MUSIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND TONIGHT >>>
Rap, Garage Rock: What we have here is a 65-year-old rapping super villain who sings songs such as "Should I ‘F' This Big Fat Ho" - a parody of you know what - and whose live shows are fairly infamous. Reason enough to check out Blowfly at The New Frontier Lounge tonight. But guess what? There's more! Ensuring that this sho will quite possibly be the strangest you see all year will be the opening band: Girl Trouble. Read the full story here. 9 p.m., $10, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020
Melodic Rock: Sirens Sister is a band that succeeds in surpassing one's initial expectations. Despite having a certain air of mystical, Earth Mother uncoolness, the band's songs are wiry, nervy trains of crazed headlong rock momentum. They strike an easy balance of quite radio-friendly modern rock and a respect for dark '80s pop figures like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cure. The lead vocals are convincingly histrionic, evoking a number of singers known for projecting to the back of the room, notably Jeff Buckley. It's the kind of music that either doesn't translate to a live representation, or, more likely, thrives on the energy an audience supplies. Regardless, Sirens Sister goes for broke, and their in-store at Rocket Records should be a sight to see. 3 p.m., no cover, Rocket Records, 3843 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.756.5186