If they'd actually answer their emails about booking enquiries, only then do they deserve any attention. If they are truly a bastion for underground music, then they shouldn't decide to ignore the underground that's knocking at their door.
I saw TBASA play last friday. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen. Radiohead, Tchkung!, Beck, Pearl Jam, Tool, Omar Torres, but never have I seen something that made me sprint to the stage until last friday. He looks like invader zim and Flea's love child. He jams so hard on his bass I couldn't get my eyes open wide enough. Substation was the most important place to be in all of Seattle last friday. See him!