After the great success of last year's Expo '86 arts and music festival, Seattle art gallery Cairo has announced that starting this month it will be hosting monthly all-ages shows at its space on Capitol Hill.
This Friday, February 20, it gets things cracking with a show whose acoustic- guitar awesomeness needs little explanation, featuring Tiny Vipers, PWRFL Power, and Generifus. On Generifus's somber guitar pop album Solstice Songs, intimate storyteller Spencer Sult shares a piece of his soul that is deeply moving and unique. Sult's songs will make a great opener for two of Seattle's biggest names in singer-songwriting.
On Saturday, February 21, Seattle's Love Tan crash into the joint like a boulder through a pane of glass, their hazy, echoing punk sound riding a line between glossy and jagged. On songs like the druggy haunt "Fuzzy Grave," the duo—featuring ex-members of the Intelligence, another band known for their foggy sound—thrash on drums and wail on thick, surfy guitars, all while moaning and wailing like zombies afraid to get a little wet at high tide. Their songs rise and fall like wicked rip curls, making for a wild ride reminiscent of the gnarly noise of fellow weirdo rippers A-Frames. They're a perfect fit to open for strange, noisy rockers Talbot Tagora, who are easily one of the best bands calling the Emerald City home today. 
This weekend's shows are two slices of all-ages action that are too good to miss—and a promising glimpse of Cairo's potential.
Fri Feb 20: Aurora, Window View, the Mopes, Moorea Seal, Taylor Neal at Q Cafe, 8 pm, $7/$5 students.
Fri Feb 20: Tiny Vipers, PWRFL Power, Generifus at Cairo, 8 pm, $7.
Sat Feb 21: Lake, Karl Blau, Your Heart Breaks at 20/20 Cycle, 8 pm, $6–$8 donation.
Sat Feb 21: Talbot Tagora, Love Tan at Cairo, 8 pm, $5.
Tues Feb 24: Thank You, Mi Ami, Pillow Fight Fight at Vera Project, 7:30 pm, $6/$5 w/club card.
