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Tacoma caught of glimpse of the band Walking Papers this past July at the Music & Art in Wright Park festival. Singer/guitarist Jeff Angell (Sedated Souls, Post Stardom Depression, Missionary Position) and drummer Barrett Martin (Skin Yard, Screaming Trees) played their bluesy-rock underneath blue skies to a crowd searching behind
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One of my favorite quotes from stoner comic Ngaio Bealum reads, "Instead of saying ‘smoking wet,' I suggest we call placing hash on top of weed "putting a bird on it." Anyone who has seen Portlandia can appreciate that joke. Anyway, Bealum, who got his start as a street performer at San
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Tacoma caught of glimpse of the band Walking Papers this past July at the Music & Art in Wright Park festival. Singer/guitarist Jeff Angell (Sedated Souls, Post Stardom Depression, Missionary Position) and drummer Barrett Martin (Skin Yard, Screaming Trees) played their bluesy-rock underneath blue skies to a crowd searching behind
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On any night of the week, one can meander past the main bar in Olympia's China Clipper Club Cafe, to the back room where a disco ball, stage, stellar PA system, extensive song list, savvy DJ and lively, often tipsy, crowd scribbles on tiny, colorful paper then
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On any night of the week, one can meander past the main bar in Olympia's China Clipper Club Cafe, to the back room where a disco ball, stage, stellar PA system, extensive song list, savvy DJ and lively, often tipsy, crowd scribbles on tiny, colorful paper then waits ... for
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Better living through music is a real thing. It's apparent all over the South Sound. From the Warehouse's interactive shows to Le Voyeur's obscure line-ups, from The New Frontier's rock to Northern's all-ages, shit is popping off everywhere. Saturday, a new celebration hits the area - the Olympia Acoustic Festival. The
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What does a women do if she began gymnastics at age 3, was her local high school mascot "Bouncing Beaver" by age 5 and as an adult, after years of flexibility training and stage performance, participated in square, folk, cabaret and belly dancing? What is the next level for her? She
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Maurice the Fish Records presents an Evening of Keys IX, highlighting six great artists - including Brooke Lizotte, keyboardist for Dreamwreck and Dan Reed Network. Lizotte is also known for his work with Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse and Jennifer Hudson. Other projects include executing piano, keys, and orchestration in the
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Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland and recently wrapping up a UK tour, the Golden Grrrls trio will play its air-tight set of indie pop punk laced with impeccable harmony March 20 at Le Voyeur in Olympia. (Check out why Le Voyeur is the perfect venue for the Golden Grrrls
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If you've seen AKA and The Heart Hurt Goods perform, you've seen how much the band loves its art. You can see it in the band member's fist pumps and facial expressions; in their hip shakes and smiles and in the way they administer their music, be it through a
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Rachel Corrie was 23 years old when she traveled from Olympia to the Gaza strip to fight for Palestinian rights. Tragically, she was killed when a bulldozer ran over her as she defended a Palestinian family home. Since the fateful day 10 years ago, a struggle for human rights has been
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I cannot wait for this show. While full disclosure requires me to tell you my husband is the bass player for Olympia's Mosquito Hawk, my personal disclosure is tell you I'm more excited to go to a house show in Tacoma, especially one with such a naughty name as "Dwell
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At least twice a week I walk by The Mural Speaks! - a 4,000 square foot painting that depicts a giant olive tree with its branches extending across the brick wall on the corner of State Avenue and Capitol Way in Olympia, around the globe to sister-city Rafah, Palestine, where
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Something about the way a keyboard sounds - its fluid quickness, lofty crescendos and slow tickles, and its pounding, amplified rhythms - makes it the perfect accompaniment to any band in any genre. It's like adding lace to leather. But sometimes the keyboard needs to stand alone, black and white keys
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Bruce Molsky plays a mean fiddle. In one YouTube video, he sawed the hair right off his bow! Speaking of shredding, he tears up a banjo and guitar with the same vigor. And when he throws his voice in the mix, the combination is a complete expression of old-time
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Comedic country/western punk musicians Brent Amaker and The Rodeo are galloping into Olympia this Friday to turn The Royal Lounge into a corral of fun-lovin' rockers with the help of local bad boys, The Dirty Birds. Amaker and crew have just been signed to Fin Records and will be releasing
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Friday, at Urban Grace Church in Tacoma, The Warehouse kicks off its 2013 Candle Lit series with the super dynamic and super talented Damien Jurado with guests Jake Hemming and Amelia Saakian. "Damien Jurado is quite possibly one of the best singer/songwriters many of us get the pleasure of experiencing," says
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For 13 years, co-owner Ryan Discrescenzo and the team at Le Voyeur have barreled through the waves of the music scene, provided an outlet for artists and musicians and served the town of Olympia their own saucy version of hot and tasty - be it a tempeh sandwich (Sloppy Hippie
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The influential Tacoma based production company The Warehouse continues its run of indie underground and aboveground crafted music shows - hand-picking artists, popping up with unusual venues and supporting community artists and entertainers. When the words "Warehouse Presents" hits a poster, SOTA kids wet their pants, Broadway Center adjusts schedules
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If you've had your ear anywhere close to the heart of the Northwest music scene in the last 10-15 years, you've heard of Hannah Levin. You know she's a DJ for KEXP's Seek and Destroy and Audioasis, you've read her words in The Stranger, Seattle Weekly and City Arts, and
