4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. Rikk Beatty, Sevencross. 21+. 9 pm.
Beyond the Bridge Cafe Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Lemolo, Shenandoah Davis, Ritchie Young and Valerie Warren. All Ages. 7:30 pm - 11 pm. $8 Cover.
Even without an actual warehouse, the collective that is the Warehouse continues to deliver musical awesomeness to Tacoma - this Saturday in the form of an intimate and surely remarkable show with Shenandoah Davis at Beyond the Bridge Café. – Michael Swan
Big Wheel Steakhouse and Lounge Tacoma - Parkland. Loose Gravel & The Quarry. 21+. 9 pm.
Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Run From Cover, Toward The Flame. 21+. 8 pm.
Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Gossip, The Need. 10 pm. $10-$15.
The early years of this millennium's musical landscape were confusing. As is the case with the beginnings of any decade, bands began to shake loose the musical bloat of the mainstream and reach back into the past for influences, all while introducing new inspiration. Born out of this confusion was dance-punk and bands like Gossip. Now 10 years old, Gossip's dance-punk has become the exception, not the rule, of indie rock, and their sound has responded by becoming even more refined and laser-direct than before. As always, lead singer Beth Ditto's voice is an irreplaceable commodity for Gossip. She could have been a star in most any decade, in most any genre. Her voice is smoky, soulful, completely in control. When she says dance, it's hard not to listen. - Rev. Adam McKinney
Cedarwood Dome Milton. Eric John Kaiser, Portland's French Troubadour. 21+. 9pm - 12am. Free.
Cicada Restaurant Olympia - Downtown. Dennis Hastings, Joe Baque, Steve Luceno. 21+. 8 pm.
Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. A Leaf. 21+. 7 pm. NC.
Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Eddie Spaghetti. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC.
Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center Puyallup. Old Time Fiddle Festival & Contest. All Ages. 1 pm. $8.
Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. D.I., The Piss Drunks, Red White & Die, The Dead Giveaways, Koozbane. 21+. 9 pm. $8-$10.
Hell's Kitchen has been bringing in influential, iconic, moderately legendary (at least to those who've ever passed a clothespin through pale flesh) punk bands since the day the club kicked open its doors. This week, with So-Cal's D.I. slated to drop by tonight, for a show that also features the Piss Drunks, Red White & Die, The Dead Giveaways and Koozbane, this fact is as true as ever. Read more in Bobble Tiki's column this week. – Bobble Tiki
The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. City Fair. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, with No Quarter. 21+. 9 pm. $15.
Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Wauntid. 21+. 9 pm.
Northern Olympia - Downtown. Dustin Wong, Ben Kamen, Chung Antique. All Ages. 8 pm.
Infinite Love, the new record from guitarist Dustin Wong, may not be literally infinite, but it sure as hell is ambitiously epic. Clocking in at 1 hour, 20 minutes, Infinite Love is a double LP of visionary instrumental loopage in the Mark McGuire mode. A DVD with deeply psychedelic accompanying visuals comes part and parcel with copies of Infinite Love, and the vinyl version includes an entire EP of additional music called Indigo and Crystal. Taken all together, that makes for quite a hefty artistic statement. "I was just accumulating a lot of songs, and it got to a point where I had a lot, and I wanted to use all of it," says Wong, who first rose to popularity as part of fitful Baltimore act Ponytail, and with fellow guitarist Matt Papich in the far-out ambient group Ecstatic Sunshine. Tonight, Wong - a total shredder - will be at Northern in Olympia. - Jason Baxter
Rocket Records Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Cody Foster Army, Cities Without Ancors. All Ages. 3:30 pm. NC.
The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Jeremy Serwer, The Spins, Good Gravy. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma - Downtown. Erik Steighner's Mighty Tacoma Saxophone Recital, featuring Daniel Goodrich, Fred Winkler, Karen Ganz. All Ages. 2 pm.
Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. The Righteous Mothers. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15.
