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So, what's the only thing better than spending the weekend at a music festival in a great American city? Going for free! Beginning tomorrow, October 20th, Seattle will host the second annual City Arts Festival , and with just one tweet a CoS reader can catch the likes of Ryan Adams, Robyn, Crystal Castles, Built to Spill, Fences, Ozomatli, Man Man, and YACHT, among others, without a single red cent. Which just means more money for booze and awesome concert tees. For your chance to win two all access festival wristbands simply tweet us ( @coslive ) your personal favorite song [...]

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Unless you've been holed up in a cabin for the past year working on the next great American novel (we need it!), then you are probably already know that Built to Spill recently released an excellent new, long-player. Full of beautifully somber, unconventional lyrics and tastefully epic guitar solos, There Is No Enemy is another excellent contribution to Built to Spill's untouchable catalog of solid indie-rock. While Built to Spill's new record is great, nothing can beat seeing the band live. Lucky for you (and us), the boys will be playing two [...]

Continuing the shameless lauding of this area's free summer shows, the next big, nay elephantine, event is the Siren Music Festival . This goes down in Coney Island on Sat July 18th and features what for some - myself included - looks to be a who's who of currently hot indie-rock acts. Of course this is always subject to the cynicism and subjectivity that's particularly rife in this region of the musical map, but at the end of the day it's free and there will be something for almost any fan [...]

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