Ha! The stupid pig flu may have slowed my blog posts down for a minute, but no more.

At least I choose to believe swine flu has been the source my aches and sniffles the last couple of days, even if no fancy shmancy doctor told me so. Call me trendy. But whatever the bug I've had, the Theraflu has been working my white blood cells are giving it a good ol’ fashioned boot party. And since I feel way better, I had let you know about a killer show going on tonight at the New Frontier Lounge.

The lineup features Seattle buzz band, the Girls, which I first witnessed delivering its brash brand of synth-punk last summer at the Comet Tavern. The clips below are from my interview with the Girls’ Shannon Brown (actually a dude.) Among other things, we talked about …

… the band’s influences, from Dada to “Saturday Night Live” and ...

… the odds that he’ll strip down to his tighty whities tonight.

Don’t let that last bit scare you off. The Girls are pretty tight. Listen here. I'm partial to "Dope Disguised as Nuns," myself.

I haven't seen them live yet, but headlining band Hotels sounds pretty sweet, too. Judging by the dramatically sweeping sounds of its new CD, "Where Hearts Go Broke," the Seattle band listens the Smiths and a gang of other post-punk bands from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. But they put a fresh spin on that sound. "Near the Desert, Near the City" is one of the most lush and compelling tracks I've heard all year. But you can judge for yourself by clicking here.