Underage

Broadcasting all day, every day since 2007 (first from a basement in
Phinney Ridge, now from an attic in Wallingford), internet radio
station Hollow Earth provides an eclectic, genuine alternative
to Seattle’s handful of half-decent airwave options. With over 15 DJs
free to spin a wide variety of local independent artists, broadcast
live from house shows throughout the city, and share oddities like
found sound and tape collages, Hollow Earth acts as an important
offbeat outlet for young musicians.

If our current economic crisis has taught us anything, though, it’s
that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Hollow Earth’s
bills—roughly $250 a month—have to get paid somehow. The
station has often relied on benefit shows for support in the past, but
its second annual Magma Festival—a monthlong DIY
celebration that starts this Friday, March 6—has the makings of
something truly special.

The festival’s eight shows, taking place at all-ages venues spanning
the entire city, will host a bounty of local talent including the
Moondoggies, TacocaT, Mount Eerie, L.A. Lungs,
and a night in which the Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie
and the Infinite Sadness will be covered in its
entirety. It’s a good festival for a good cause and a great way to
ring in spring for the entire month of March.

More information at www.hollowearthradio.com.

Thurs March 5: Elaina M. Ellis, Chad
Goller-Sojourner, Amber Flame at Hugo House, 8 pm, $5.

Fri March 6: Magma Festival: the Moondoggies,
Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, TacocaT, Kusikia at Vera
Project, 7:30 pm, $9.

Fri March 6: From the Depths, Abrupt, Death Raid,
Marrow at Squid & Ink, 8 pm, $5.

Fri March 6: Michelle Lang & Still Water, Tayla
at Q Cafe, 7:30 pm, $7.

Sat March 7: Magma Festival: Mount Eerie, Tiny
Vipers, Mike Dumovich at Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 8 pm, $8.