Fences and the Lonely Forest are playing the Crocodile this Saturday. The show is 21+, doors open at 8 pm, and tickets are on sale now for $10. That's a great deal, seeing as how both bands are probably going to end up being really famous and when that happens you can be all "Yeah, I saw them at the Croc for, like, $10 back in the day."

But a couple Line Out readers will get an even better deal—we've got two pairs of tickets to Saturday's show to give away! To enter, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with FENCES in the subject line.

And here's what you'll be witness to come Saturday:

See? They're great, right?

UPDATE: Born Anchors have just been added to the bill, making this show even more rad.

Good luck!

Cursive and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band play Neumos on Tuesday. The show is all ages and tickets are still on sale for $15, and it'll probably be worth every penny. But do you want to go for free?

Yes!! The answer is YES!

Just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Cursive in the subject line and you'll be entered to win a pair of tickets to the show.

And now for a message from Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band:

Okay, so technically this show is already free. All you have to do to get in to Neumo's five-year anniversary party on Thursday is buy a drink at Moe Bar. BUT! If you want to get on the list without having to buy a drink (and without having to worry about the possibility of the club filling up before you have a chance to get there, because it very well may do that), then e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Helio Sequence in the subject line. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to get on the list with a plus one.

Extra incentive: The drummer of the Helio Sequence makes THE BEST faces ever while he plays. Do not miss it.

The first person to e-mail freetickets@thestranger.com with JAY REATARD in the subject line (and your first and last name in the body of the e-mail) will get on the list for tonight's Jay Reatard show at the Crocodile! With a plus one!

UPDATE: The tickets have been won. Thanks for playing!

Thee Oh Sees and Idle Times open. You can also buy tickets here.

PJ Harvey & John Parish are playing the Moore tomorrow night, and last week we gave away a pair of tickets to the show. A winner has been notified, and those tickets are gone. Wah, wah. But we're giving you one more chance to see the show for free!

Just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with PJ Harvey in the subject line. One winner will be chosen at random tonight at 5 pm and notified via e-mail.

If you don't feel so lucky, you could also buy tickets here.

Good luck!

(And coming up in the next couple days, we've also got tickets to Neumo's five-year anniversary with the Helio Sequence, a pair of tickets for Saturday's Cursive show, and more. Stay tuned, freeloaders!)

Art Brut are headlining a Noise for the Needy show at Neumos Saturday, with Mike Snow and Black Nite Crash. Tickets are $13 and the money goes to a really great cause. But maybe you don't have $13? Maybe you and a friend want to see the show for free? Send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com and one lucky person will be chosen to get on the guest list for Saturday's show. Put Art Brut in the subject line.

The show is all ages, doors are at 8 pm, and you can buy tickets here. It's a Noise for the Needy show, after all. Your money will be put to great use.

(After you enter, check out Eric Grandy's interview with Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos.)

Next Tuesday, the 16th, PJ Harvey and John Parish play the Moore theater. Tickets are on sale now, and you could buy 'em for $25-$30 pop, and it's probably totally worth it. Ooooorrrr.... YOU COULD GO FOR FREE!

To win a pair of tickets, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com. Put PJ Harvey in the subject line.

The show's all ages, so everyone is welcome to enter. Good luck!

The first person to e-mail freetickets@thestranger.com with Camera Obscura in the subject line will get on the guest list (with a +1!) for tomorrow's show at Showbox at the Market.

UPDATE: The tickets have been won! You can still buy tickets, though. They're available here.

Michaelangelo Matos says this about their new song "French Navy": "Everything about the track sparkles: sharp opening one-two floor tom, brisk Motown beat, obsessive orchestration, vocal melody to die for, the whole thing as twee as a basket of kittens but with enough real-world resonance to apply to adult life."

The Lonely Forest and Agent Ribbons open and the show is all ages.

Good luck!

Tomorrow night, at Chop Suey, the People's Republic of Komedy celebrates FOUR YEARS of Laff Hole! They're celebrating in style too, with performances by Hari Kondabolu, Kevin Hyder, Emmett Montgomery, David Schmader (I know him!), and Airpocalypse, along with other guests and surprises! It should be a fun and funny night.

Tickets are on sale now for the very low price of $7, but one lucky Line Out reader (and their date!) gets to go for free. To enter, send and e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com with "I Like Funny Things" in the subject line and your first and last name in the body of the e-mail (that part is important, I need it to put you on the guest list—I cannot put "dragonslayer" or "sPaRkLeGRRL" or whatever your e-mail address is on a guest list).

Good luck!

Clues is playing Neumos on June 1st. Clues, if you aren't familiar, features ex members of Arcade Fire and the Unicorns. But it gets even better: opening the show is Aqueduct and Mount Eerie!

Tickets for the all-ages show are on sale now for $12 a pop, but one Line Out reader gets to go for free (and take a date!). To enter, just send your name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Clues in the subject line.

Good luck!

Folks at the Crocodile say Thursday's show with Lady Sovereign, Chester French, and Hollywood Holt is on the verge of selling out. Tickets are $16 adv (and on sale here), but a couple lucky Line Out readers get to go for free!

To enter, send your name to freetickets@thestranger.com. Put Lady Sovereign in the subject line. Good luck!

The Afrobeat-influenced Nomo are playing the Croc tomorrow night. The 21+ show is with Sly Lothario and it costs $10 (buy tickets), but you and a date could go for free! To enter, send your full name to freetickets@thestranger.com with NOMO in the subject line. Two winner's will be notified this evening via e-mail (so you better hurry!).

In this week's music section, Dave Segal says this about the band's latest record, Invisible Cities:

The new Invisible Cities (Ubiquity) further expands on NOMO's idiosyncrasies. The opening title track soars into the humid world-jazz processionals that marked Don Cherry's best '70s work. NOMO's cover of Moondog's "Bumbo" captures the sui generis composer's unruly rhythmic bustle and melodic eccentricity. "Crescent" subtly paraphrases John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and adds serene flute accompaniment and restrained hand claps; it's a paradoxically chilled party jam. "Ma" features a bizarrely tuned guitar motif, seraphic female sighs, and spy-flick brass that mesmerize and induce tension with the rarefied skill of Mission: Impossible/Dirty Harry soundtracker Lalo Schifrin. "Banners on High" spirals into psychedelic jazz's most transcendent airspace, while "Elijah" and "Nocturne" float onto a heady, spiritual astral-jazz plane that nods to Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana's cosmic bliss-out LP Illuminations.

Good luck!

Need some new music but are too broke to obtain it legally? It's your lucky day! We're giving away a few copies of Born Anchors' debut full-length Sprezzatura. But that's not all! One lucky winner will also get on the list (with a plus one!) for the band's upcoming show at the Sunset on May 21st (They Live! and Partman Parthorse are also on the bill, therefore it will rule).

Eric Grandy says this about Born Anchors' latest: "At nine songs in 27 minutes, Sprezzatura is a concise blast of an album, easily played in a single set. 'In Disguise' and 'Cascading' are its most immediately catchy songs; the former is tense and new wavey, the latter buoyant and rocking, both powerfully propulsive."

To enter, just send your name and mailing address to freetickets@thestranger.com. Put Born Anchors in the subject line. You must be 21 or older to win the tickets to the show, but you can be any age to win the CDs (just note that you're underage in the e-mail, please, so I don't enter you for the show tickets too).

Good luck!

Happy Jeremy Enigk week! The former Sunny Day Real Estate singer is releasing his new solo record, OK Bear, tomorrow and playing a CD release show at Neumos on Thursday. Want to go for free? E-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Jeremy Enigk in the subject line and you and date just might get on the list for Thursday's show. It's all-ages, and the Lonely Forest and Baby Panda open (you can buy tickets for $15 here).

A winner will be chosen Wednesday afternoon. Good luck!

Seeing the Vaselines was a highlight for me at last summer's SP20 festival—as the sun set, they played their bright and poppy, lo-fi and fun songs while I sat on a grassy hill people watching and singing along... it was perfect. If you missed it, you have a second chance to see the band you probably thought you'd never see again because the Vaselines are playing Neumos this Tuesday! THE VASELINES! At Neumos! This Tuesday! The show's all-ages and it costs $20, but one lucky Line Out reader gets to go for free (and get a +1 to boot).

To enter, send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com with the Vaselines in the subject line and your full name in the body of the e-mail. A winner will be notified via e-mail by the end of the week (to ensure you plenty of time to find a date).

Photo of the Vaselines by Morgan Keuler

Yesterday I posted that Line Out and the Croc are giving away a pair of tickets to tomorrow's Dyme Def show. Well the offer still stands but now the winner will not only get in for free, but they'll also get a copy of Dyme Def's new EP Panic! To enter, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Dyme Def in the subject line.

The winner will be picked and notified at 5 pm tonight, so enter now!

Dyme Def are celebrating the release of their new EP Panic at the Crocodile on Saturday night with One Be Lo, the Saturday Knights, Spaceman and D.Black. This is the Croc's first hiphop show since re-opening last month, and it's probably going to be amazing.

Tickets are $10 and on sale now (and going fast, I'm told), but one lucky Line Out reader gets to go for free! To enter, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com, with Dyme Def in the subject line. A winner will be chosen at random and notified via e-mail Friday afternoon.

Good luck!

If the $20 price tag for tonight's Michelle Shocked show was the only thing keeping you from going to the Crocodile tonight (damn economy), then today's your lucky day! The Crocodile is giving a pair of tickets to one lucky Line Out winner. To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com, and put Michelle Shocked in the subject line. The show's 21+.

A winner will be picked at random at 4 pm this afternoon and notified via e-mail.

Good luck!

Throw Me the Statue are playing the Crocodile with Telekinesis, Say Hi, and the Banyans this Friday. The show's $10, and you can buy tickets right here, but one lucky Line Out reader will get to see the show for free!

To enter to win a pair of tickets to Friday's show, send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com with Throw Me the Statue in the subject line.

Then you can use that $10 you saved to buy Telekinesis' new album, Telekinesis! (which you can stream for free at mergerecords.com).

First, watch this:

Now, read this:

Fucked Up, Akimbo, Police Teeth
(Neumos) Probably from a misguided sense of political loyalty, Fucked Up call themselves a hardcore band. But with their flutes, bongos, and nine-minute songs, they're too dynamic and inventive to hide their light under a bushel of genre clichés: Fucked Up are sui generis. Damian Abraham, a hairy mountain of a man, sings in a booze-and-broken-glass growl, but the Toronto band's instrumentation is melodic and droning, sometimes recalling Hüsker Dü, Pixies, and even the rhythm-and-drone rock of My Bloody Valentine. Hidden World, their 23rd release—and first full-length record; they've since released another—was a tribute to painter Henry Darger, who might be Fucked Up's spirit animal. Like Darger, Fucked Up are madly prolific, both pretty and dark, and pack their work with esoteric symbolism that troubles some listeners. (They have paid homage to the doomed, virtuous left of the Spanish Civil War, but have also been accused of neofascist sympathies.) More than anything, Fucked Up are surprising, which is more than you can say about most hardcore bands. Or most bands in general. BRENDAN KILEY

Finally, ask yourself, "Do I want to witness that kind of badass awesomeness LIVE?"

If you answered yes (and of course you did, because why wouldn't you?) then send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com and you'll be entered to win to tickets to Fucked Up's show at Neumo's on Thursday Wednesday. It's all-ages (on the balcony, the floor's 21+), so enter away, children! I'm sure your parents would be stoked.

Oh yeah, and put Fucked Up in the subject line.

Have you heard the Redwood Plan yet? Lesli Wood's new band with Jamie from H is for Hellgate? They play fun and aggressive dance rock on par with the Gossip and Q and Not U, and they're an absolute blast. They're playing Chop Suey on Thursday with Team Gina and you could go and pay $8 and probably have a great time, but you could also go FOR FREE and have an even better time. Because, you know, it was free.

To enter to win a pair of tickets to Thursday's 21+ show e-mail freetickets@thestranger.com with The Redwood Plan in the subject line. Then, hop over to theredwoodplan.com to check out songs from their new EP (my current favorite is "Expiration").

Now, I will go dance around my office and sing and annoy my co-workers. Not really. But I'll be sitting here at this stupid desk fighting the urge in every letter I type.

Photo of the Redwood Plan by Amelia Gydé via Flickr.