BOBBLE TIKI: THE OREGON DONOR TONIGHT >>>

Tonight, Anacortes-based band The Oregon Donor â€" who many will remember from EMP’s ‘06 Sound Off! Competition â€" will play The Viaduct along with the Kindness Kind, Mission Orange and the Apple War, intent on laying down well-crafted indie rock for all in attendance. If the Oregon Donor’s soon to be digitally released record Somethings â€" which Bobble Tiki received in the mail earlier this week â€" is any indication, this will be a show worth catching.

Like many indie bands, the Oregon Donor takes its cues from seminal acts like Modest Mouse, Sunny Day Real Estate and Built to Spill. And who could blame them? But while many bands have tried to emulate such sounds, the Oregon Donor have the rare ability to make it seem fresh and original â€" one of the many reasons that Somethings is still in Bobble Tiki’s CD player four days after he first opened it.

Read Bobble Tiki’s interview with The Oregon Donor on the Weekly Volcano’s Web site.

[The Viaduct, The Oregon Donor, The Kindness Kind, Mission Orange, The Apple War, Friday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., all ages, $8, 5412 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma]