The Whore Moans go Acoustic at Bumbershoot 2009 ::: Photo by Abbey Simmons

Mt. Fuji Records is home to a number of our absolute favorite local bands so it’s with much excitement that I have a reason to reiterate that fact. Next Friday and Saturday Mt Fuji is packing their bands and a few friends into two Ballard venues to showcase what they’ve got.

The Maldives, who barely fit in the Tractor anymore, will be headlining night one (which is sure to be a sellout), along with Spiral Stairs, who’ve got a split single with the Long Winters slated to come out on Mt. Fuji by the end of the year. Night two features Mt. Fuji’s past, present and future all in a nice neat package. The “present” in long time Mt. Fuji mainstay’s the Whore Moans and the Black Whales, and the “past” and “future” in Mt. Fuji helmsman (and Cops member) Mike Jaworski’s new band Virgin Islands who are just getting out into the world and releasing their first EP that very same week.

Peep these lineups:

Mt Fuji Records Showcases

Friday November 20th @ The Tractor with:
The Maldives
Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg of Pavement)
Point Juncture, WA
Weinland
$10 at TicketWeb / 9pm

Saturday November 21st @ The Sunset with:
The Whore Moans
Black Whales
Virgin Islands (EP Release for “The Age of Anxiety”)
Mr. Gnome
$8 at BrownPaperTickets / 10pm

For people who want to hit up the Saturday night edition of the showcase, happening at the Sunset Tavern, we’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away. Drop your name in the comments and we’ll choose two winners to have their name “plus one” on the guestlist courtesy of Mt Fuji Records. Winners will be randomly chosen Monday the 16th at 5pm.

We’ll see you there?!