>>> Friday, March 15

DWELL HOLE

I cannot wait for this show. While full disclosure requires me to tell you my husband is the bass player for Olympia's Mosquito Hawk, my personal disclosure is to tell you I'm more excited to go to a house show in Tacoma, especially one with such a naughty name as "Dwell Hole: Chuck's Home for Wayward Babes" and see Tacoma band Mahnhammer - although Mosquito Hawk is a true badass, related or not. This is Mahnhammer's first show with guitarist Mike Crum from Mico De Noche. "We have some new songs, and some re-vamped old tunes since our new addition," says Mahnhammer's vocalist Micah Hembree. "We are very happy to know that there are great people like Chuck that will open up his home to support the music scene." Sean Lanksbury (vox/guitar) chimes in. "I'm personally stoked because Friday's lineup spans the I-5 corridor and all kinds of heavy music. Varied night of killer music in a great atmosphere? Doesn't get much better." Agreed. See you there! - Nikki McCoy

DWELL HOLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 7 P.M., 21+, $5, 1107 S. 25TH ST., TACOMA, FACEBOOK

>>> Saturday, March 16

THE SATURDAY GIANT

There's a spot in my musical life that has been left dormant since the days of Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie - these sensitive indie bands that constructed perfectly poppy songs that somehow managed to sum up how I felt as a lost, confused young man. I didn't know what girls were all about. I didn't know what it meant to be crushed by a day-to-day job. These artists did their part to tell me. At some point, though, I passed them by. I didn't need someone to tell me how hard relationships were, or what dicks bosses could be. I knew all that. Listening to the Saturday Giant - a one-man project of Philip Cogley - I'm brought back to those confusing days of heart-felt indie rock. Come to think of it, girls are still a little confounding. - Rev. Adam McKinney

LE VOYEUR, W/ BENT, UNNATURAL BALANCE, 10 P.M., NO COVER, 404 E. FOURTH ST., OLYMPIA, 360.943.5710

>>> Saturday, March 16

DEAR RABBIT

Look, I'm going to level with you: Live performances are where it's at. This is the thing that I'm trying to persuade you to do. To see live shows. What sounds more fun to you: some chillwave band that will allow you to contact the douchiest and most reposed part of your subconscious, or this carnival freakshow that will bring you out of your dumb, useless shell and make you drink quantities of liquor of which you are unfamiliar and dance your dumb brains out? The answer must be obvious, but I'll tell you anyway that Dear Rabbit has the sleazy accordion and weirdo swaying energy to make your Saturday self finally open up and be somebody for once in your dance-less life. It's the least you can do to make yourself a complete and freaky person. - Rev. AM

NORTHERN, W/ MYTHOLOGIES, GENERIFUS, PILOTS, 8 P.M., $5, 414 ½ LEGION WAY, OLYMPIA

>>> Saturday, March 16

AKA AND THE HEART HURT GOODS

If you've seen AKA and The Heart Hurt Goods perform, you've seen how much the band loves its art. You can see it in the band member's fist pumps and facial expressions; in their hip shakes and smiles and in the way they administer their music, be it through a microphone, keyboard, guitar or turn table. Seven years in the making, Heart Hurt Good, the debut album from Olympia's AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods has 12 fresh songs featuring special guests Double B, Brad Bowman, Nicatine of Free Whiskey, Qstorm, Skyler Blake and Nathalie Elam. The album was produced by Smoke of Oldominion. "I think of the album as a triumphant album," says Mark Bowen, or AKA. "I lost my mother and my grandfather a year apart from each other followed by cancer in the family and the burning down of my sister's house during the writing of this album - each event dramatically reshaping the album. "It's like a tutorial on how to draw from the powers of love when shackled by personnel grief, sorrow and pain," he continues. "I hope it helps during the late nights when left to your thoughts. This album has acted as a teacher for me. ... I'm very proud of it." Catch AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods before the band rakes its album on tour March 18, and get a little of that Oly hometown lovin'. - NM

MCCOY'S CAVERN, W/FUNK AGENCY, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, $3, 9 P.M., 418 FOURTH AVE., OLYMPIA, 360.352.0696

>>> Wednesday, March 20

GOLDEN GRRRLS

Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland and recently wrapping up a UK tour, the Golden Grrrls trio will play its air-tight set of indie pop punk laced with impeccable harmony at Le Voyeur March 20 in Olympia. "What began as bedroom guitar experimentation soon bloomed into a fully-formed pop language inspired by the '80s New Zealand and Australian indie pop scenes, DIY punk and Glasgow's own rich pop history (think The Vaselines, The Pastels)," according to Grrrl's hype. "Drummer Eilidh Rodgers' inventive, loose-cannon drumming and lead vocals have framed Ruari MacLean's baritone from the beginning, with newest member Rachel Aggs (also of Trash Kit) bringing an effortless melodic sensibility on guitar and backing vocals." A listen to the band confirms the sensation. Plus, who can resist a name like Golden Grrrls?  Blanch, Sophia, Rose and Dorothy were the OGs of riot grrrls. - NM

LE VOYEUR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 7 P.M., ALL AGES, 404 FOURTH AVE. E., OLYMPIA, 360.943.5710

>>> Wednesday, March 20

DEATHFIX

Deathfix is a supergroup. Although people haven't been batting around that term with Deathfix, it is wildly appropriate. The group consists of Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Rich Morel (producer of everything from Depeche Mode to the Killers), Devin Ocampos (Faraquet, Medications) and Mark Cisneros (Medications, Chain & The Gang). Despite the band's collective background they want to make one thing clear, they are a band with its own voice and goals; not a project. The band will be bringing its blend of '70s power-pop, guitar wizardry and explosive punk to Northern Wednesday. Read my interview with Canty in the Music section at weeklyvolcano.com. - Timothy Grisham

NORTHERN, W/LOIS, SURVIVAL KNIFE, 8 P.M., ALL AGES, $7, 414 ½ LEGION WAY, OLYMPIA

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