MATT DRISCOLL: SCHOOLYARD HEROES IN THE KITCHEN >>>

Last week I told you the Jet City Fix would never die. And see â€" they’re still around. Point for me. I wouldn’t lie to you, people.

This week, once again passing on the wisdom I’ve honed despite spending my youth freebasing high fructose corn syrup, the JCF will support Schoolyard Heroes at an early all ages show Saturday at Hell’s Kitchen.  This one is going to rule. No joke.

Despite the band’s relatively youthful complexion, Schoolyard Heroes â€" a group with Annie Wright ties and more freaky horror tendencies than you can shake an eyeliner pencil at â€" pretty much kills it every time they take the stage. And, amazingly, they’ve been taking the stage for a long-ass time now. That exposure at EMP Sound Off! was in 2003, yo.  It’s almost enough to make a guy feel old.

Call it goth, punk, brutal, post-hardcore, or whatever â€" or just call it solid.

The bottom line is Schoolyard Heroes rarely disappoints.

[Hell’s Kitchen, with the Jet City Fix, Black Houses, Starstruck, Saturday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m., all ages, $10, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]