk Records will be releasing the soundtrack to the motion picture Kurt Cobain About A Son on September 11th, 2007.

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