Husbands, Love Your Wives; Hoquiam; Carrie Biell; Bryan John Appleby; Whitney Ballen

(Greenhouse) Tonight's show is a going-away party for Husbands, Love Your Wives, aka local singer-songwriter Jamie Spiess, who is soon leaving Seattle for a new home in Denmark. If you haven't yet caught Spiess's live shows—which can range from arresting to awkward, from frighteningly spare solo sets to full-band performances flush with friendly musical collaborators—this might be your last chance for a while. It will also be your last chance to pick up a copy of her CD-Rs without the complications of international shipping. Opener Whitney Ballen is a young rising force in the Eastside's music scene (responsible for the POP425 compilation reviewed in this weeks' Underage, page 65), a solo acoustic performer whose voice is somehow both childlike and worn beyond its years. ERIC GRANDY 5/6/09 www.thestranger.com

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