This announcement came in from Seattle Center this afternoon.

Seattle Center and KEXP-FM (90.3) have teamed up to present KEXP Concerts at the Mural, tailored to the culturally curious who seek to discover the best of the area’s independent music scene. This series of FREE, all ages, evening concerts offers some of KEXP’s favorite artists on the outdoor Mural Amphitheatre stage, Aug. 15, 16, 22 and 23, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Concert headliners include: Maldives & Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Aug. 15; Rocky Votolato & TBA, Aug. 16; KEXP Volume 4 CD Release Party with Carter Tanton (of Tulsa) & Pela, Aug. 22; Ms. Led & TBA, Aug. 23.

And really, they had me at Jesse Sykes.

It’s been a minute since I've stuck head in at Jazzbones. So I was shocked to hear a rumor that their weekend format was changing, and that a friend of mine had been surprised on a recent weekend when she showed up and a hip-hop DJ was the main attraction.

Huh? What are they goin' for over there? Rapbones? Did this have anything to do with ex-Fabulous Firwood GM Hyon Kil signing on at the new operations manager? But Jazzbones assistant GM Sue Hong cleared things up when I called a little while ago, saying the DJ was a last-minute fill in for a band that had canceled.

But that doesn't mean there are no surprises to report over at Jazzbones. In a move that'll make "the Boneyard" seem just a bit more like the Swiss, Kry, the king of local cover bands, will take over Thursday nights beginning Sept. 4. And that may come as a shock if you show up and are expecting Randy Oxford's Blues Theatre. That moved to Wednesday as of last night, by the way.

It seems Wolfmother has split up. Strangely, they didn't break up in a way that dubiously recalls Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin.

I plucked this from a recent e-newsletter sent out by the Supersuckers' Eddie Spaghetti.

Take me out to the ball game...take me out to the crowd! You ever wonder how they decide on who gets to sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at the seventh inning stretch at Major League Baseball games? Well, me too! I still can't figure it out even after being asked to do exactly that at an upcoming Minnesota Twins game this August 13th. That's right, the good people in the Twins operation have deemed it appropriate that we, The Supersuckers, will get to partake in this time honored tradition when they take on the Darth Vader of baseball, the New York Yankees, in a day game this Wednesday, August 13th.

The first pitch will be at 12:10 pm Central Time and we'll be doing a little show before then somewhere in the stadium at 10:45. If you'd like to come to this glorious event we will be hooking a few people up with tickets but it's first come first served so get your email requests into chris@supersuckers.com right away for your chance to see The Greatest invade the American Pastime in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008. We will be rooting firmly for the Twins to kick the living crap outta those Damn Yankees so come on out and join us. It'll be lots of fun for sure!

I was this close to thinking the Jonas Brothers would headline Endfest 2008 after I saw this post. And technically, they are playing Endfest 2008. Just not the one at Marymoor Park. As far as we know, at least. Hmmmm.

A couple of big announcements came in yesterday while I was taking a bit of R&R before the big weekend coming up. The first, from Live Nation, is that Weezer will headline KeyArena on Oct. 11. The quirky power pop band -- known for hits "Buddy Holly," "Say It Ain't So" and "Beverly Hills" -- is on the road in support of its new, self-titled disc (the red one, to differentiate from their other self-titled album.) And they'll have support from Tokyo Police Club and Angels & Airwaves.

Tickets will go for $25 to $45 when they go on sale on Aug. 23. You'll be able to buy at the Ticketmaster site.

The second thing is that the End is getting close to releasing details for Endfest, which will take place on Sept. 13 at Marymoor Park this year. Pollstar says the Airborne Toxic Event will be there (which is a band and not a trap, in case that sounds a bit sinister.) But I'd expect to find full details here in the very near future.