if you couldn't tell by listening to our visit to the TBTL studios on Wednesday night (listen here to the 9p slot on 4/1/09), we are so utterly excited for the big Top of the Croc bash to commemorate the grandest of re-openings of the Crocodile tomorrow night (Saturday 4/4).

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See "Awesome" and BOAT at Top of the Croc on Sat 4/4!

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Join us Saturday, April 4th for a night of indie-pop and other sweet things as we welcome back the Crocodile with "Awesome", Tullycraft, BOAT, and iji... and some surprises.

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Are you just as excited for the re-opening of our beloved croc as we are? Well then check out our Top of the Croc imaginary fun night on April 4th.

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We have a bill for our big imaginary "Top of the Croc!" bash! This news is so new, we haven't even written up Ye Olde Press Release yet... but we couldn't wait another millisecond to share this great lineup.

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The show last Saturday was a celebration of Magic Marker Record’s 10th anniversary, and it showcased the label’s finest pop bands, both past and present: The Galactic Heroes, Dear Nora (both reformed for this night only), BOAT and Tullycraft. With a line-up like that, Portland really doesn’t seem too far away.

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Our dear friends over at Indiepages have posted their top 40 songs of the year (split up between EPs and LPs of course) for free download! So much free music!

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TIG staffers are a lot like you -- coming up with our list of faves for the year is a fun and gripping process. After comparing/contrasting/debating our individual favorites, we figured the sum of our imaginary parts would make for an interesting list.

While ChrisB and Keenan, among other things, brought in the power-pop elements,  Chris Estey stood by the smartie subtle elements of this year's Northwest offerings. Imaginary liz, as usual, loved the lo-fi and indie-pop songs, while imaginary dana spent much of the year obessed with Throw the the Statue and of course, the Fleet Foxes. And nearly all of us agreed that the Saturday Knights album was a force to be reckoned with. Here's our our staff votes tallied up...

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I'm always terrible at finishing best-of lists. I have a tendency of being at least half a year behind on albums everyone else loves.

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You better hope gas prices stay low until February! Portland's fantastic Magic Marker Records just announced their anniversary show! And it's amazing!

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