in no particular order i present twenty-one reasons to see eleven different local seattle bands:

1. the brandon ghorley project: the apology song, wooaah and their crazy awesome drummer.
2. the republic: features two goughs, and a lovely song called second chance.
3. optimus rhyme: they played my house and have a song about being a robotic transforming taxi cab driver.
4. john tsnuam: he’s a sushi chef by day, rapper by night, asian delight. he’s not too intelligent, but extremely resourceful.
5. mercir: zadok is a pretty cool guy even if we never did succeed in playing pickup soccer. the dynamics on the beach are almost flawless though.
6. tennis pro: they flip off the crowd (and get it in return) while singing the 2nd chorus to taking your mom home tonight (she has low self-esteem).
7. argo: all you do is all for you, unless you’re john wooster – who looks old, is young, and has a thing for maria cantwell. they also played my house.
8. u.s.e. united state of electronica: you’ve probably heard of them, and rightfully so – even while making thumping beats, johnny rock can take it to the bridge.
9. yesan damen features danny kwak and a string quartet including arick gouwerok. though i haven’t heard any of this new stuff, i recommend it on the basis of his last outing.
10. & 11. super deluxe and harvey danger used to be common names on commercial radio, and though even i haven’t seen them yet i’d say they’re still making knockout songs.