A smattering of news from around the local music scene …

Matador Love Jaguar Love. Label Matador has signed on Jaguar Love to a record deal. Jaguar love, made up of former members of the Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves, have already been on tour with Queens of the Stone Age in their short existence. |reverb|

King Cobra opening Friday. The rechristened space will just be opening the bar until the stage is finished sometime in March. It will be staffed by many former Crocodile and Kincora’s employees. Jenny Bendel, former booker of 4 O’Clock Rock at the Sunset, has accepted head booking duties with Jason Rothman at the new King Cobra space. This is apparently old news though. |lineout and reverb|

Ghostland Observatory ready themselves for 2008. Following a February 26 release of their new record Robotique Majestique the duo of GLO have scheduled one date in Portland on April 3, and then two dates at the Showbox on April 4 and 5. Expect these shows to sell-out fast. No extensive tour dates have been posted as of yet. |kexp blog|

Local Gig Calendar Updates.
Stencil, The Quiet Ones, Fresh Cherries from Yakima at Chop Suey on February 5
Jens Lekman and guests at Neumos on March 25
Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, The Quiet Ones at Neumos on April 18