I've been on a good streak of music concerts. My friend Ryan and I found a bunch of good shows coming to Seattle and bought tickets to: Miike Snow, Ghostland Observatory and Built To Spill. Then we've also consistently been hitting up Marmalade at Tost in Fremont. Gotta love Marmalade for great tunes, an intimate setting and dance workout.

So the first show we saw was Miike Snow. He's a Scando DJ with great dance beats. The show was at the Showbox Sodo, of which I'm not a big fan. The venue is just weird, especially when it's an all ages show. The sound sucks when you're in the back too. But, I don't want to sound like a Debbie downer, it's still better than nothing. He had a pretty cool light show going and played his 12 main tracks. It was a good crowd, packed with peeps dancing all the way to the back. I know I left a sweaty mess.

Next up was Ghostland Observatory at the same venue. Even better than Miike Snow. Those two have crazy good stage presence and their light show is one of the best in the business. Love the ripping on guitar with the wah-wah pedal.

Then it was some jam band action at the Market Showbox with Built To Spill. I think this is one of my favorite venues in all of Seattle. Lots of good spots to watch the band and you can still get a drink in under 5 minutes.

Lastly, caught a couple shows of Marmalade at Tost on Thursday nights. It's a little hard for some folks to make it, as they don't get started until about 10-10:30pm and rock until 2:00am. Marmalade is a group of artists from different bands that come together once a week to jam out. It's everything from blues, hip-hop, house, rock, to jam band style. Just depends on whose on stage at any given time. It's only $5 bucks and one of the best shows in town. Good crowds with lots of dancing. Some serious music heads show up from time to time too.

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