AndyD turned me on to The Senate a couple weeks ago. He has recently become my best source for new music. AndyC you better step it up. Tonight, we are all headed to Cafe Solstice near UW to watch them play live. They are self-described "face melting acoustic riffage." I don't really know what that means but it's the perfect definition for their music.
I bought their whole album for $9 from Amazon (no DRM, woohoo!) You can listen to samples there or check out a bunch of their stuff on YouTube. This first video is called Harmonopticon. This show will be the last time they will play the Awesome Song. You can see it in the second video. I think they feel the song is getting worn out due to it's overwhelming popularity so maybe it will come back some day. I didn't include the video, but Space Shanty is another one of my favorites. The whole album is strong so don't be afraid to pony up the $9.
If you want to come, there is more info on Facebook.