By Morrissey Morrissey and Chloe Marina Manchester Friday 10/6 Dance Oly Dance Thurston Community Radio. 8 p.m. Free. Another dance party on this dance October night, this time TELEVISED! Dance Oly Dance is a public access T.V. show that has a monthly DJ and green-screen-powered dance party every first Friday, […]
Arts Walk
By Mason Soto This weekend Olympia’s downtown streets will come alive with culture and creativity at the Arts Walk festival. A staple of downtown community life, Arts Walk offers a quick snippet of the vast array Olympia’s artists, condensed into two nights. Since 2000, this twice annual event has brought […]
Grasping at the Echoes: An Interview with Phil Elverum Mount Eerie’s “A Crow Looked At Me” and the Struggle of Articulating Real Death
By Jeremy Bertsche “It’s dumb,” sings Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum on the first track of his devastating, heartfelt new record, “A Crow Looked At Me”, “and I don’t want to learn anything from this.” Yet just as quickly as the most thematically naked track, “Real Death,” eschews the saccharine and […]
Stuff To Do Week Of February 15
by Jasmine Kozak Gilroy Thursday 2/16 Autococoon, Hello Shark, Anna Jeter, The Washboard Abs Ghost House. 7pm. $5 NOTAFLOF Low key jams with high key great sounds. The Washboard Abs’ have u scanned ur club card? is my go to cassette for drowsy, late night drives back from Seattle; the […]
Media Island ShowFall Arts Walk
By Bryel Fyfe During my first year in Olympia, I had the misfortune of living on campus. This, mixed with a newborn noesis of my current location, made getting my ass to a show an endeavor, sometimes a drunken misadventure. However, as someone who now very conveniently lives downtown, I […]
An interview with Aeon Fux
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 […]
KAOS 89.3FM: Your Guide to College Radio
By Serena Imani Korn, Production Director and Anna Gordon, Music Director The first floor of the CAB is not just a center for college dorm food and despondence. It’s also home to a legendary radio station, which has introduced the likes of Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening […]
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 […]
Local Stores Gear Up for Record Store Day
By Blaine Ewig This April 18 will mark the ninth annual Record Store Day in the US. Record stores all around the country will be hosting free in-store performances, throwing parties, having sales, and selling special Record Store Day releases. Inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Record Store Day aims to […]
You and Me on a CD: The Evergreen Media Project
By Zach Newman For 35 years, students at Evergreen have been documenting the unique music and art they have been making on the annual Evergreen Student Media Project (ESMP.) Run by students with guidance by faculty, the ESMP highlights student talent while also showcasing Evergreen’s media programs and equipment. “It […]