Tacoma bands practice here

By weeklyvolcano on August 3, 2009

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It's a dungeon. It's an old car museum. It's the epicenter of Tacoma's indie music scene.

In this week's issue of the Weekly Volcano, which will hit streets on Thursday, Aug. 6, ace reporter Mark Thomas Deming ventures inside the dusty basement below Sharp & Sons USA of Yesterday Motors (on the corner of Sixth and St. Helens, across from Maxwell's Speakeasy), which also happens to be, quite possibly, the most happening little nook that Tacoma's local music scene has to offer. Much of the music you come to hear in Tacoma's clubs, not to mention read about in the Weekly Volcano and Spew, is conceived in this small and unassuming space. It's the uterus of T-town rock.

While on assignment, Deming was able to shoot a couple videos of one of the bands that rehearse in this infamous space â€" The Drug Purse. To whet your appetite for Thursday's cover story, today we share those videos with you. Here's what it looks like when The Drug Purse practices.