Let’s Squeak and Squawk!
STARTING TONIGHT: Five nights, three venues, and over thirty bands - all for you at the Squeak and Squawk Festival, Tacoma!
View Article“I Think Tacoma May Be the Twilight Zone”
In December of 1984, Bruce Springsteen was Rolling Stone magazine’s cover story, as he has been many times. But the first three paragraphs of that story – an interview by Kurt Loder (of MTV fame) with...
View ArticleHelp a Seriously Injured, Uninsured Local Musician
Local musician and much beloved friend and citizen Luke Stevens suffered severe injuries due to an on-the-job fall. The accident resulted in five serious fractures to his spine, the most threatening...
View ArticleApartment Lights Switching On
Music lovers in Tacoma and beyond are familiar with Grace Sullivan. As a founding member of the very popular Goldfinch, she co-wrote and performed songs of barren sincerity mined from the dark vein...
View ArticleColin Scott Reynolds’“Oh Tacoma”
I have my fingers crossed that the rest of the world will, like me, uncover and immediately love singer/songwriter/Valhalla coffee-roaster Colin Scott Reynolds. The unassuming bearer of an unexpectedly...
View ArticleMusic Rises at CATHEDRALS: Tacoma
The second in the already-popular CATHEDRALS: Tacoma concert series will take place on Friday, July 27 at 8 pm. David Bazan, Kevin Sur (of Indian Valley Line), and Pretty Broken Things will perform at...
View ArticleFrom Cult Tacoma: Kevin Sur + Passenger String Quartet
Tacoma's summer stage was set—fathomless blue sky slowly melting toward the West into a cocktail of red and orange. The perfect backdrop for a live performance. Earlier this month, locals gathered in...
View ArticleTacoma’s Own Firework, Grace Youn
Summer has officially hit Tacoma, which means you may have already contemplated escaping the heat by heading to the movies. But did you know that there’s a Tacoma connection with a current big-screen...
View ArticleGrace Sullivan: Drifting Toward Apartment Lights
There are a lot of fractured reflections in Grace Sullivan’s debut EP as Apartment Lights. “The White River” is an album composed of three songs that emerged from restorative moments in the natural world.
View ArticleTacoma Cathedrals, Part 2 – In Review
Last weekend, July 27, marked the second installation of the CATHEDRALS: Tacoma concert series, presented by the Broadway Center for Performing Arts. Artists Kevin Sur, Pretty Broken Things and David...
View ArticlePost Defiance One Year Anniversary
On Sunday, August 26th, Post Defiance was able to throw what may well have been the Tacoma party of the year, thanks to the support of our readers and the generosity of donors like 1022 South, 21...
View ArticleArts All Sorts at Fall Free For All
In only its second year, the Fall Free For All could soon become a traditional part of fall for Tacoma, right along with weather distraction and…
View ArticleCelebrating Three Years of the Warehouse
It's time to officially declare The Warehouse an institution. For three years, Adam Ydstie, Katie Lowery, and Doug Stoeckicht have organized, produced, and presented incredible live music. Featuring...
View ArticleThird Time Pays for All
Tacoma: every few months, you can reliably expect the Broadway Center for Performing Arts to present you with a new CATHEDRALS concert. Friday, November 16 is the third of this series. Excitement at...
View ArticleYou Will Be Going To Awesomeparty on Friday
There is a party this Friday at New Frontier, thrown by none other than the intrepid and infamous Camp666.com. I think you should go to it. I will be going to it, and maybe we could meet each other....
View ArticleAdd a Little 1965 Tacoma to Your Holiday Playlist
If you’re like me (and I refuse to believe that I am the lone fanatic in this town), you harbor an appreciation for holiday music. You may never voice it or you may be audacious about it, but either...
View ArticleZoe Keating and the Portland Cello Project
I work at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, so I readily admit that I hold some level of enthusiasm for just about all that…
View ArticleWelcome to Flyness: Clemm Rishad’s SupaFlyness Album Release Celebration
On March 1, 2013 Grammy nominated Tacoma songwriter and recording artist Clemm Rishad celebrates the release of his newest album “Supa Flyness.”
View ArticleThe Warehouse & Post Defiance Present Apartment Lights, Kevin Seconds, & j. wong
March 16, Post Defiance and The Warehouse are delighted to host a house show that shouldn’t be missed, a fitting expression of our mutual love of Tacoma culture and our desire to share and promote it.
View ArticleRock in a Hard Place: Tacoma’s Struggling Independent Music Scenes
I'm not the only Tacoman who wishes for more and better live music here. I talked with five local music professionals to get some expert perspective on the future of independent music scenes in Tacoma.
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