Subject: Olympia (Washington)

• Love Sick

  March 20, 1996

• Last Night: Mirah at Bimbos 365

  Liz HaleyMirahTuesday, April 7, 2009Bimbos 365Review By Melissa BaronBetter Than: I mean, what else could you possible have to do on a cold and drizzly Tuesday night?It's easy to forget that Bimbo's is such a classy venue. You walk through the doors and everything shines in gold and velvet. The bathrooms have vintage tiles, a foot pump flush, and an attendant waiting to hand you two nice, thick paper towels to dry your hands. It always feels like jazz bands or blues singers should play there, ye

  April 8, 2009

• Darling Nikki

  October 22, 2008

• Growing

  All the Way (Social Registry)

  October 1, 2008

• Love as Laughter gets a boost from Modest Mouse

  August 27, 2008

• The Energys: hot-wired Japanese punk explodes in S.F.

  September 26, 2007

• Riding West Wave

  July 13, 2005

• Into the Woods

  How the riot grrrls of Sleater-Kinney punk'd Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix

  June 1, 2005

• Getting to Know Him

  Indie rock's patron saint Gary Wilson emerges from the underground after a 25 year absence

  April 20, 2005

• Get Briefed

  February 16, 2005

• Damn It All

  October 20, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  October 6, 2004

• Yo, Adrian!

  Bet the cartoonist's never heard that joke before

  July 28, 2004

• The Rio Frisco

  Brazilians of dancers

  August 20, 2003

• There's a Riot Goin' On

  July 24, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of July 17, 2002

  July 17, 2002

• The Olden Gays

  June 19, 2002

• House Of Tudor

  Teutonic new wave, Dutch sample-pop, junkyard blues, and snarling post-punk

  November 14, 2001

• Pop Philosophy

  October 17, 2001

• Spreading the Word

  August 1, 2001

• Resurrection

  After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

  July 11, 2001

• Unwound

  Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill Rock Stars)

  July 4, 2001

• Truth Be Told

  The Lies may be San Francisco's most deceptively honest group

  April 18, 2001

• Psychotic Reaction

  With a mind-boggling debut album, the Lowdown proves how to love pop music -- to death

  November 22, 2000

• Something About Jonathan

  Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary

  August 12, 1998

• Detachment

  May 13, 1998

• Busker Do!

  Mary Lou Lord comes out of the subway and into a theater near you

  January 28, 1998

• Reviews

  December 3, 1997

• Riff Raff

  August 20, 1997

• Anti-depressants

  December 11, 1996

• Suspicious Minds

  June 19, 1996

• Last Night: Kimya Dawson at the Rickshaw Stop

  punkcast.comKimya DawsonSunday, April 19, 2009The Rickshaw StopReview by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying home to aloe your fresh sunburn.There's something refreshing about Olympia, WA's Kimya Dawson. After several songs by her multiple music projects were picked up for the film Juno all her fans collectively held their breath, anxious to see what would happen. Anxious to see if another of their idols would be sucked into the world of mainstreamed independent artists, homogenized into something

  April 20, 2009

• More Festival News: Homo a Go Go Hits SOMA in August

  The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for "the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun" has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go Go takes over SOMArts with three nights of rock shows (headliners include Girl in a Coma, Katastrophe, Hunx & His Punx, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Mirah), afterparties at the Lexington and Thee Parkside, and a film segment featuring everything from music videos to porn shorts. More info at Homo a Go G

  July 2, 2009

• A New Queer Smorgasbord

  August 5, 2009

• 10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

  Windsurf @ Amnesia on Friday​Not all summer music fests require sizable chunks of your paycheck. This weekend, two budget music shindigs blanket San Francisco, championing alternatives to both mainstream music and mainstream admission prices. San Francisco's Doomed and Homo a Go Go are just two of 10 recommendations we have for running around the city without running down your bank account.San Francisco's Doomed (Fri-Sun)"'San Francisco's doomed,' O.G. proto-punks Crime sang, 'I need me some k

  August 14, 2009

• Last Night: Gossip at Regency Ballroom

  Joseph Schell​Gossip October 25, 2009 Regency BallroomBy Rossiter Drake Better Than: Staying home to watch Dexter and Mad Men. But be sure to DVR them. "We started a band 'cause we were bored. Our mission is to make you dance, and if you're not gonna dance, just stay at home and listen to the oldies station." So reads Gossip's unofficial manifesto, the one the Portland-based soul-punk trio cheekily settled on soon after forming in the cramped basement of their Olympia, Washington, home in 1

  October 26, 2009

• Get A Paper Cut

  November 18, 2009