D. Black, Playing Tonight at the SXSW Send-Off ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

Choosing what show to go to on a Friday or Saturday night in Seattle has become laughably difficult. Instead of being pulled between two shows, its usually five and any destination you choose, you’re going to see something good. Tonight’s line-ups around town would have me believe this is no longer just a Friday and Saturday night problem. I’m not talking one or two good options for shows tonight, I’m talking about four shows I’d be crestfallen to miss and five or six other shows on top of that I know would be awesome.

So start the debate early today guys, because choosing what show you’re going to on Thursday night is starting to be just as hard as Friday and Saturday night. Here are the shows pulling me in approximately 10 different directions … and the one(s) we’ll end up at are bolded.

Blue Moon - Lion Child, Watch It Sparkle, Shitty Dudes
Chop Suey - People Eating People, Like Lightning Gavin Guss, Garret van der Spek
Columbia City Theater - Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Squirrel Butter, Ben Gilman
Comet Tavern - Nod Off, Stickers, Wildildlife, Monogamy Party
Conor Byrne - Benefit for the Common Language Project with Reef Encounter, Country Lips
The Crocodile - SXSW Kick-Off Party with D. Black, Wild Orchid Children & More
High Dive - Empty Space Orchestra, You.May.Die.In.The.Desert
Sunset - American Girls (Tom Petty tribute), Bandolier, Friends and Family
Tractor Tavern - Earth (CD Release), Mount Eerie, Low Hums
Vera Project - The Lonely Forest, The Oregon Donor, The Violins

Where will you be ending up tonight?