• On Monday, seminal grunge daddies Pearl Jam announced, "Drrrrrrnt cll mrrrree dooooaaaughter, nert fet troooeeew," adding that they'll be playing KeyArena on December 6. Tickets will go on sale to the general public July 27 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. Remember when Pearl Jam boycotted Ticketmaster? Those were the days.

• It was recently announced that Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble will collaborate with San Francisco's Kronos Quartet in a performance of DAE's Predator's Songstress. Haruko Nishimura will be dancing, and six singers—Korby Sears, John Osebold, Evan Flory-Barnes, Paul Moore, Devin Bannon, and Dohee Lee—will be involved. The performance is set for November 16 at the Neptune Theater.

• New York City indie label RVNG Intl. is preparing to reissue (on vinyl and CD) the bizarre ambient electronic music of Seattle's Kerry Leimer. Titled Another Installation View, the retrospective album should bring Leimer's inventive, otherworldly output—which originally came out on the Palace of Lights label in the '70s and '80s—to a much wider audience.

• An anonymous Capitol Hill coffee and food establishment was blaring Lady Gaga at an unreasonable volume on Monday morning. The Monday morning after Fourth of July weekend, we might add.

• There is no way that anyone is going to tell me that Kanye West's song "Black Skinhead"—off his much-chattered-about album Yeezus—is not based on a sample from Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People."

• Pat Benatar—four-time Grammy winner, fashionable '80s catsuit wearer—is now 60 years old, but still completely rocked the faces off everyone who journeyed to her set at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery on Sunday. She played her hits, including "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield," "We Belong," and "Invincible," and sources were happy to say her voice is as strong and powerful as ever.

• It's time to come clean. UGH, it turns out there is one good Taylor Swift song. We know we're late to the party on this one, mainly because we avoid the red-lipstick fake-smiler at all costs, but "I Knew You Were Trouble" is a fantastic pop tune. There. Phew.

• Independent record store Wall of Sound reportedly has a good lead on a new space on Pike Street west of 12th Avenue. The excellent, long-running haven of underground music has to move out of its current space on Pine Street near Melrose by the end of August. Stay tuned for further details. recommended