Spotlight Olympia VIII: Quick and the Dead

Photo Credit: Timothy Grisham

For years Olympia and Portland have had a very odd symbiotic relationship; or if you ask some, parasitic. This week the relationship went to the next level with a full on invasion of Portland bands with Olympia ties.

In one venue, Le Voyeur, Portland’s Shivas and Hooded Hags (both of whom have strong ties to K Records) performed with K Records head hancho Calvin Johnson; yet at another venue, The Brotherhood, Hurry Up (with strong ties with former Olympia, now Portland label Kill Rock Stars) performed with Western Hymn and The Maxines.

While Le Voyeur and the Brotherhood were rocking, a more subdued show was going on at the recently reopened Northern, the Olympia All Ages Project venue. So on a Sunday you had three stellar shows to choose from in a three block radius; not bad for such a small town.

Summer in Olympia usually signals a mass exodus of students, and also bands; this means updates are usually just about who is gone. This summer you can expect to see Hysterics, Milk Music, The Maxines and a slew of other bands hitting the road around the US.

The Maxines Tour Dates:

7/6 – Portland, OR w/ The Shivas @ House Show
7/7 – San Francisco, CA w/ The Mallard @ The Make Out Room
7/8 – Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman… St
7/10 – LIVE on KXLU
7/11 – YER MOM’S HOUSE HELP!
7/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Redwood Bar w/ Wounded Lion & Magic Trash
7/13 – Fullerton, CA BURGER RECORDS w/ Tomorrow’s Tulips
7/14 – Santa Cruz, CA The Jury Room w/ The Wild Ones

Milk Music Tour dates:
07/06 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Vintage Warehouse
07/07 – Missoula, MT @ VFW Post 209
07/08 – Calgary, Alberta @ TBA
07/09 – Regina, Saskatchewan @ The Club at the Exchange
07/10 – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Frame Arts Warehouse
07/11 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
07/12 – Madison, WI @ Memorial Union Terrace %
07/13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Quarters ^
07/15 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival
07/16 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
07/17 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House
07/18 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern @
07/20 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore @
07/21 – Boston, MA @ What We Talk About When We Talk About Us
07/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent !
07/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
07/25 – Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups
07/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Comet
07/30 – Kansas City, MO @ Outer Space
07/31 – Denver, CO @ Rhinoceropolis

% = w/ Liturgy, Lotus Plaza, Dent May
^ = w/ Autonomy, High Horse, Tenement
* = w/ Iceage, Skrapyard, Ooze
@ = w/ Iceage
! = w/ Nude Beach, Zulus

Hysterics Tour Dates (more tba Aug-Sept):

6/29 Seattle WA @ The Josephine
7/05 Olympia WA @ Northern
7/19 Centralia WA @ the Quesadilla Factory
7/28 Seattle WA @ The Black Lodge
8/3-5 Olympia WA @ New Direction Fest
8/18 Seattle WA @ The Black Lodge
8/24-26 Rochester WA @ Helsing Junction Farm Sleepover

Bandcamp Top 15 (as of 5/26/12):

1. (position last week 1, weeks on list 1) Foxygen — Take the Kids Off Broa
2. (New) Naomi Punk — The Feeling
3. (5, 5) Briana Marela – Water Ocean Lake
4. (1, 8) Christian Mistress — Possession
5. (6, 8) Broken Water — Peripheral Star
6. (New) Split — Alaric / Atriarc
7. (New) Arrington de Dionyso — Trance Punk Manifesto
8. (2, 8) RVIVR — Dirty Water EP
9. (New) RVIVR — S/T LP
10. (New) Meowtain — meowtain
11. (New) Margy Pepper — Golden Webs
12. (New) Broken Water — Whet
13. (4,2) Mikah Sykes — Love Consequences and Serenity
14. (New) Ragana — Ali’s Lost
15. (New) Pourformer — Pourformer