On tour to promote their second album on Jell Biafra's Alternative Tentacles, Turn Me On Dead Man brings their heavy psychedelia to Olympia. Do I hear a little Pink Floyd meets The Smiths? A landscape of groovy reverb, grounded with blazing licks and tricked out with heavy, loud-ass space jams, people should be stoked to catch them live - especially since the line-up consists of tour mates The Spiral Electric who bring their own brand of psychedelic rock. To round off bill is Olympia's The Big Red Sun - who is welcoming Jon Thorn, drummer for Oly old-school favorites Engine 54 and The Jerks - and Tacoma's From the Sea. "[Jon Thorn] plays the s--- out of the drums," says John Boyce, bassist for BRS. "He's up there with a lot of the great drummers around here. he brings justice to the rhythm." This show is going to rule. 

TURN ME ON DEAD MAN, w/ The Spiral Electric, The Big Red Sun, From the Sea, 9:30 p.m., McCoy's, 418 Fourth Ave., Olympia, $3, 360.352.0696

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