New Order Turns Up the Heat on Lawmakers to Ensure Quality Education for all Children BY ISSAC SCOTT The Washington Legislature is under new pressure this month to increase funding for education after the state Supreme Court issued an order for lawmakers to do more to provide basic minimums for […]
Iji – UNLTD. COOL DRINKS
by Issac Scott Iji is the project of Seattle multi-instrumentalist Zach Burba, whose idiosyncratic music is as brilliant as it is prolific. In October, Burba added another album to his catalogue, now an impressive total of eight records since 2008. Recorded at houses in Seattle and Phoenix, UNLTD. COOL DRINKS features […]
Student Art Gallery: A Look Inside Evergreen’s Student-Driven Art Space
by Josh Wolf \ photos by Issac Scott Over the past few months, The Student Art Gallery at The Evergreen State College has been trying to build momentum as a student-run art space. “The Evergreen Student Gallery seeks to connect creative students through the experience of curating, exhibiting, and promoting student-generated […]
New Music: You Are Plural
by Issac Scott Though Olympia pop-rockers You Are Plural have established themselves on the West Coast over the past several years, their new album Rabbit Rabbit is a first in many ways. It’s their first full-length album after two shorter EP’s, both released in 2011. For the first time on […]
Olympia Film Fest Previews – The Punk Singer & HUMP!
THE PUNK SINGER 11/8 By Blaine Ewig In this biographical documentary, the audience gets a glimpse into the life of outspoken feminist, musician, and Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna. The movie discusses her beginnings in Olympia, her involvement with the riot grrrl movement in the early […]
Artist Profile: Jasmine Doughty
by Issac Scott Issac Scott: What are your school plans for the future? Jasmine Doughty: I think I’m doing an animation contract next year with Craig Bartlett. My friend that lives in LA knows him, and we want to go down there and do a contract winter quarter to make […]
The GMO Debate – What Do Greeners Think?
Initiative Measure Number 522 (I-522) is an initiative proposed in the General Election on Nov. 5. The initiative would require “most raw agricultural commodities, processed foods, and seeds and seed stocks if produced using genetic engineering, as defined, to be labeled as genetically engineered when offered for retail sale”, according […]
Album Review: Mister Tang – Baby’s First EP
Maybe it’s the combo of Portland sewage overflow and the nuclear waste facilities upstream, but there’s definitely something in the water in Vancouver, Washington. Case and point: the pure rock n’ roll mindfuck that is Mister Tang. Their live show, as captured on their first proper release Baby’s First EP, […]
Album Review: The Celestials – Peach Noise
Local psych rockers The Celestials show their knack for mellow indie pop on their debut full-length album Peach Noise. The quintet presents accessible, hipster-friendly fare while demonstrating the kind of inventive musicality that should put them on every music-lover’s radar. All lower-case song titles? Check. Far out existentialist lyrical content? […]
Full Local Audio
Bob Schwenkler is an important force behind Olympia’s music scene. From founding Bicycle Records while a student at Evergreen, to recording some of the Northwest’s best bands, Schwenkler now helms K Record’s legendary Dub Narcotic studio. Schwenkler has made a lasting impact on the music Olympia listens to and the […]
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