HER Magma Fest Continues This Weekend!
March 18th, 2009
On Friday, March 6th, I was lucky enough to attend the kickoff of the 2009 Magma Fest put on by Hollow Earth Radio. Held down at the Vera Project, the show had a diverse lineup of local acts, all of whom brought out a crowd. The night started off with Portland based Kusikia, who were just a drummer and a guitar player/singer (although she did switch to bass for one song). They were extremely experimental and varied from puk rock to progressive indie post-punk. Next on the stage were TacocaT, a Seattle based power pop band that falls somewhere between the Ramones and Sleater-Kinney. The colorful performance was great, and I was blown away that I had never seen them before!
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Next up were Post-Punk Noise band Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, featuring Spencer Moody and Dann Gallucci of the Murder City Devils, and Andrea Zollo from Pretty Girls Make Graves. As soon as they started playing, they took command of the crowd, who were mesmerized by the warbling keyboards, thrashing guitars, and epic drum beat. I had seen TOLSATD once before, but never in such great form. I was highly impressed.
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Finally, local indie rock favorites the Moondoggies played, and the room, which was already rather filled, become seriously packed. I had never seen the band before, and was impressed at the intricate guitar solos and harmony played on the organ and keyboard. Although very different from all of the other bands that played, the Moondoggies seemed to be a perfect end to the night, showing all the different genres of music that HER supports!
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For those of you not in the know about Hollow Earth Radio, it is a community run internet radio station that “presents a forum for music, sounds and perspectives commonly under-represented by the media.” They are a strong supporter of local music and work hard to get out there into the local music scene. The Magma Fest is just one example of that. There are two shows coming up this weekend so be sure to check them out:
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March 20: 20/20 Cycle:: 8:00pm All of Mellon Collie & The Infinite Saddness by the Smashing Pumpkins done by local Seattle bands. $6
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March 21: Holy Mountain:: 8:00pm Beep Repaired Family Tree – A ton of bands from the Beep Family Collective. $7
March 19th, 2009 at 7:56 am
LB said:
The kick off show must’ve been fun. Cool, diverse lineup.
I wish I could make the show at the Holy Mountain this weekend. I’ve been a big fan of Beep Repaired for a long time and they’ve had some great bands that don’t get much attention (Sinestro, Lake of Falcons, Via, Police Teeth, Joy Wants Eternity).
They’ll have a BR compilation available for sale this weekend: 2 disks, 37 tracks, hand packaging, to raise money for HER. More info here: http://www.beeprepaired.com/blog/
March 27th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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[...] review of last weekend will come soon, as I have been feeling sick, but you can read my others here), so i urge you to come out. Tonight’s will be especially [...]