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Matthew Rodgers We’re giving away a pair of tickets to see Anthrax! They’re playing the Crystal Ballroom on Friday, March 29, and they’ll be playing all of their 1987 album Among the Living, PLUS the bill includes Exodus, High on Fire, Municipal Waste, and Holy Grail. WHOA. This is going to be a killer show, […]

On Sunday, March 24, Julian Casablancas’ record label Cult Records is coming to town with a bill of artists on the new label. Headlining are the Virgins, plus the inimitable Har Mar Superstar. Sounds good? Well, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show! That’s going on over on End Hits. Jump over […]

Broncho, meet Divers. Divers, Broncho. We’re giving away FOUR pairs of tickets to the Divers/Broncho show on Monday at the Doug Fir, PLUS all winners get a copy of the Broncho album! That’s on End Hits; head over to play.

From STRFKR’s “Atlantis” video Today sees the release of many, many albums by Portland bands, including those by Campfires, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, and Eat Skull. It’s also the day STRFKR‘s new one, Miracle Mile, comes out! And there’s a brand new music video for the track “Atlantis” over at Entertainment Weekly’s site; […]

Melani Brown It’s a big week for Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside: Their great new album, Untamed Beast, comes out tomorrow (hear it here), and they’re playing two shows at the Wonder Ballroom this Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23. And in the spirit of all things Sallie, we’re giving away a pair […]

Next Tuesday, February 19, two renowned electronic music duos whose names begin with M are taking over the Doug Fir basement with beats, buzzes, clicks, whirrs, gizmos, wingdings, bleeps, bloops, and florps. It’s Mouse on Mars (from Düsseldorf, AKA the Baltimore of Europe), and Matmos (from Baltimore, AKA the Düsseldorfof the US). And we’ve got […]

Jazz/experimental/pop pianist Marco Benevento plays the Doug Fir on Friday, February 8, and over on End Hits we’re giving away not one pair of tickets, not two pairs of tickets, not three pairs of tickets, but… crap, what comes after three? We’re giving away lots of tickets on End Hits! Head on over.

The theoretical list of Pacific Northwest rock ‘n’ roll legends surely has the Sonics hovering near the top. These are the guys that invented punk before punk was even a thing—before “rock” was even a thing, really. The Tacoma band played loud, dirty, messy rock ‘n’ roll, singing about Satan (“He’s Waitin’”) while the rest […]