As you may know, this weekend is the Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge featuring headliners R.E.M., Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and The Cure. To get things rolling, the Ear Candy blog is throwing a Sasquatch prefunk at the High Dive in Fremont tonight (Friday) with local bands Autolite Strike, Tennis Pro, Who the Hells, M. Bison, Royal Brougham and Skeletons with Flesh on Them. Admission is $8. Doors at 7.

Also tonight, the Ballard band The Apple War holds a CD-release party at the Tractor Tavern. The Maldives and Or The Whale will join them. Admission is 8 bucks and doors are at 8:30.