LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>

4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. Rikk Beatty Band CD Release Show, with Big Wheel Stunt Show. 9 pm.

Backstage Bar & Grill Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Agent Orange, Dead Peasants, Supernothing, The Damagers. 8 pm. $10.

• Agent Orange is old, and so are you. You listened to them on a boombox, right? A real boombox, about the size of a microwave. A boombox in the parking lot of the bank where you went to skate on real skateboards, boards with trucks no wider than your fist. That boombox was toast long before you left for college, that skateboard obsolete, but not the old-school, So-Cal surf-punk of Agent Orange. No way. – Michael Swan
  

Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. The Hard Way, Glass Elevator, The Soft Bombs, & Mongo. All Ages. 8 pm. $5-$10 sliding scale.

• The Hard Way share their name with what is perhaps one of the most ridiculously fun action movies ever. The Hard Way, the movie, is big, dumb and silly, and it stars Michael J. Fox as an actor researching a role as a cop by going on a ride-along with hard-boiled detective James Woods. Right about the third scene-chewing moment with Woods yelling at Fox about the manner in which he eats hot dogs, you get that The Hard Way is winking. Similarly, the Hard Way, the band, has a rock 'n' roll bravado that starts out as slightly off-putting, until you begin to hear the sense of humor that they have about themselves. Two or three songs in, the Hard Way become totally endearing. - Rev. Adam McKinney
  

The Charleston Bremerton. 4th Annual Zombie Fest, with Dayglo Abortions, The Assasinators, Red White & Die, Generation Decline, Puke N Rally, Total Wreck, Artimus Maximus, The Americommies, Whiskey Tooth, Burn Burn Burn, Crouton Cartwheel Crusaders. All Ages. 8 pm.

Dorky's Barcade Tacoma - Downtown. Countdown to Backpedaling: The End is Nah! Nerdcore rapper Three Ninjas with Mathias "Tangentbot" Purtlebaugh‘s fit-for-the-arcade electronic beats The Bone Poets Orchestra with some tasty string-driven folk-psychedelica, and... Lena Lou rounding out the set with instrumental guitar-driven sonic badassery, more post-rock than metal but delivered without regard for personal safety. All Ages. 8 pm. $10.

Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Blvd Park. 9 pm. NC.

Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Joan Jett. 8:30 pm. $35-$80.

Firwood Rock Lounge Tacoma - Downtown. Rolling Stones & Black Sabbath Tribute Night. 8:30 pm.

Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Dave Hannon Band. All Ages. 7 pm.

Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Century Media Records Showcase, with Jean Grey, After The Fallout, Depths Of Insanity, Spare Me Poseidon, American Wrecking Company. 9 pm. $10.

The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Kim Archer Band. 9 pm. NC.

Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Eclectic Approach. 8 pm. $10.

Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Klondike Kate, Curbside Avengers, Ana Bender, Bad Fate. 9 pm.

Louie G's Pizzeria Fife. Trees Without Leaves, Brotherhood Of The Black Squirrel. All Ages. 9 pm.

Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jonathan Kimball, Norman Baker. All Ages. 8 pm. $5.

The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Bread & Circuses, Western Haunts, The Diving Bell. 9 pm.

• Bread & Circuses make lyric-heavy songs that generally tell a story, and many times lead singer and songwriter Marcus Buser allows himself to be the de facto bad guy in his own tales. "I'm very OK with not being the hero," says Buser. "In fact, a lot of times I think I'm more the villain in a lot of the songs. It's kind of this duality that makes every person in every life more interesting. I always like the books and movies where the heroes weren't really the heroes, where maybe the bad guys were the ones that you liked-you know, that thing where challenging what's good and what's bad is prevalent. I think that being on the darker side of things can be relatable, too... But I think it is partially just very pure self-loathing. So yes, I make myself the bad guy because, in a lot of the situations I'm talking about, I am the bad guy." To read the full article click here. — Rev. AM

The Space Tacoma - Downtown. Rock meets bluegrass with Panic Pants, Oly Mountain Boys, Christy McWilson. 8 pm. All ages. $5-$8.

The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. The Buckets. 8 pm.

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