Sallie Ford at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

While we don’t have the total amount earned for Teen Feed just yet, last week’s Noise for the Needy was by all other measures, a huge success. Sound on the Sound was out for all five nights of the festival and every venue we dropped in at was buzzing with happy donors and volunteers and of course, with great bands on stage.

There will be more detailed reviews coming for a couple of the Noise for the Needy shows we attended, but we wanted to share a few of our favorite photos from the festivities now.

Lastly, if you haven’t seen Virgin Islands yet you should remedy that ASAP. The local punk outfit was my favorite discovery of the fest and I’m ashamed I haven’t been in the front row for every single one of their shows. I’ll be remedying that from here on out. There’s been a distinct lack of brazen rock’n'roll in my life lately and Virgin Islands delivered in furious fashion. You can catch the band at The Sunset next weekend on June 26th as part of the Sunset 10 Year Anniversary Celebration.

Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

Goldfinch at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

Friday Mile at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

Magic Mirrors at Noise for the Needy ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

Hallways at Noise for the Needy::: photo by Josh Lovseth

Virgin Islands at Noise for the Needy::: photo by Abbey Simmons

Karl Blau at Noise for the Needy::: photo by Josh Lovseth

Flickr: Check out all our photos from Noise for the Needy

Only one thing could make a line-up composed almost solely of our favorite local bands even better … if they were in it for a good cause.

And Friday night’s epic local line-up at the Underground Events Center in Belltown for Noise for the Needy is just that. Sharing the stage to benefit Teen Feed will be: The Maldives, Whalebones, Virgin Islands, The Magic Mirrors, Hallways  and more.

If you’re not familiar with these bands or Noise for the Needy, this is a perfect show to acquainted with all of them. There’s a reason that Noise for the Needy is one of our favorite events year-after-year: for four or five nights some of the best bands in the country and the city come together for once-in-a-year-bills for charity. This year the fest out did themselves with headliners and the real conundrum is which show you’ll be going out nearly every night this week to help out Teen Feed.

Courtesy of Noise for the Needy we’ve got 5 pairs of tickets to give away to Friday’s epic show for a good cause. Drop your name in the comments by Thursday at Noon and we’ll choose the first commenter and 4 winners at random to have their name on the list plus one. (Use your real email so we can notify winners … and of course, we’ll keep it hidden like a secret from everyone else.) But, since this is a show for charity, you have to promise us to drop a dollar or two in the donation bucket … or to make it out as a paying guest for another show.

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?!

Last time Crystal Antlers swung through town they were in a supporting slot for the Cold War Kids at the Showbox, and it was an impressive introduction. Tonight they’ll be hitting the local DIY scene and headlining a show at the Black Lodge, before heading to Iceland for the Airwaves Festival on Friday. They’re hardly the only notable band on the bill at this show though, as they’ll be joined by (formerly of the Cops) Mike Jaworski’s new band Virgin Islands, and (formerly of the Snakebites) drummer Starr Harris’ dirty rock project Watch it Sparkle. “My Baby Has a Red Tooth” from the still in production album Leave Me to Dream is my kind of garage punk:

Stream: “My Baby Has a Red Tooth” by Watch it Sparkle

The show is all ages, and you can find location details via one of the band’s myspace pages.