LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>
4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. No Living Witness, Lenore, Jean Grey, Evangelist, Super Happy Story Time Land. 9 pm.
Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Dymstar Entertainment. 9 pm.
The Den at urbanXchange Tacoma - Downtown. Caleb Fahey EP Release Party with Stetson Curtis. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations.
Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Aaron Daniel: One Man Banned. 8 pm. NC.
- We've seen plenty of one-man bands in our day. Great ones like Phillip Roebuck come to mind. And plenty of not-so-great ones also come to mind. But when it comes to wow factor mixed with groove, few have the skills that Aaron Daniel has. Building intricate jams with beatbox and acoustic guitar backbones - utilizing foot controlled loop pedals - Daniel comes to the stage as only a single dude, but typically leaves seen more as a phenomena. Guitar solos, stomping beats, holy-crap vocals - Daniel has all of it in his bag of tricks. Saturday at Doyle's Public House, Daniel will almost certainly put it all on display. If you have yet to see him do his thing you're missing out. - Matt Driscoll
Firwood Rock Lounge Tacoma - Downtown. Show Devil "Enigma," Bedside Manner, Tsalve. 8 pm. $12 pre-sale, $15 day of show.
Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Sin, Open Rebuke, Deathbed Confessions, Osama Bin Rockin, Psycho 78, Devils Of Loudon. 9 pm. NC.
Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Heartless. 9 pm. $7.
Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Paul Mauer. 9 pm.Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. GraySkiesBlue. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $5.
The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Bodybox CD Release Show, with James Coates & The Lost Souls, The Dave Hannon Band. 9 pm. $5.
Northern Olympia - Downtown. Gumar & His Magical Midi Band, Brownbear, Citymouth, DJAO, Ghost Feet. All Ages. 8 pm.
- Gumar and His Magical Midi Band (spelled on their MySpace page with exclamation points in place of i's) are about as wacky as their name suggests. The instrumentation on songs like "Alien Groove Thang" is pretty exuberantly earnest (i.e. these musical pranksters are serious musicians, in the vein of, say, Electric Six). Their support on this Northern bill are less self-aware but no less talented, and most are conveniently found sharing space on Bandcamp comps like Dropping Gems. Cumulatively, they span the breadth of electronic music's figurative cosmos - from the atmospheric, Cuisinart-ed sounds of Citymouth, to Brownbear's subterranean dubstep, to the bifurcated beatsmith-ery of DJAO's high-end/low-end contrasts. Oly duo Ghost Feet, who are also playing, might just make the most ebullient and colorful music of this whole estimable lineup. - Jason Baxter
O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Whiskey Swillers. 9 pm.
Pastiche Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Aqua Velva plays the Grand Opening Party. 8 pm.
The Peabody Waldorf Boutique and Gallery Tacoma - Downtown. Apricot & the Beginners, Check Please and Battersea. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $5.
Rocket Records Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Electric Falcons, Mopper. All ages. 3-5 pm. NC.
- Let's do a little rock 'n' roll math, shall we? If we were to take members of Bacchus and Kill Cupid and put them together in a band, what would likely be the result? Keep in mind that Bacchus and Kill Cupid are both utterly ridiculous for very different reasons: Bacchus make monolithic heavy metal and chose a name that is this close to just calling themselves "Satan"; Kill Cupid are a Motorhead-ish pastiche of everything that leather pants and hairspray conjure up in your mind. They're two great tastes that taste great together. Members of these bands have joined forces as Electric Falcons - a name that couldn't be more perfect if it tried. I don't know what it'll sound like, but if ever there were a place to experience Electric Falcons, it'd have to be in a record store. Mind the head-banging. - Rev. Adam McKinney
The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Wickerman. 8 pm. NC.
Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. New Jack City. 9 pm. NC.
Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Rod Cook. 8 pm.
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