Last week started with a bang Thursday at The New Frontier Lounge, as Seattle's Ancient Warlocks and Portland's White Orange brought their tour to a small yet supportive crowd of hipsters, musicians and freaks. Local boys (Really! They are like 19!!!) Rooftop Warriors started simply by stating "We like Black Sabbath," before thundering into some decent heavy psych indie-metal. The New Frontier is a nice small room and I was amazed at how well the P.A. held up as both Ancient Warlocks and White Orange turned their stacks to 11 and blew the doors off. White Orange is literally as loud as Jucifer. Perfect!!! Ancient Warlocks didn't disappoint in the volume department, either. Earplugs I heart you! As Ancient Warlocks ripped into their mystically epic B-side, "Superwizard," the clock struck the witching hour and the evening ended in a haze of distortion. Only more bodies could have made it better.

Thought I'd mention KC and the Sunshine Band actually showed up at Hell's Kitchen Friday to party with Nappy Roots and groove on the floor with the fans. Awesome experience. Just sayin'.

Speaking of Hell's Kitchen, the club really pulled out all the stops for Chris "Cricket" Johnson's (of Action Tattoo in Auburn) Metal Barfday Party. Real, thrashing metal oozed from every pore of this gig, with the best performance yet from youngins Unhailoed, and brutal sets from No Living Witness, Osama Bin Rockin (nice red suit!), Deathbed Confessions, Bloodhunger (go Pete!) and impressive shredding from openers Deathmocracy. Faster-than-light riffage and hair-whipping madness was matched only by the sweat-soaked throb of moshing humanity in front of the stage. The entire show was devil horn worthy, and the party didn't stop until late Sunday at an incredibly busy and rowdy D.O.A. Who knew Sundays were THAT nuts?

This weekend has mucho potential, with local clubs packed with live music to fit all tastes. Saturday promises a sure-to-be legendary night, with Shawna Reed's (remember her from Neener's and the Shoboat?) birthday party lined up at the underground party hotspot "the Happy Kymie" in Puyallup. If you don't know you better ask somebody. Expect live music by Tacoma vets The Coloffs (ex-Rhino Humpers), Spidervain (new trashrawk from ex-members of A.M.Q.A. and Inner Sanctum), and some crazy band called I Defy (shameless plug!)

This week's moral: The Internet is not the scene - support live music!!!