Kisses and Trails and Ways are playing Barboza this Friday night, and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com. Put Kisses in the subject line.

Tickets are also still available for $13 advanced, here.

Good luck!

(And, if you need to headbang, there's still time to win tickets to see Black Breath this Wednesday, too. It's gonna be nuts.)

The Lonely Forest are playing the Crocodile this Saturday! It's their first local show in quite some time, if I remember correctly. The band was holed up for the winter, writing and recording their new album, so not only is it our first chance to see 'em in a while, but the band says they will also have new material, from their upcoming record, to share with us. Super!

For now, here's an older favorite:

To enter to win, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with the Lonely Forest in the subject line.

The very starry Now, Now are also on the bill, along with BellaMaine. The show's all ages and starts at 8 pm.

Tickets are sold out online, but (as of this morning) you could still grab some at the Crocodile's box office and Under the Needle Tattoo.

Prepare your neck muscles and start growing out your hair because Black Breath will be playing the Highline Thursday, May 9, and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

To enter just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Black Breath in the subject line.

Rotten Sound, Heiress, and Baptists are also on the bill and tickets are still available here for $12 adv.

The show's 21+ and you'll need a valid ID to claim the tickets.

Good luck!

(There's also still time to enter to win tickets to the upcoming Crystal Castles show, if you're into that sorta thing.)

Crystal Castles are playing the Moore Theatre next week! Want to go for free? We have a pair of tickets to give away! To enter all you have to do is send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Crystal Castles in the subject line. Easy.

Tickets are also still available here.

Good luck!

Spiritualized is playing the Neptune this Monday, and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

To enter, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Spiritualized in the subject line.

A winner has been chosen! Thanks for entering, everyone!

You can also still buy tickets here.

Good luck!

This Friday Poliça plays the Neptune with Night Moves and we have a pair of tickets to give away!

To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Poliça in the subject line.

A winner will be chosen and notified via e-mail on Thursday at noon.

You can also still purchase tickets here. The show is all ages, and doors open at 8 pm.

Good luck!

Local H are playing Chop Suey on April 17, with the very great Hobosexual and the Know Nothingz.

Want to go for free? Sure you do! Free things are great things.

To enter to win a pair of tickets, e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Local H in the subject line.

Tickets are also still available here, you high-fivin' motherfucker.

Hopefully the band's singer, Scott Lucas, will be feeling better by the time Local H hits the West Coast—he was recently assaulted while on tour in Russia, which lead to some vocal cord damage. Scary!

Watch the video for "Night Flight to Paris" from their latest album Hallelujah! I'm a Bum after the jump.

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Today Is the Day is playing the Highline this Wednesday night with Black Tusk, KEN Mode, and Fight Amp, and Infinite Productions has given us a pair of tickets to give to one lucky Line Out reader!

Ready to have your face blasted off by this?:

And this?:

Then e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com, with Today Is the Day in the subject line.

Tickets are also still available here.

On Thursday, March 21, French Horn Rebellion will be playing Chop Suey with Japanther and Kitchen. Tickets are available here for $10, but if you're feeling lucky, we also have a pair to give away!

Be prepared to boogie:

And French Horn Rebellion recently collaborated with JD Samson of Le Tigre for a new song called "Girls":

To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Japanther in the subject line. The show's 21+ and doors open at 8 pm.

Good luck!

I spent most of my morning at an estate sale in Madrona where a mountain of great records were being sold for very reasonable prices. As I was happily packing up to leave, the person in charge of the sale told me that I could pick two more records, "on the house." Of course, without a beat, I responded, "I'll need a ladder to get up there!" Geez, I'm sure lucky that I don't have any children. I'd embarrass the living shit out of them all of the time.

I picked these two records up, as they're both pretty great. I already have them, so I want to give them to you. Simply write a haiku about anything (or King Diamond, something else related, etc) and I'll pick the best one and send them to you in the mail. NEET!

Audio samples via YouTube videos after the jump.

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On Sunday, March 3rd, you're gonna want to be at Chop Suey because Nu Sensae, Broken Water, and Haunted Horses are playing!

And speaking of Nu Sensae, next month the Vancouver band will release a 7" on Suicide Squeeze with the Coathangers—it features this song, "Throw":

You want to go to the show, right? Of course you do! And Chop Suey has given us a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky Line Out read. To enter, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Nu Sensae in the subject line.

Not feeling so lucky? Tickets are also still available here.

To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Om in the subject line.

Tickets are also still available here.

A winner will be chosen Thursday at noon, and notified via e-mail. Good luck!

Quicksand has reunited and they're playing the Showbox at the Market tomorrow night! Surprisingly, there are still tickets available here, but who knows how long those will last. Thankfully, we have a pair to give away!

To enter, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Quicksand in the subject line.

Title Fight is also on the bill, doors open at 8 pm, and the show is all ages.

A winner will be chosen tomorrow (Friday) at noon, so hurry!

If you don't win, don't cry—you can still grab tickets here. For now.

Former Seattle (now Michigan/Austin/Los Angeles) punks THE SPITS are playing Chop Suey this Thursdsay the 17th at 8 pm! You know you wanna go! Why not go for free? We've got a pair of tickets to give away. The band is calling it
the "2nd Annual Mid-Winter Blazin' Blowout," and they're also promising
"hot chicks" and "free food." In honor of this mysterious "free food"—the *fifth* person who emails freetickets@thestranger.com with the words "Spit Burger" in the subject line, WINS.

This show is 21+. You should probably bring extra napkins.

UPDATE: We haz the winner. Congrats F. Finnie!

• facebook.com/thespits
• Maybe drummer Ronald McDonald is bringing some food?

This Saturday Neurosis will rock the Showbox at the Market—it's their only Northwest show and Infinite Productions gave us a pair of tickets to give away. Killer!

To enter, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Neurosis in the subject line.

The show is all ages, doors open at 8 pm, and tickets are still available here.

Tragedy, Black Breath, and Stoneburner are also on the bill—bring your earplugs.