WEEKLY VOLCANO RECOMMENDS THESE LIVE SHOWS TONIGHT >>>

There are other live shows tonight besides the Hall & Oates show at the Puyallup Fair, but who gives a shit?

Hall & Oates, 7:30 p.m., $25-$65, Puyallup Fair

• Everything that could or, really, should be said about Hall & Oates has been exhausted.
  

Alright, fine, there's other shows, too:

Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. International Espionage. 21+. 9 pm.

Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Billy Farmer & Rockin' Chair Money. All Ages. 7 pm. NC.

Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Django Jazz, with The Hot Club Of Detroit. 21+. 8 pm. $10.

Swing Wine Bar & Cafe Olympia - Westside. Jazz In The Cellar, with Vince Brown. 21+. 6 pm. NC.

The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Matt Coughlin & The Growlers, Crying Shame, Thunkitron. 21+. 8 pm. $5.

• Matt Coughlin and the Growlers have labeled their style as "funktry" - a combination of funk and country, natch. Coughlin grew up in Montana, raised by a couple of hippies. "They're folkies from back in the day," says Coughlin. "They got me playing piano and playing the guitar and singing and whatnot. I carried that through high school, and found out that girls like it when you play guitar and sing." After a brief stint in a punk outfit (Bumma Stoge), Coughlin returned to his roots and worked on gathering together a band that would aid him in delivering his funktry to the masses. Just like in a heist movie, his team came out of the woodwork to create a force more powerful than the sum of its parts. Read my full story here. – Rev. AM

Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Maurice The Fish Records Showcase. 21+. 7 pm. NC.

LINK: More live music tonight in the South Sound