On the List: September 22-28

Wednesday, September 22nd

If you’ve got any friends into techno/electronic music, you aren’t going to see them for the next five days, cuz through Sunday, they’ll all be @ Decibel Festival
Vampire Weekend make it up to Seattle for canceling on Redmond. With the Head & the Heart @ the Paramount
John Vaillant reads from the Tiger, a nonfiction account of a tiger conservationist hunting a vengeful, man-killing, giant Russian tiger @ Elliott Bay
Geri Allen is one of the modern jazz piano masters, and brings a crack band with her (Oliver Lake, sax; Don Byron, clarinet; Dwayne Dolphin, bass; the incomparable Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums). Might be one of the shows of the year @ Jazz Alley

Thursday, September 23rd

Sustainable Industries Economic Forum (keynote: Cameron Sinclair) this morning @ Hyatt at Olive 8
Institute for Systems Biology hosts a science-in-schools panel (Mary Alice Heusche, Superintendent, Renton Schools; Ed Lazowska, UW Computer Science & Engineering; George Nelson, WWU Professor and Director of Science, Mathematics & Technology Education; Scott Silver, Google Site Director) @ Town Hall
Really, Vampire Weekend are super-sorry about Marymoor. So much so that they’re back for another night @ the Paramount
Fences CD release party @ the Crocodile
Tower of Power’s new-ish singer is the best they’ve had since the early days, and they still have one of the tightest horn sections around (through Saturday) @ Jazz Alley

Mary Anne Hobbs, at last year’s Decibel, care of perpetual SunBreak Flickr pool contributor +Russ

Friday, September 24th

The world-leaning folk of Local Natives teams up with shimmery indie pop of The Love Language @ Showbox
Primus and Portugal. The Man [Ed.: For real? How did these bands end up on the same lineup?] @ WaMu Theater
The last weekend of Project Orpheus @ ACT Theatre
The Blakes and Mal de Mer rock your Friday night @ the Sunset Tavern
The second installation of It doesn’t matter if it has been said before some things bear repeating, Marissa Rae Niederhauser‘s ongoing installation project @ Project: Space Available
Hardcoretet’s UW-grown jazz musicians play jazz influenced by funk, soul and rock @ Cafe Racer

Saturday, September 25th

Keep the cinema alive with a fundraising silent auction, raffle, and screening of Casablanca @ Grand Illusion
Emerald City Soul Club’s Talcum @ Chop Suey

Grand reopening at Lake Union Park includes fitness activities, two stages of live music (Recess Monkey, The Pharmacy, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground), street food, and more @ Seattle Parks Foundation
It’s a new night of music, with an audience of 60 and a 60-minute set (debuting with The Glass Notes) @ the Bottleneck
Local aerial dance troupe ticktock presents ticktock vs. Perseus, a performance on artist Miguel Edward’s Perseus statue @ Carkeek Park
One of Seattle’s best kept secrets, Jay Thomas Quartet features the eponymous Thomas, master bebopper on both trumpet and tenor sax @ Tula’s

Sunday, September 26th

Last day of Oktoberfest @ Fremont
Boogie Nights celebrates Mark Wahlberg’s finest hour (through the 29th) @ Central Cinema
Tao Lin, chronicler of the Generation Y condition and alleged friend of Hipster Runoff’s Carles, reads from Richard Yates (but not that Richard Yates) @ Elliott Bay
The first 12 Minutes Max of the season, featuring the likes of eSe Teatro and Le French Word @ On the Boards

Monday, September 27th

Neon Indian, chillwave pioneer, bids adieu to summer @ Showbox
The Flaming Lips bring confetti, aliens, psychedelia, and maybe a hamster ball from space @ the Paramount
Sleigh Bells may have buzz, but School of Seven Bells has twins @ Neumo’s
Sweet Crude is the film Nigerian authorities don’t want you to see @ Northwest Film Forum

Tuesday, September 28th

Matt and Kim, the smiliest band of all time @ Showbox
McTuff Trio (Joe Doria, Hammond; Andy Coe, guitar; D’Vonne Lewis, drums) is a Hammond B-3 organ trio in the grand style of cats like Jimmy Smith, Les McCann, and Jack McDuff, playing supremely funk jazz @ Seamonster Lounge
Town Music unites clarinetist/composer Derek Bermel, artistic director Joshua Roman, and pianist Christopher Taylor @ Town Hall
In the Heights (the musical with not one but three Miranda acts) opens @ 5th Avenue Theatre
From the Grant Cogswell File, Cthulhu gets a retrospective screening @ Northwest Film Forum

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