GOOD LUCK DECIDING WHAT LIVE SHOWS TO SEE TONIGHT >>>
4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. The Missionary Position. 21+. 9 pm.
Cassidy's Pub & Mini Golf Tacoma - Eastside. The Gone Daddies. 21+. 9 pm.
Cicada Restaurant Olympia - Downtown. Pianist Joe Baque and his trio. 8 pm. NC.
C.I. Shenanigan's Tacoma - Northend. Collaborative Works Jazz Trio. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
The Den at urbanXchange Tacoma - Downtown. Ghost To Falco, Dragging An Ox Through Water. All Ages. 7 pm.
- Portland multi-instrumentalists Dragging an Ox Through Water and Ghost to Falco make enveloping, hard-to-categorize music. Dragging an Ox Through Water (Brian Mumford) colors his folky jams with circuit-bent flourishes from tweaked oscillators and light-dependent resistors. Historically, Ghost to Falco (Eric Crespo) has played his eclectic, Elverum-esque compositions solo, but for his show at The Den, he'll be joined by Ryne Warner (of Castanets) and Aan's Bud Wilson. I sought out these two friends and co-founders of the DIY imprint Infinite Front for a joint interview. Read it here. – Jason Baxter
Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Coldnote. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Potluck, Jay Barz, Partners In Chryme, Island Trybe, Sawchosiz, Strik & Krusal. 21+. 8 pm.
Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Dustin Darnold. All Ages. 6 pm. Paul Mauer, Karl Penn. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $5.
The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Neil's Birthday Party, with The Fucking Eagles, Goldteeth, Wheelies. 21+. 9 pm.
- To celebrate the birthday of Neil Harris, owner of The New Frontier Lounge, the venue has booked pizza-loving indie rock bikers Wheelies (no strangers to The New Frontier), caffeinated 253 veterans Gold Teeth ("the most rock and roll band in Tacoma") and ecstatic Tacoma punks the Fucking Eagles. Maybe you've spied the eye-catching Xeroxed poster for this show online or ‘round town. It's infused with a deliciously ‘90s kind of self-deprecating blasé-ness ("It's Neil Harris' BARF-day Bash!" "Mystical! Barbaric! Boring!"), that's even funnier when you consider that there's no doubt this show will be, to cite the title of a Fuck*ing Eagles jam, "out of this world." – JB
Peabody Waldorf Tacoma - Downtown. A Leaf, The Merry Way, Hail. All Ages. 8 pm. $6.
The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. 9 Lb Hammer. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Holly Gwinn Graham. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12.
Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Amigo AJ Party, featuring Push. 21+. 8 pm. $5.
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