Remember that one time? You know. Before we knew about The Head and the Heart and all their full-frontal amazingness?

Right. Us neither.

If you've yet to experience the sorta-indie-roots-ish, not-quite-americana vibe that these kittens have been putting out all over the PNW recently, you're in for a treat. You have not one, but two chances to get your swoon on with The Head and The Heart this weekend, and both times in the company of some stellar headliners.

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Fresh off the presses from our inboxes comes this week's launch of GIVE -- 30 downloadable tracks from a variety of Seattle artists, who are donating their songs to benefit Arts Corps and local area foodbanks. The $7.00 (!) compilation, which was produced, curated, and funded by Caffe Vita, will be available online here. Physical compilations can be picked up at all Caffe Vita locations, Easy Street Records, Sonic Boom Records, University Book Store, The Crocodile, EMP, Neumo's, and Sorrento Hotel. The in-hand compilations will include a physical card with a redemption code for the download, and a prettied-up sleeve to make it a ready-to-give present.

Here's the full track listing -- nearly all of which are exclusive to the compilation:

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Seattle’s Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band’s songs are as amalgamous as the band itself. With heavy post-punk bass lines, Modest Mouse guitar lines, and Strokes-like drumming, MSHVB transcends all these things in the ways that they put them together. Using heavy drumming, keyboards and distorted guitar, and alternating loud and gentle tracks they skim the surface of nostalgia for a post-industrial era that can never be returned to.

All of this is most evident during their live show. They opened for Cursive at Neumos a few weeks ago and blew the audience away. The excessive amount of drums on the stage was not overcompensating for the skill of their 14-year-old drummer, who was superb, but at one point did function as something to throw tennis balls off of as the second drummer held part of the kit over her shoulder.

So what could make a live show as powerful as theirs even more intense? Maybe they could be the first band in the continental United States to play on an active volcano? Yeah! Science agrees, this is great idea...

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We've got a pair of tickets for someone lucky and a friend to catch an awesome all ages show at Neumo's on Tuesday, June 23rd with Cursive and local kids Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band. School's out! Go rock out!

Just e-mail us at tig@threeimaginarygirls.com with the subject line "MtStCursive" by Friday, June 19th at 9am, and be sure to include your full name, especially if your e-mail address is something like schoolsoutrockout@iheartindierock.com.

Check out this video of Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at SXSW this past year. I'm a pretty big fan of those giant poles the tambourines are stuck to!

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We have a pair of tickets to give away to this show. All you have to do is e-mail tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before noon on Friday with something like "MSHVB/HM show" and your name somewhere in the body of the message.

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Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Kicks Off Tour In SF Tonight

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