By Amber Hare I recently got the chance to sit down with one of my favorite local musicians and talk about bugs, production processes and their new mixtape. They’ve recently been written about in Vice and The Stranger and their music has been reposted countless times on blogs throughout the […]
ARTIST INTERVIEW: Patrick Semple
By Ruby Love Patrick Semple is an artist working primarily with oils on canvas, pulling from the natural environments around him to create works that fuse memory, emotion, and place. While Patrick Semple’s interest in art is not new, his interest in painting-specifically oil painting-is a fairly recent development. Inspired […]
Kate Laster Cover Artist
By Jules Prosser Kate Laster is a visual artist and poet hailing from Alaska. She attended the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, transferring to Evergreen for her last year. She works in many mediums, including drawing, relief printing, and comics. When you first arrived in Olympia, what were your attitudes […]
O Week Horoscopes: For September 23—October 7
By Y Lowy Aries (3/21—4/19) Autumn is coming and you’ve been waiting for it. You remember the trees, the crunch of fallen leaves. You remember and you’ve want it for so long… Aries, turn off your computer. Sometimes you wait so earnestly for something, you don’t notice when […]
Welcome Back, Olympia Fashion Guide + Tips
By Sara Fabian There is no one way to describe Olympia, it’s an intricate collage made up of a variety of people with different views, styles, and personalities that somehow weaves itself together to produce an alluring piece of art. Olympia’s fashion is no different. The inspirations for Olympia style […]
One Thousand Acres: A Local Fall Mixtape
By Amber Hare With a brand new year ahead of us, it’s time to load up our phones with our favorite songs for those long and crowded bus rides. Here is a selection of great local bands to listen to over the upcoming year. Aeon Fux – Exuvium I have […]
Interview: Nikki McClure
By Issac Scott How did you decide you wanted to be an artist? I want to say something like, “Because you get to sleep in” [laughs]. But when I was little I always wanted to be an artist, but it never really seemed possible, just because I didn’t know people […]
Best Bets May 8 & 9: Tropicana 30 Year Anniversary Show
During the mid ‘80s, The Fabulous Tropicana served as a hub for Olympia’s young music scene. One of the first punk venues to establish itself in Olympia, Tropicana hosted shows with Beat Happening, The Melvins, Green River, and many other Northwest bands of the time. Tropicana also brought in touring […]
Best Bets May 9: Tal National
Tal National became the most celebrated band in their home nation Niger over a decade of touring constantly throughout the Sahara, playing five hour gigs every day. Lately, they’ve hit the international tour circuit, leading them now to Olympia for the first time. The members—sometimes 13 strong, but more often […]
Best Bets May 18: Vexx, Talkies, Health Problems, Broken Water
Just back from a tour of the East Coast supporting their new Pitchfork-approved EP, Vexx play restless and persuasive hardcore, anchored by the charismatic presence of lead singer Maryjane Dunphe. Together with Broken Water, they represent some of the best of the Olympia music scene. Broken Water, too, have new […]
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