The web site for new South Tacoma Way rock club and pizza joint, the Stonegate, isn’t quite up to speed yet. But owner Jeff Call tells me he’s got New York singer-songwriter Julia Ilowiecki headlining Friday night (Nov. 20) with support from locals Andrew Vait and Olivia de la Cruz. Check out Ilowiecki’s “Anchors” video below. Then try to say “Ilowiecki” three times, fast.
Alice in Chains will return to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on Feb. 4, the band announced today. Also within driving distance is the North American tour’s kick off at Vancouver, BC’s Orpheum Theatre on Feb. 2.
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The Temptations and Four Tops scheduled for Dec. 5 at Seattle’s Moore Theatre has been canceled, Seattle Theatre Group announced today. Refunds are available at the point of purchase, according to the announcement.
Country legend George Strait has announced the addition of Lee Ann Womack to next year’s tour, which will drop by the Tacoma Dome on March 27, 2010. Country superstar Reba McEntire will also return to Tacoma for that show, more details here.
Thrash metal icons Slayer and Megadeth will launch a co-headlined North American tour on Jan. 18 at Seattle’s WaMu Theater, the bands announced today. Testament will provide support on what’s been dubbed the American Carnage tour.
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I dropped a few new tracks on the South Sound Mix Tape including a couple from the Fun Police’s brand, spankin’ new disc, “You Better Run” (details here). And right below those is music to break stuff too from local metalcore band Crooks to Kings. You know, Sean, the band’s vocalist, always seems so mellow when I run into him at the New Frontier or Hell’s Kitchen. Talk about Jekyll & Hyde!
And in a loosely related matter, here’s an old video of the Fun Police without their cop get-ups. It’s …
Had another one of those fun YouTube stream of consciousness sessions that eventually lead me to this awesome clip of Devo, circa 1978. And hey, you can keep “Whip It.” “Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy” is easily my favorite Devo cut.
Q: When is it actually good to have the police crash your party?
A: When they’re Tacoma’s Fun Police. They’ll get the festivities all regulated, yo!
These videos come from the band’s CD release party last Friday at the new South Tacoma Way nightclub, the Stonegate. Apologies since my normally reliable camera loses a lot of the vocals in the mix. But hey, who needs to understand lyrics? It’s fun just watchin’ people jump around and act crazy. My personal favorite: The dude in the red shirt in the “Dumpster Diving” clip.
Here’s Olympia’s Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel from Friday night at the new Stonegate Pizza on South Tacoma Way.
Hey, remember how Tacoma’s KUPS-FM (90.1) was up for best college radio station in this year’s MTVu Woodie Awards? Well, the University of Puget Sound station can now report victory, having gotten the call from MTVu and a visit from former MTV celebrity VJ Matt Pinfield today.
See who KUPS was up against here. And I guess this means you can pick up the station more than a few blocks away from campus now? Cool!