To enter, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Morrissey in the subject line.

A winner will be notified early next week.

Or, if you'd rather, you can just buy tickets here.

Good luck!

You'll get to hobnob with the Geniuses, enjoy free food and drinks, and feel pretty damn fancy.

Good luck!

Here's what Eric Grandy wrote about Explode Into Colors in last week's U&Cs:

Mission of Burma, Explode into Colors
(Crocodile) Mission of Burma are a well-known quantity at this point, but openers (and recent Kill Rock Stars signees) Explode into Colors might not be—at least not yet. The Portland trio of Claudia Meza (baritone guitar, ex-Japanther), Heather Treadway (percussion, melodica), and Lisa Shonberg (drums) make rickety, rumbling dub punk that sounds like a more scattered, spooked-up echo of the Slits. On the song "Heat," over fraying, high-frequency delay; a sparse, funky bass line; and some tumbling drum clatter, the band break into a spectral chorus of "bombs over Baghdad" that lands as credibly as Dungeon Family appreciation as it does as inscrutable war protest. Righteous XX-chromosome post-punk may not be uncharted territory—what is in 2009?—but Explode into Colors tread it artfully. This is their first Seattle appearance outside of playing house shows—don't miss it. ERIC GRANDY

Gina Young also advises you not to miss them.

(UPDATE: The tickets have been won. If you missed out, tickets will still be available at the door—doors open at 8 pm.)

• Throw Me the Statue by Tae Rhee

But before the public party, we're throwing a fancy VIP shindig for all our Geniuses. There will be food and drinks and rockstars, and maybe you! If you want to go to the VIP party, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with VIP Genius in the subject line.

All winners will be notified via e-mail tomorrow afternoon.

Good luck!

Friday's party is open to the public and there will be drinks and well-dressed people and music from Throw Me the Statue, They Live!, U.S.F. (Universal Studios Florida), and Emerald City Soul Club. It starts at 9 pm and costs only $5 at the door—it'll be a classy, classy evening.

But what will be even more amazing is the pre-Genius VIP party! And the only way to get into that party is to a) be a Genius, b) be invited, c) win tickets this week on Line Out. Today through Thursday we'll be giving away VIP passes, where you'll enjoy free food and drinks and hob nob with local rockstars and artists.

Fantastic!

To enter to win, just e-mail your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with VIP Genius in the subject line.

Good luck! And start picking out your outfit now.

• Chrissy Piper

Here's what Eric Grandy said about the show in this week's Stranger Suggests:

The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy
Each song on the new Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come, is named after a Bible verse. "Genesis 3:23" ("So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden..."), for instance, is a song about singer-songwriter John Darnielle visiting his old place in Portland and how you can't go home again. As ever, Darnielle's spare acoustic songs tell compelling, detail-rich stories of human misery and persevering hope. Opening is Final Fantasy, the oddball conceptual chamber-pop project of prolific orchestral arranger Owen Pallett. (Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave, www.ticketmaster.com. 8 pm, $20, all ages.)

And if you really, really, REALLY want the tickets, you can double your chances of wining by entering AGAIN via the SEAshows Twitter feed! We have two pairs of tickets to give away—we'll pick a winner from both e-mail and Twitter.

Good luck!

One lucky winner will get on the list with a +1 for tomorrow's show!

(See all the rest of tonight and tomorrow's party options here, in our complete Halloween listings!)

There will be music by Truckasauras, Introcut, Tigerbeat, Sean Cee, Limpwrist (the DJ, not the hardcore band), and Nicki Danger, as well as performances by the Castaways, Dice, and Julavee. The part will have three bars, and the weirdest/best part of all:

It takes place in a giant, interactive human hive that incorporates art in all forms; lighting, sound, video, dance and our beloved Capitol Hill community. The space is multiple tents covered in a mesh of organic materials creating a virtual nest around you.

What!? Exactly.

Tickets are on sale now for $10, but we have a couple pairs to give away to some lucky Line Out readers!

To enter to win a pair of passes, send your first and last name via e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com. Put House of Hands Halloween in the subject line.

The tickets are here at the Stranger office, so you'll have to be able to come by sometime Thursday or Friday afternoon to pick them up.

Good luck!

(You can read my review of Signify's Of Cities here.)

It's true that you can no longer get into the Southern Comfort-sponsored show via text message, but you CAN get into the show by winning a spot on the list with a +1 from Line Out!

Everything we do, we do for you.

To enter, just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with the Hold Steady in the subject line. We'll randomly choose one of you to get into tomorrow's sold out show!

Aaaaand... if you don't win and didn't get on the list earlier, you could always just head down to the Croc tomorrow, grab a pizza and some beer at Via Tribunali and, you know, see what happens. Couldn't hurt, right?

Good luck!

It opens with a woman singing an old-timey ballad that sounds like it's crackling out of a wooden radio from the 1930s. It goes on for over a minute, and just as you begin to wonder if that's it, if that's all the song really is, the band's drums, bass, and guitar all pound in to kick off "Vices," one of the most abrasive songs the band have ever written. Singer Jesse Lacy has never sounded so frenzied as he does screeching, "She said good-bye to the ground... and JUMPED!"

Also more prevalent than ever before is their admiration for early Modest Mouse. It's no secret the band members are fans—when they played Showbox Sodo a couple years ago, the band covered "Trailer Trash." On Daisy, both "At the Bottom" and "Be Gone" sound like the efforts of a less drunk but more goth Isaac Brock.

Want to see Brand New at the Showbox SoDo tonight for free?? Then send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Brand New in the subject line. One winner will be chosen at 2 pm today and put on the guest list for the show.

Good luck!

Junior Boys, Circlesquare
(Chop Suey) I wasn't that stoked to see Junior Boys last time they came through town. For one thing, I was more excited about catching their opening act, the inimitable Max Tundra, but for another, I remembered their live sets being kind of anemic, a problem given that their icy-cool elecro pop is already pretty understated on record. But either I remembered wrong or else the duo have stepped up their game, because that show killed. The Boys gradually dialed up the intensity, building from frosty soul jams to subtly persuasive percussive tracks, making for a surprisingly sweaty dance party for a Sunday night. So color me converted—I can't wait to see how they'll warm things up on a proper Saturday night. ERIC GRANDY

Want to see if they pull it off again? For free!? Send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Junior Boys in the subject line and you'll be entered to win a pair of tix to tomorrow's show. All entries must be received by 5 pm tonight.

Good luck!

Oh, and speaking of free tickets... sometime in the next hour, we'll be giving away a pair of tickets to tonight's Mono show at Neumos via SEAshows, our ticket/show info Twitter feed. You have to follow to find out how to win.

And what's another great reason to follow SEAshows? Free shit. For example, sometime between right now and tomorrow afternoon, we're going to give away a pair of Sunny Day Real Estate tickets via SEAshows (the band is playing the Paramount Theatre Friday, October 16). Once the message goes out, the first person to follow the instructions will get the tickets, so you have to follow to win!

Click here to follow SEAshows on Twitter.

KISS is playing KeyArena November 15th, and tickets went on sale Saturday morning (you can still buy them here). But if you're feeling lucky, send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com (with KISS in the subject line) and you might get to go for free! The tickets are valued at $37.50, and after service charges the price for two is nearly $100. Imagine all the face-paint you could buy for $100!

Good luck!

Let me explain.

When you register online (by September 28th, hurry!), all that means is you will be on the list to get a wristband at the gate. So you'll have to go down there, and then wait in the will call lines to get your wristband before you can actually enter the festival. And even then, it's based on a first come first served basis, so you might not even get in if you get there late. Pain. In. The. Ass.

But winning a pair of wristbands will allow you to bypass that step! The wristbands will be sent to you in the mail, so all you have to do is show up whenever the fuck you want, flash your wristband, and head on in to the festival! (The music happens in four different venues and their capacity varies—the wristband doesn't guarantee you entry to a full venue.)

To enter to win a pair of wristbands, just send your first name and mailing address to freetickets@thestranger.com—put Garage Fest in the subject line. Two winners will be notified via e-mail, and your wristbands will be sent next week to allow plenty of time for them to get there before you head out of town. We will only use your mailing address to send you your wristbands—no mailing lists or anything else. Promise.

For the complete line-up, venue info, and to register for a wristband, visit www.scion.com/garagefest.

Good luck!

To enter, send your name to freetickets@thestranger.com with KISS in the subject line. You can buy tickets here, starting Saturday at 10 am (pre-sale started today, if you're a member of the KISS Army).

One winner will be randomly chosen and notified via e-mail. They're hard tickets, so you'll have to be able to come to the Stranger offices on Capitol Hill to pick them up before the show (you'll be given plenty of notice, though, should you have to make arrangements with work or something).

Good luck!

So if you're a fan of Keene, the Sea Navy (or both!) and you want to own one of these original paintings for your wall, send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com with Keene on Sea Navy in the subject line. Each painting is 12"x12", and shipping is included.

Good luck!

This is what a Monotonix show looks like:

If you want to go (and you do) send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Monotonix in the subject line. (If you have and extra $13, you can also still buy your tickets here.)

Also: This will be the LAST SEATTLE SHOW for openers Black Eyes and Neckties. Sad! After seven years, the band has announced they're breaking up and they're playing their last show ever Halloween night in Bellingham. So, you know, missing this show would be a silly thing to do. And now, with the possibility of free tickets, you have no excuses!

But that's not all. Along with the tickets comes two vouchers for two extra drink tokens. Sweet!

Here's just a sample of some of the bands who'll be playing over the weekend: Central Services, They Live!, Boat, the Redwood Plan, Champagne Champagne, Skeletons with Flesh on Them, the Kindness Kind... the list goes on. So if that sounds like a fun time to you, send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com with BEER! in the subject line.

The tickets are here at the Stranger's office on Capitol Hill, so you'd have to be able to come in between 9 am and 5 pm tomorrow to pick them up. A winner will be notified tonight at 5 pm.

Good luck!