ROCKABILLY BLUES
Billy Joe and the Dusty 45s
Not only has this band perfected the art of rockabilly blues, enough so to make the artists of the ’50s and ’60s proud, but frontman Billy Joe Huels has a pyrotechnic side that Bobble Tiki can relate to. At the climax of nearly every Dusty 45s performance, Huels defies (if not death) good reason, and lights his trumpet on fire â€" while playing. How does something metallic catch fire? You’ll have to check them out this week at Jazzbones to find out.
The Dusty 45s started in Seattle in 1997, and there’s a reason this band of Buddy Holly style rockers has survived. It’s because they’re good … and, at least according to Bobble Tiki, because they’re not afraid of a little conflagration. â€" Bobble Tiki
[Jazzbones, Billy Joe and the Dusty 45s, Family Jones Fortune, 9 p.m., $10, 2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.396.9169]
HARDCORE
Never Looking Back
Say what you will about Tacoma's Never Looking Back, but one thing's certain. For a brooding but sonically average hardcore band that embraces melodies, these guys throw their hearts and souls into the music. While Never Looking Back frontman Jeremy Bushnell screams like a hardcore centerpiece should, right there in the middle of the pack there's a noticeable passion that Never Looking Back applies to the songwriting process that separates them from the growling throngs of young metal acts. â€" Matt Driscoll
[Viaduct, Never Looking Back, More Than Heroes, Crucified, Enemy Camp, No truce, 7 p.m., all ages, $7, 5412 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, www.myspace.com/viaductvenue]
PARTY
Satellite Coffee Grand Opening
The brain trust behind Satellite Coffee will chat you up for hours on the science behind making the perfect cup of coffee. I can’t follow their code-speak. They are smart. And they know their beans.
If you have yet to visit this tiny, elevated coffee house that opened November 2007, drop by Friday, March 21, during its grand opening party held below at its neighbor Supernova Hair and Tattoo. I guarantee you’ll learn a thing or two, drink delicious Stumptown Coffee and hear live music from Eddie Spaghetti and Rontrose Heathman (Satellite co-owner) of The Supersuckers, and Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies. Music begins at 9 p.m., but the free cup of 8-ounce coffee from the French press pushes down at 8 p.m.
[Supernova Hair & Tattoo, 8 p.m., 817 Division Ave., Tacoma]
LINK: MC Gigahertz and others in the clubs tonight.
LINK: Four-star film at The Grand Cinema.
LINK: Let’s eat Italian today.