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February 5, 2010 at 10:30am

NIGHT MOVES: The Coloffs, Electric Minge

Electric Minge, photo courtesy of MySpace

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MUSIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND TONIGHT >>>

GARAGE ROCK: Throughout the years, from the Sonics to Girl Trouble to Durango 95 and beyond - and even less genre specific, from Portrait of Poverty and I Defy to the Nightgowns, Paris Spleen and The Drug Purse to the Makeup Monsters, Apache Chief and the Gypsies - Tacoma hasn't always had a "sound," but there has always been a Tacoma "edge" to our bands. Maybe we've all just grown up underdogs, but bands from Tacoma have an underlying, unstated aesthetic that you can usually pick out of a lineup. The Coloffs are a band from Tacoma. Co-creators Brian Coloff and the only recently departed Stu Miller both have Grit City under their fingernails. If you don't know them, you should. The Coloffs, The Dignitaries, South Sound Bureau Chiefs, 9 p.m., $5, The New Frontier Lounge.- Matt Driscoll

ROCK: Electric Minge is a band that revels in the spirit of classic rock, placing an emphasis on solid songwriting over the more common college band tendency for self-conscious and distracting style. It's substantial, is what I mean to say. Good old-fashioned rock ‘n' roll delivered with youthful exuberance. They even sound relaxed, like they've got this shit down. It's hard not to pick up on the band's confidence. Electric Minge, The Gypsies, Warner Housecat, Womberang, 6 p.m., The Den @ urbanXchange. - Rev. Adam McKinney

LINK: More live music in the South Sound tonight

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