at Marymoor Park

No Depression Festival - Short Version:

It was hot. We ate barbecue. I drank a lot of beer and cider. Most of us had dirty, bare feet. Zee Avi is adorable. Jeff Fielder is totally amazing. Jessica Lea Mayfield is a lo-fi version of Jesse Sykes. Everyone loved Justin Townes Earle. No one much liked Patterson Hood. Sam Beam makes me swoon, EVERY DAMN TIME. Lesbians love Gillian Welch.

No Depression Festival - Long Version:

Due to bad traffic across the water, I was a little late arriving at the No Depression festival on Saturday but still managed to hear the last two or three songs by the very pleasant Zee Avi. I was interested to see her live, owing to the lore that has built up around her unusual entry into the biz and she pulled it off with very confident stage presence. I have to admit though, she does sound a little like Norah Jones to me.

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Remember Star Anna from Exile in Imaginary Guyville?

The girl with the big voice has a new record out today with her band The Laughing Dogs called The Only Thing That Matters. It is a great follow up to Crooked Path, her critically and fan acclaimed debut.

She'll be stopping by Queen Anne Easy Street tonight at 7 pm to celebrate! She also has a record release show at The Tractor Tavern this Saturday.

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Day-job calendar scouring strikes again!

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As of today, we're officially in the second half of 2008. Welcome! To gear you up for another fabulous six months of local Northwest releases, we here at imaginary headquarters have brainstormed an imaginary mix for all of you, containing some of our favorite songs by Northwest artists released this year to date thus far.

No promises that each of these will make our Best of 2008 Reader's Poll final list, but at least this way you have the next six months to follow-up and listen to these releases before you have to decide. To paraphrase imaginary ChrisB, we feel like this list is pretty unfuckwithable. But that doesn't mean that we didn't inadvertently overlook something great. If you have additions for our list, please chime in with your comments below.

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at Chop Suey

See the setlist and some amazing photos from last night's Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville bash!

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Practice all your moves, and mark your calendars: Celebrate TIGs sixth anniversary with us at Chop Suey on June 25!

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Chop Suey. Tonight, Wednesday night, June 25th. Doors at 8p, "6'1"" starts promptly at 9p. Come celebrate six fabulous years of TIG with us.

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Three Imaginary Girls will celebrate our sixth birthday with an Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville bash at Chop Suey on June 25, 2008, which will feature the music of Liz Phair's seminal debut Exile in Guyville performed in order by a bunch of our favorite Northwest bands of the moment. This podcast highlights the music of those bands. Enjoy!

The night is called "Exile in {Imaginary} Girlville," it's going down June 25th at Chop Suey, and it's going to be an INCREDIBLE party!

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