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Given the amount of mutual admiration between Olympia and the Bay Area's respective rock scenes, it's a little surprising that Christmas and Bare Wires - tourmates on a three-night Pacific Northwest jaunt that includes a stop at Northern Friday - only just met last month. The Olympia foursome and Oakland
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Given the amount of mutual admiration between Olympia and the Bay Area's respective rock scenes, it's a little surprising that Christmas and Bare Wires - tourmates on a three-night Pacific Northwest jaunt that includes a stop at Northern on Friday - only just met last month. The Olympia foursome and
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The common wisdom is that sequels inevitably disappoint. For every The Dark Knight, there are a half-dozen Iron Man IIs, and the maxim tends to carry over to other mediums, as well - Guy's "Teddy's Jam 2" couldn't match the New Jack punch and sizzle of the original eponymous Teddy
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In the Spring of last year, a group of Bellingham youth hatched a plan to convert their homes into concert spaces for a gutsy, weekend-long endeavor: the area's first-ever youth-led underground music festival, catering to the community's bevy of hip Western Washington University undergrads and any out-of-towners willing to drive
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The common wisdom is that sequels inevitably disappoint. For every The Dark Knight, there are a half-dozen Iron Man IIs, and the maxim tends to carry over to other mediums, as well - Guy's "Teddy's Jam 2" couldn't match the New Jack punch and sizzle of the original eponymous Teddy
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In 2004, the apex of the Bush years, Greg Mudarri, Noah Wolf, Eric Gosselin and Dave Paige were unwinding in a Beantown basement after logging another practice session as Formosa. Mudarri, a gifted sculptor and origami artist, found a wad of Play-Doh and formed it into a
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In 2004, the apex of the Bush years, Greg Mudarri, Noah Wolf, Eric Gosselin and Dave Paige were unwinding in a Beantown basement after logging another practice session as Formosa. Mudarri, a gifted sculptor and origami artist, found a wad of Play-Doh and formed it into a clenched fist. "Noah thought
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On Friday, April 1st, Olympia trio Gun Outfit celebrate the release of their new 12" EP High Places in Seattle. Ironically, title track "High Places" was recorded in a basement, and "High Places" is already the name of a LA duo who-like Gun Outfit-have released material on the Post Present
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There's nothing funny about Gun Outfit's music - they're a melodically gifted, rightfully acclaimed band with a flair for melding the clean guitars and drawling vocals of post-punk and '90s slacker rock with the aching, whiskey-soaked world-weariness of country music classics. Dylan Sharp and bandmate Carrie Keith write, sing and
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Last week may have marked the silver anniversary of the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference in Austin, Texas, but it was my first time attending. Looking back on the experience, I'm mystified by the apparent absence of a unifying narrative or clear, inarguable breakout star. I'd been led to
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Sic Alps hail from the same effervescent Bay Area garage scene as Ty Segall and Nobunny. They ply bright, psychedelic guitar sounds and offbeat lyrics, but their music is ultimately more pockmarked than paisley, with gnarly guitar textures and walloping drums so forceful they poke holes in the "screen of
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Last week, the Curious Mystery (Seattle's most rustic, roots-y psych band) released We Creeling, their second LP for esteemed Olympia imprint K Records. Saturday's show is the first of two South Sound dates on the quartet's schedule, and this spring they'll be spreading the gospel of their self-styled lysergic Americana
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Masters and Johnson are a young band with an adult name (William Masters and Virginia Johnson who were pioneers in the field of sexual research, duh). The handle fits, though, as the duo's songs have the erratic, spastic energy of a desperate spermatozoon navigating the treacherous obstacles of the fertilization
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For major recording artists, Christmas albums are practically a requisite. It's like that old saw about opinions and a**holes - everyone's got one, even Bob Dylan, Annie Lennox and Air Supply. Understandably, the DIY music world steers clear of such nakedly commercial wintertime cash-ins, but Christmas, nonetheless, stands as a
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In the Spring of 2010, when I was general manager of the University of Washington's student-run radio station, I collaborated with the campus' Committee Organizing Rape Education to host a "Riot Grrrl" concert featuring three local bands, with proceeds going to the Eastside Domestic Violence Program's women's shelter. I recall
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