The state of live local music in Tacoma â€" it's ever changing. It's confusing. Sometimes it's a mess.
Not the music, of course.  There'll always be bands in T-Town.  There'll always be distortion and feedback seeping from the cracks in Tacoma's walls.  There'll always be groups of sweaty kids gathered in basements and garages, fine-tuning their licks and fostering dreams of rock greatness.
The question is: Where the hell can you find it?

Weekly Volcano scribes Matt Driscoll and Angela Jossy discuss venue changes, all-ages clubs and the pay to play trend here.