WEEKLY VOLCANO: NEW BUMBERSHOOT ACTS, THOM YORKE AND VAMPIRES >>>

On Sale This Morning at 10 a.m.:

• David Cook Seattle. Aug. 24 8:30 pm. $25 (Showbox SoDo, Ticketmaster).
• George Winston Seattle. Sept. 4 8 pm. $35-$38 (Benaroya Hall, Ticketmaster).
• The Casualties, Krum Bums, Mouth Sewn Shut Seattle. Sept. 5 (all ages) 8 pm. $13 (Neumos, TicketsWest).
• Artic Monkeys Seattle. Sept. 19 (all ages) 9 pm. $27.50 (The Showbox, Ticketmaster).
• Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat Seattle. Oct. 2 8:30 pm. $36 (Showbox SoDo, Ticketmaster).
• English Beat Seattle. Oct. 3 8 pm. $20 (The Showbox, Ticketmaster.
• Rob Thomas Seattle. Oct. 15 7 pm. $36-$76 (WaMu Theater, Ticketmaster).
• Brian McKnight Tacoma. Oct. 17 8:30 pm. $35-$65 (Emerald Queen Casino, Ticketmaster).

Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music and Arts Festival, set for Sept. 5-7, features new acts in the lineup, including musical artists Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Old 97's, Cold War Kids, The Helio Sequence, Portland Cello Project; and comedy acts Nick Swardson, Maria Bamford, Wyatt Cenac, Story Pirates AfterDark and The Improvised Shakespeare Company.

The Mexican Institute of Sound Returns: Soy Sauce, from the Mexico City-based Mexican Institute of Sound, pushes eclecticism to a new level. It combines mariachi with hip-hop, rock and electronica. Tossed in are elements from political speeches and the barnyard.

Thom Yorke And Bloodsuckers: According to the director of New Moon, the forthcoming second movie in the grimly unironic Buffy retread Twilight trilogy, Thom Yorke is interested in doing some work for the soundtrack.

They Need To Be Fired: TMZ reports that the company responsible for constructing Madonna’s stage in Marseille is the same team that built her stage at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, which also collapsed in November 2008.

Photo: Yeah Yeah Yeahs by Josh Wildman