Dark Palms music is a barbaric, pulsing, yet nuanced and nimble band based out of Olympia. The type of band that proves that modern post-punk sounds can still hold pop sensibilities - that musically you can still see what's in your rear view while looking forward. Dark Palms was founded by songwriter/guitarist Timothy Grisham (Happy Noose, Aires and Graces, The Revlons, etc.) immediately following the dissolution of his previous group Happy Noose. Recorded with Matt Bruscher at Neanderhall Studios in Olympia, Dark Palms' digital single "Hoxbar Outcasts" points toward the intersection of heavy, fuzz covered rock and large pop sensibilities that Grisham was aiming for. Where Happy Noose tended to wade in the goth/post-punk waters, Dark Palms is a decidedly different beast. With bigger hooks, more fuzz and less of the gothic touchstones Dark Palms is an immediately recognizable sound. The band is currently working on finishing tracks for their debut album, Hoxbar Ghost Town, at Neanderhall. 

DARK PALMS, w/Radio On, Josh Duhamel the Band, Dirty Malkovich, 9 p.m., Bob's Java Jive, 2102 S. Tacoma way, Tacoma, $5, 253.475.9843