Blog: Three Imaginary Girls

I know the weather will be GORGEOUS this weekend, but maybe after the sun goes down y'all can get inside to see at least one of these? read more

The Long Winters' played a secret show at the Sunset last night, and it was actually like, a secret! Generally speaking, "secret" shows in Seattle go a bit like this -- that is, they're an extremely loudly whispered secret, at best. Barsuk Records are better secret keepers than most. (Remember that secret Death Cab show at the Croc back in 2003? Of course you don't -- because only like 50 people knew about it and actually showed up. But boy oh boy, was that ever a treat for those of us who did make it.) Last night [...]

Sure, maybe it's not a great adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. Hell, it's not even that great of a movie – but it is a perfect time capsule of the 80s, from Jamie Gertz's high bangs to Andrew McCarthy's giant shoulder pads, its heavy-handed "drugs are bad" message and The Bangle's cover of Hazy Shade of Winter... read more

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to one of the shows I am most looking forward to this fall: Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays playing together at the Moore. Tickets go on sale on Saturday morning, but if you're our lucky winner, you and a friend can go for free. The show is on September 14. read more

Throw Me The Statue gears up for North American tour in support of their second album, out August 4th. read more

• Throw Me The Statue - Ancestors

We have a pair of tickets to give away to a (very) lucky reader. The drill is that you need to send an e-mail to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com sometime prior to 9am on August 3rd with "FlamingLips" in the subject line. The winner will, of course, be notified shortly thereafter to give you plenty of time before the August 21 show to brag to your neighbors, coworkers, postmen and women, et al. read more

MEN are playing at Chop Suey on Tuesday night with Your Heart Breaks and (another one of my favorite duos) Team Gina. ($10 adv/$12 DOS, doors at 8pm, 21+) read more

Even though photographer extraordinaire William Anthony relocated from Seattle to So-Cal, he is still among our favorites. While he was in Seattle, he captured some of our finer moments as well as those of loves like Her Space Holiday. It's no surprise then that his touching portfolio of shots taken outside Michael Jackson's memorial service would make us bridge the distance between here and there. Go check 'em out on his website. read more

Sub Pop just this week announced the winners of their "loser" scholarship. Of course, all of the winners deserve a big congratulations but one winner in particular is very near and dear to our hearts here at TIG. read more

The Pharmacy, a great punk dance punk band who recently moved to New Orleans at the beginning of the year, are returning to Seattle for two shows this weekend. They are playing at Vera on Friday night with a lineup that we might call "unfuckwithable": Schoolyard Heroes, Black Houses, The Whore Moans and Keg. Saturday they are at The Comet with Sugar Sugar Sugar, Strong Killings and The Bugs. read more

Seattle's Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band's songs are as amalgamous as the band itself. With heavy post-punk bass lines, Modest Mouse guitar lines, and Strokes-like drumming, MSHVB transcends all these things in the ways that they put them together. Using heavy drumming, keyboards and distorted guitar, and alternating loud and gentle tracks they skim the surface of nostalgia for a post-industrial era that can never be returned to. All of this is most evident during their live show. They opened for Cursive at Neumos a few weeks ago and blew the audience away. The excessive amount of drums [...]

Before they spin off out of our orbit, leaving our only access to their sound as microwaves picked up from millions of years away by NASA, you should see The Dirty Projectors play live. And you should probably go soon; one the lovely ladies may have to return to her home planet where singing in glorious harmony is the only form of communication. read more

Tuesday = new release day, which is generally a happy day. So why have I been so disappointed the last few weeks? I guess the weak selection just proves what everyone already knows: Amie will watch anything. read more

Lynn Shelton's very funny new film, Humpday opens on Friday, July 10 at the Harvard Exit. read more

The crowd was fairly small and the intimacy of both the venue and the atmosphere was perfect for Brosseau with his lonely songs. read more

Let it be the year of the dodo. read more

I came to the party late on American Analog Set. A couple years ago I was invited to an event deep in Brooklyn for a publicity company celebrating their tenth year in business. Broken Social Scene played for a small crowd of jaded music writers. Andrew Kenny was there; his fiancée (wife?) was one of the publicists at the agency. I didn't really know him outside of being "the guy who covered "Line of Best Fit" on a split EP with Ben Gibbard. read more

While few major artists would dare even attempt to play a concert that included none of the songs that made them famous, PJ Harvey overwhelmed a Seattle crowd by doing just that on June 16th at the Moore. With John Parish handling lead guitar, Harvey unapologetically blasted through a set limited to material from their two collaborative albums, the recently released A Man A Woman Walked By and the 1996 Dance Hall At Louse Point. read more

We Are Golden, featuring Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley, plays their epic show "The is Me Sometimes" at The Triple Door on Wednesday, July 29. read more

These days, Keane are the heels of their March '09 single release, hanging out with John Roderick, and coming to the Moore on September 10th. Peachy! read more