LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>

4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. The Definite Articles. 9 pm.

5th Dimension House (3805 E. B St.) Tacoma - Eastside.  Benenfit hip-hop show featuring Josh Rizeberg, Julie C, Greg & Jerome, Crazy Monk, Xero Ours, Qui-Vive. 7 pm. $3-$5.

Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Umber Sleeping, Arpeggiator, Blanco Bronco. 9 pm.

• Some bands carry with them an intrinsic novelty - a freshness, a thrilling sense of invention - largely because there are very few similar bands in the South Sound. Arpeggiator has this advantage, as one of the few Tacoma-born math-rock bands around. That they do math-rock so well is certainly a bonus. I realize that math-rock, to some, is a fairly nebulous term. Here's what Arpeggiator are: a two-piece drum-and-guitar combo that constructs diabolically twisting instrumental pieces that are furiously propulsive while constantly sounding precarious, like the song may disintegrate at any moment. There's something quite visceral about never being sure where Arpeggiator will go next. One feels at mercy to the music, which is a fine change of pace around here. Arpeggiator wants to show you what they can do. - Rev. Adam McKinney

Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Grit City Fest, with Mos Generator, SweetKiss Momma, Big Wheel Stunt Show, Ben Union and others. 5 pm.

Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Blues Brothers. 8 pm. $7.

Johnnys Dock Tacoma - Foss Waterway. Rock At The Dock III, all day car show and music Dan Whyms (Johnny Cash) and the Rockodiles. 6:30. $10. Donation Breast Cancer Resource Center. Read the full story here.

Louie G's Pizzeria Fife. Third Law Of Motion, Riot In Rhythm, Atomic Outlaws. All Ages. 8 pm.

The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. C.F.A., The Meat Sluts (from S.F.), The Coloffs. Rockn'Roll! All Ages. 9 pm. $5.

• Let's start with a truism. Bacon and gettin' it on are two of the best things ever invented. There shall be no more debate on this matter. So thank Zeus one band had the vision to combine a passion for both all-American pastimes into one undeniably awesome concept: The Meat Sluts. The Bay Area quartet - singer-guitarist B.B. Rumproast, singer-guitarist Filet O'Nettie, bassist Carmela Mignon and drummer Scarlet Spamchop - will unleash campy, carnivorous punk anthems on Tacoma's New Frontier Lounge Saturday.  Rumproast (a.k.a. Beth Allen) breaks it down for us. Sound: "I like to think of us as bubblegum punk rock. I would say we were influenced by things like the Ramones, old Dictators and Groovie Ghoulies; old Runaways, for sure." Dirty little secret: The band's original bassist was actually vegan. Say, they're not singing about something else on "Johnny Con Carne," are they? - Ernest A. Jasmin

The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Mackeywood and Scott McDougall. Mr. Blackwatch alums Doug Mackey and Joe Wood reunite for acoustic ecclection. One Man Band McDougall follows. 8-11pm. NC.

• Tonight, Tacoma musician and actor Doug Mackey will pick up a guitar again and perform with Joe Wood and Justin McDonald under the show title Mackeywood. It's rumored singer/songwriter Evan Purcell will join in on what's being described as an eclectic acoustic set of songs about cows, kites, a monster, a snake, a robot, bongos and orange. Does it get more awesome? Scott McDougal takes the stage following Mackeywood around 9 p.m. — Weekly Volcano
  

Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Alex Lifeson's Birthday with 2112 - A Tribute to RUSH. The Kari Ehli Band opens. 9 pm. NC.

Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Hilltop. The Kim Archer Band. 9 pm. $5.

• Tacoma knows singer and songwriter Kim Archer well. She's put in her time in this town, and has the fanbase to prove it. Tuesday Archer will officially try out for season two of The Voice in Los Angeles. Saturday, hear Archer's audition pieces live at the Tempest Lounge with the backing of a full band. It's sure to be stunning - easily enough to make Aguilera turn around in her chair. — WV
  

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