CARADY MADDEN: EERIE MELODIES AND POST HARDCORE RHYTHM >>>

Fresh off a West Coast tour, Schoolyard Heroes head home to roost with a show in Tacoma tonight. The band’s unique female-fronted garage grunge-pop is both rocking and danceable, and will keep your ears on their proverbial toes â€" with crunchy riffs backed with an active bass and pounding drums, all with Ryann Donnelly’s dynamic and diverse vocals coming out clear over the top. One second she's syrupy sweet and cute, the next she lets loose with a powerful and amazingly sustained scream. With Schoolyard Heroes, eerie melodies mix with and over "post-hardcore" rhythm. Somehow managing to fuse metal, garage and pop into the new characteristic Seattle sound, this is one band you can't get enough of. If you aren't already familiar with Schoolyard Heroes, go to this show.