the pica beats, via hardly art

Over the past two years, Sub Pop spin-off Hardly Art has assembled an impressive roster of mostly local, generally quietish, a bit folk-inspired, sincere, fuzzy, and crushworthy bands. On Saturday, a couple of them — the Dutchess and the Duke and the Pica Beats — will be playing at Neumo’s. Both have formed relatively recently and have gathered much-deserved buzz for their overwhelming charm

We have a pair of tickets for one of you to warm up to them first-hand. Send an e-mail to seattle.metblogs@gmail.com with “PicaBeats” in the subject line and your real name in the text and we’ll pick a winner tonight. Those providing fun facts about ampersands may receive priority.

// The Dutchess and the Duke, Pica Beats, the Drug Purse. $12, 8pm. [neumos]