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They say good things come in threes. Bandolier, People Under The Sun and The Echo Echo Echoes, are all celebrating a record release, a trifecta of "Hell yeah!" for Tacoma. But if you've seen your share of these bands, and think you'll just pick up their album online or at
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Love Our Local Fest (LOL) could very well be in the running for the Weekly Volcano's next Best of Olympia issue: Best Use of Giant Coloring Paper To Make a Community Mural, Best 30-Foot Geodesic Workshop Dome, and Best Reason To Shut Down Traffic on The Eastside are certain category
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Neutral Boy has been on the scene for years, punk rock staples. If you opened a fridge labeled Northwest Punk, Neutral Boy would be in the crisper, right next to the tall boys. Except for a few bands (you know who you are, assholes) and a couple limp burritos, the
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Two artists, four food trucks, 25 vendors and 14 bands will span the course of the 7-hour day. Local musician Tony Reed, whose band Mos Generator will play for the second time at MAWP, feels the event is a great way to bring together people of all ages. "This year,
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What does Music and Art in Wright Park (MAWP) mean to Tacoma? Why did 2,500 people rally last year to support artists, musicians, food and craft vendors? "All the old punk rockers get to bring their kids to a place that is beautiful and full of what makes them happy -
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"Awesome coffee on a farm in the middle of pretty much nowhere, group photo on the haystacks every year ... swimming in the river, eating food that was grown on the land, standing in the back field late at night, watching the bands play (really loud), or watching from the
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The concept: Ask a question and have it answered by a randomly chosen song, like a musical tarot card. Andras Jones created Radio8Ball in 1998 on KAOS in Olympia. Now, he is producing it as a local TV series (for the web, for now) with Olympia Film Collective. The episodes are
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Coven. What does that word do for you? Does it evoke images of darkness, figures shrouded by mystery and ritual? What does it smell like? Dank, dark and bloody? What does it sound like? In this case, Coven, the thrash metal band that dominated the late '80s and early '90s
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Bruising lyrics about weird moons and whiskey friends and love and hate in places like Montesano and Oklahoma, the female vocals are a little Mazzy Star meets old country, with that wavering sexiness that sounds like power. Instrumentally, a little shake, shake, shake, some twang, lots of good melodies and
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To see Mosquito Hawk in person is to see the workings of four dedicated rockers, each bringing a stage presence that engages more than just your ears. Watch as Jerry Zeigler pile-drives his drums, float off with John Merithew as he noodles a guitar solo into your being, catch the
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The sprawling park, with its green grassy hills, where families picnic in the shade, or groups of friends share a smoke, where dogs sniff the air in anticipation, and where a rock band tunes up on stage. This is Music and Art in Wright Park, MAWP, Tacoma's annual summer event -
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It's like money in dog years. For FISH Food Banks of Pierce County, every dollar raised has seven times the buying power. Based on this math, last year's Maurice The Fish Records' (MTFR) benefit concert brought in nearly $50,000 to help feed the hungry. Taking place this Sunday,
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It's like money in dog years. For FISH Food Banks of Pierce County, every dollar raised has seven times the buying power. Based on this math, last year's Maurice The Fish Records' (MTFR) benefit concert brought in nearly $50,000 to help feed the hungry. Taking place this Sunday, June 22, eight
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There are no words when a community loses one of its beloved members. There are no words, but there is music. And this is exactly what Brian Redman would have wanted. A stalwart in Tacoma's music scene, (3 Inches of Blood, Trial, Dirty Knockers) it's been nearly five years since
