Seattle and Tacoma band Colonies (who we like to think of as more of a T-Town act, because that's how we roll), has some definite fans here at Weekly Volcano World Headquarters - and it's not just because they're at least half from Grit City. No, rather, the band's smart but not snooty songwriting and penchant for the atmospheric is strikingly easy on the ears, and after the band debuted with Sleep Patterns, and came back strong with 2009's Thirty Thousand, the band made some fans for life amongst Volcano ears - including me. When reviewing the band's first record back in the day I wrote, "Sleep Patterns (is) a seven song warning, announcing Colonies' ambient and intellectual arrival to the world of new-school indie rock." Impressively, I still believe it.

[The New Frontier Lounge, with guests, 9 p.m., Cover TBA, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]