There's a reason Tacoma's C.F.A. (Cody Foster Army) is a T-Town music scene staple, and it's only partly due to the band's breakneck thrashing or topnotch facial hair. These dudes (guitarist Dave Takata, drummer Reno Dave Marseillan and Foster) have been there, done that in Tacoma, and they've got the scars and welts to prove it. In the past the Volcano has referred to C.F.A. as a "dynamic," and "powerful," band packing a "heavy old-school hardcore attitude and an uncompromising DIY approach." It's all still true. Saturday, in the band's typical fashion, C.F.A. will lead a pre-Halloween Halloween party at Louie G's Pizzeria in Fife, with Palooka and the Rikk Beatty Band also on the sure-to-be-rocking bill. As with all throwdowns at Louie G's, the show is all ages. Foster tells me kids will "shit themselves" when they see the movie-quality costumed Darth Vader and Chewbacca scheduled to attend. 

[Louie G's Pizzeria, with Palooka, Rikk Beatty Band, 9 p.m. all ages, 5219 Pacific Hwy. E., Fife, 253.926.9700]