LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>>
4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. Olympia Arts Walk, featuring Flowmotion. 6 pm. NC.
Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Highrollers. 9 pm. NC.
Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Big Wheel Stunt Show, Valis, Legend Of Big Foot, Umber Sleeping, Tallest Tree, DJ Darren Selector. 6 pm. NC.
- Tallest Tree has been steadily establishing itself as an accomplished indie rock band in these parts since 2009. Taking cues from more math-leaning acts like Built to Spill, as well as the angular freakouts of Modest Mouse and indie touchstones like Death Cab for Cutie, Tallest Tree has established a pastiche of a sound in a genre that essentially is nothing more than a pastiche. The band's strength is rising above the rabble and delivering the goods with strong songwriting and melodies - a sound immediately familiar, while firmly distinct. Additionally, a certain progressive rock bent begins to creep in when Tallest Tree lose themselves in a song and decide to take you on a journey. Far from a jam band, though, Tallest Tree always makes sure to steer you hard back into the form of the song. - Rev. Adam McKinney
Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Red Hot Blues Sisters, Blues Buskers, with Brian Butler, Paula Boggs. 8 pm. $7.
Louie G's Pizzeria Fife. Tin Man, The Moss Brothers Band. All Ages. 8 pm.
Massimo's University Place. The The Cold 102's (Anthony Estrada's blues trio with Curtis Smith and Aaron Lehman) plays funky blues. 8-11pm. NC.
Maxwell's Speakeasy Tacoma. Lance Buller Trio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC.
Metronome Coffee Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Bluegrass Hoedown featuring Barleywine Revue and Squirrel Butter. All Ages. 8 pm. $5.
The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Basemint, The Shivas, Sugar Sugar Sugar. 9 pm.
Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Charlie Musselwhite. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $29-$49.
- He's been called damn near every superlative in the book - and for good reason. When you hear Charlie Musselwhite is a "harmonic master," as the promotional material for tonight's show at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma suggests, it's no lie. Dude is that good. He's a blues legend. With a career that's spanned nearly five decades, and with more notches on his accomplishment belt than could possible be noted in this small space (although, as a tip of the iceberg, Musselwhite received two Blues Music Awards earlier this year from the Blues Foundation, "Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year," and "Best Instrumentalist- Harmonica"), Musselwhite has done just about all there is to do in the blues music business. As part of a show co-presented by the Immanuel Presbyterian Blues Vespers, Musselwhite once again does Tacoma. Having seen Musselwhite at Jazzbones, I would expect nothing short of brilliance. - Matt Driscoll
The Spar Olympia - Downtown. Billy D. 8 pm. NC.
Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Jam. 9 pm. NC.
LINK: More live music tonight in the South Sound
