weekend agenda : marymoor, if you must
 don’t tell zooey, but ben gibbard wants to possess *your* heart this weekend. [flickr] |
- Marymoor is doing its darndest to pull you across the water this weekend with northwesterners gone major in the spotlights. Tonight, the Decemberists are on deck with support from multi-instrumental whistling amazing socked genius Andrew Bird and Portland’s Blind Pilot [stg]. While I long for the days when all of the Decemberists songs weren’t old timey epics wrapped in prog clothing (a brief moment of silence for for the likes of “Grace Cathedral Hill”, “July, July!”, “Song for Myla Goldberg”, “The Sporting Life”, and even “The Soldiering Life”), a lot of people are thrilled that they’re upping the costuming, stage craft, and historiffic, making the lovely park setting ideal for a summer concert. Fans might as well pitch tents and make a festival of it since Seattle’s own Death Cab For Cutie are holding down the next two nights with help from much-beloved Canadian supergroup the New Pornographers and perennial superfavorites with strings and hugs Ra Ra Riot . [stg]
- Also tonight: the Sea Navy headline at the Comet in advance of next month’s record release with help from Spanish for 100 [myspace] or break out your Friday dancing finest because the Crocodile is holding a “Sweet Dreams Prom” featuring We Wrote the Book on Connectors, M. Bison, and Tennis Pro. $10, 9pm. [crocodile]
- Saturday finds the Weakerthans in town with Jason Collett [neumos] and Tiny Vipers in Fremont. [mb].
- Plans and cash burning holes in your pockets after the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale? Tickets for Arctic Monkeys (September 19, Showbox @ the Market) [tm] and Grizzly Bear at the Paramount on October 16th [tkts] are online now; Pearl Jam’s two shows at Key Arena on September 21st and 22nd [tm], go on sale Saturday morning.
