Campfire Cassettes was started by Jonathan Buchanan as a way of getting pesky songs out of his head. Sometimes he performs with a full band, but the tour he's on finds him performing solo, with an assist from his tourmate, Todd N Todd (AKA Todd Daniels). The first song on the Los Angeles-based Campfire Cassettes' upcoming LP, GOSLEBROCK, features this line: "My sister Mary got everything. She got a brand new horse when she was 17. My sister Mary got everything. When I was 17, I got an STD." It's this sort of downer self-deprecation and outer bitterness that defines Campfire Cassettes.

It'd be depressing if it weren't so hilarious.

Read Rev. Adam Mckinney's full feature on Campfire Cassettes in the Music and Culture section.

CAMPFIRE CASSETTES, w/ Todd N Todd, 6 p.m., Friday, July 25, Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, cover tba, 360.943.5710

CAMPFIRE CASSETTES, w/ Todd N Todd, 7 p.m., Saturday, July 26, Metronome Coffee, 3518 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, cover tba, 253.301.2375