For awhile there, it seemed like all the cool kids were moving to Portland. Now Seattle's losing a few more familiar faces... to New Orleans.

It is with a wee bit of a sadness (but also a good helping of hope and excitement, we’ll add) that we must announce the departure from our lovely city of one of the scene’s (and our) tried and true favorites, THE PHARMACY, as they prepare to move to New Orleans in early 2009.

But the Pharmacy play a show every week! You know, when they're not on tour for three months at a time. They're a local staple! I've seen 'em at Healthy Times Fun Club, I've seen 'em at the Crocodile, I've seen 'em at the Fusion Cafe, and the Vera Project and the Block Party and in the middle of the street in Ballard... I've seen the Pharmacy more than I've seen almost any band, and I've probably only gone to 2% of their local shows. They play. all. the. time.

And why are they going? Because of the beignets. The goddamn beignets! But can you blame them? Beignets are delicious.

Says singer Scottie:

“We’re totally excited about New Orleans. We took some time off there on this tour during Halloween and election night and it was amazing. During the Day of the Dead celebration some of us covered our faces with powdered sugar from the beignets from Café Dumonde. New Orleans has such an amazing musical heritage: Fats Domino, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Randy Newman… It’s always inspiring to be there and this time we decided that we really want to stay!”

I guess Nirvana, Heart, and the Sonic just aren't good enough anymore.

The move isn't until January, so we have them for another month or so. So hooray for that. They're playing the Comet on New Year's Eve with the Cute Lepers and Wallpaper, and then they'll play their last show as Seattle citizens on January 2nd at Healthy Times Fun Club.

Their last Seattle show (you know, until they tour again) will probably go something like this finale at their CD release show earlier this year (which was also at HTFC, appropriately enough):